Early Greek philosophy
Zeno's extraordinary and disturbing paradoxes, the atomic theories of Democritus that so strikingly anticipate contemporary physics, the enigmatic and haunting epigrams of Heraclitus-these are just some of the riches to be found in this collection of the writings of the early Greek philosophers
Print Book, English, 1987
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1987
318 pages : map ; 20 cm.
9780140444612, 0140444610
15731948
Map
Introduction
Synopsis
Note to the reader
PART I
1. Precursors
2. Thales
3. Anaximander
4. Anaximenes
5. Pythagoras
6. Alcmaeon
7. Xenophanes
8. Heraclitus
PART II
9. Parmenides
10. Melissus
11. Zeno
PART III
12. Empedocles
13. Fifth-century
14. Hippasus
15. Philolaus
16. Ion of Chios
17. Hippo
18. Anaxagoras
19. Archelaus
20. Leucippus
21. Democritus
22. Diogenes of Apollonia
Appendix : the sources
Further reading
Subject index
Index to quoted text
Index to Diels-Kranz B-texts
Includes indexes