The earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans

Author(s)

• Guthrie, W. K. C. (William Keith Chambers)

Bibliographic Information

The earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans

（A history of Greek philosophy / by W.K.C. Guthrie, 1）

Cambridge University Press, 1978

• : pbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA20229096
• ISBN:
  • 0521294207
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 538 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03444547