Giannis Stamatellos

Introduction to Presocratics

A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition.

Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics
Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright
Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus
Supplemented with helpful features including a timeline, map of the ancient world, glossary of terms, and index of proper names

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780470655023
• ISBN-10: 047065502X
• Artikelnr.: 35046624

Autorenporträt

Giannis Stamatellos is Post Doctoral Researcher at the Center for Neoplatonic Virtue Ethics at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Plotinus and the Presocratics (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chronology Map 1. Introduction 2. The Philosophers 3. Principles 4.
Cosmos 5. Being 6. Soul 7. Knowledge 8. Ethics 9. Conclusion Appendix A:
Translation of the main fragments Appendix B: The Presocratic Sources
Appendix C: The Presocratic Legacy Glossary of Greek terms Glossary of
philosophical terms Bibliography Indexes