The first philosophers
Robin Waterfield
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The first philosophers
Published
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
354
ISBN-10
0192824546
Description
"Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to this proto-scientific task. Through, for instance, Heraclitus' enigmatic sayings, the poetry of Parmenides and Empedocles, and Zeno's paradoxes, the Western world was introduced to metaphysics, rationalist theology, ethics, and logic, by thinkers who often seem to be mystics or shamans as much as philosophers or scientists in the modern mould. And out of the Sophists' reflections on human beings and their place in the world arose an interest in language, and in political, moral, and social philosophy." "This volume contains translations of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources, supplemented by lucid commentary."--Jacket.
Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
Readings in ancient Greek philosophy
A history of Greek philosophy
Πρωταγόρας
Storia della filosofia greca
Early Greek Philosophy Vol. IX, Pt. 2
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Who is the author of The first philosophers?
The first philosophers was written by Robin Waterfield.
When was The first philosophers published?
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