Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics)
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Author: VariousTranslator: Jonathan Barnes
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-26
ISBN: 0140448152
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Philosophy...before there was philosophy!
Summary: 5 Stars
This volume covers all the Greek pre-socratic philosophers providing all of their existing fragments, sayings, epigrams, quotes and teachings.
It was originally published in 1987. This is the second edition, revised in 2001. Jonathan Barnes says that he has re-translated everything and re-tested it to the Greek. He also has put the fragments and sayings in bold, which he did not in the first edition. Everything is spaced appropriately, italics given when explaining, and all the sources are provided under each saying. An interesting addition is the recently found papyrus of Empedocles!
Philosophers include:
Hesiod, Epicharmus, Pherecydes -(precursors); Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Pythagoras (and 5th century Pythagoreans), Alcmaeon, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Melissus, Zeno, Empedocles, Hippasus, Philolaus, Ion, Anaxagoras, Archelaus, Leucippus, Democritus and Diogenes.
The text is lucid, readable, enjoyable and profound. Also included is a synopsis the life of each philosopher, a wonderful introduction, an appendix and 3 different indexes at the end!
I commend Penguin and Mr. Barnes for updating this amazing edition!
Summary of Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics)
This anthology looks at the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors. Democritus's atomic theory of matter, Zeno's dazzling "proofs" that motion is impossible, Pythagorean insights into mathematics, Heraclitus's haunting and enigmatic epigrams-all form part of a revolution in human thought that relied on reasoning, forged the first scientific vocabulary, and laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Jonathan Barnes has painstakingly brought together the surviving Presocratic fragments in their original contexts, utilizing the latest research and a major new papyrus of Empedocles.Translated and edited by Jonathan Barnes.
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