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The first philosophers : the presocratics and sophists, translated with commentary by Robin Waterfield
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- Summary
- "The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought.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 and interest in language, and in political, moral, and social philosophy.This volume contains a translation of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources, supplemented by lucid commentary."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlvi, 354 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select bibliography
- Note on the texts
- Timeline
- The Presocratics. The Milesians: Thales of Miletus, Anaximander of Miletus, Anaximenes of Miletus ; Xenophanes of Colophon ; Heraclitus of Ephesus ; Parmenides of Elea ; Zeno of Elea ; Melissus of Samos ; Pythagoras of Croton and fifth-century Pythagoreanism ; Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ; Empedocles of Acragas ; The atomists: Leucippus of Abdera, Democritus of Abdera ; Diogenes of Apollonia
- The Sophists. Protagoras of Abdera ; Gorgias of Leontini ; Prodicus of Ceos ; Hippias of Elis ; Antiphon the Sophist ; Thrasymachus of Chalcedon ; Euthydemus and Dionysodorus of Chios ; Double arguments ; Anonymous and miscellaneous texts
- Explanatory notes
- Textual notes
- Concordance with Diels/Kranz
- Index of translated passages
- Isbn
- 9780191592478
- Label
- The first philosophers : the presocratics and sophists
- Title
- The first philosophers
- Title remainder
- the presocratics and sophists
- Statement of responsibility
- translated with commentary by Robin Waterfield
- Subject
-
- Filosofia antiga
- Filosofia grega
- PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Pré-socráticos
- Quelle
- Sofistas
- Sophistik
- Sophistik -- Einführung
- Sophistik -- Text
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Vorsokratiker
- Vorsokratiker -- Einführung
- Vorsokratiker -- Text
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought.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 and interest in language, and in political, moral, and social philosophy.This volume contains a translation of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources, supplemented by lucid commentary."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 182
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- B187.5
- LC item number
- .F57 2000eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Waterfield, Robin
- Series statement
- Oxford world's classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- PHILOSOPHY
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Vorsokratiker
- Quelle
- Sophistik
- Sophistik
- Vorsokratiker
- Vorsokratiker
- Sophistik
- Filosofia antiga
- Filosofia grega
- Pré-socráticos
- Sofistas
- Label
- The first philosophers : the presocratics and sophists, translated with commentary by Robin Waterfield
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Select bibliography -- Note on the texts -- Timeline -- The Presocratics. The Milesians: Thales of Miletus, Anaximander of Miletus, Anaximenes of Miletus ; Xenophanes of Colophon ; Heraclitus of Ephesus ; Parmenides of Elea ; Zeno of Elea ; Melissus of Samos ; Pythagoras of Croton and fifth-century Pythagoreanism ; Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ; Empedocles of Acragas ; The atomists: Leucippus of Abdera, Democritus of Abdera ; Diogenes of Apollonia -- The Sophists. Protagoras of Abdera ; Gorgias of Leontini ; Prodicus of Ceos ; Hippias of Elis ; Antiphon the Sophist ; Thrasymachus of Chalcedon ; Euthydemus and Dionysodorus of Chios ; Double arguments ; Anonymous and miscellaneous texts -- Explanatory notes -- Textual notes -- Concordance with Diels/Kranz -- Index of translated passages
- Control code
- 712037648
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlvi, 354 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191592478
- Level of compression
- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)712037648
- Label
- The first philosophers : the presocratics and sophists, translated with commentary by Robin Waterfield
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Select bibliography -- Note on the texts -- Timeline -- The Presocratics. The Milesians: Thales of Miletus, Anaximander of Miletus, Anaximenes of Miletus ; Xenophanes of Colophon ; Heraclitus of Ephesus ; Parmenides of Elea ; Zeno of Elea ; Melissus of Samos ; Pythagoras of Croton and fifth-century Pythagoreanism ; Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ; Empedocles of Acragas ; The atomists: Leucippus of Abdera, Democritus of Abdera ; Diogenes of Apollonia -- The Sophists. Protagoras of Abdera ; Gorgias of Leontini ; Prodicus of Ceos ; Hippias of Elis ; Antiphon the Sophist ; Thrasymachus of Chalcedon ; Euthydemus and Dionysodorus of Chios ; Double arguments ; Anonymous and miscellaneous texts -- Explanatory notes -- Textual notes -- Concordance with Diels/Kranz -- Index of translated passages
- Control code
- 712037648
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlvi, 354 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191592478
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)712037648
Subject
- Filosofia antiga
- Filosofia grega
- PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Pre-Socratic philosophers
- Pré-socráticos
- Quelle
- Sofistas
- Sophistik
- Sophistik -- Einführung
- Sophistik -- Text
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Vorsokratiker
- Vorsokratiker -- Einführung
- Vorsokratiker -- Text
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