Book description
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- Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main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
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).
