A History of Greek Philosophy
A History of Greek Philosophy
Volume 1: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
W. K. C. Guthrie
February 1979
1. The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
Paperback
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All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.
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February 1979Paperback
9780521294201
556 pages
229 × 152 × 31 mm
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Notes on the sources
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction and summary
- 2. The beginnings of philosophy in Greece
- 3. The Milesians
- 4. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
- 5. Alcmaeon
- 6. Xenophanes
- 7. Heraclitus
- Bibliography
- Indexes.
