Studies In Presocratic Philosophy Volume 1: The Beginnings Of Philosophy (routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy)

The books in this set, originally published between 1939 and 1991: Focus on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, Study the pilgrimage of the Ancient World in its search for moral truth. Discuss the political implication of the spread of science in antiquity. Examine the nature of Pre-Socratic thought and the three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I THE CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS OF PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY -- II WAS THE IONIAN PHILOSOPHY SCIENTIFIC? -- III REVIEW OF F.M. CORNFORD : PRINCIPIUM SAPIENTIAE -- IV EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IN EARLY GREEK COSMOLOGIES -- V THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY IN EARLY GREEK THOUGHT -- VI BACK TO THE PRESOCRATICS -- VII POPPER ON SCIENCE AND THE PRESOCRATICS -- VIII THEOPHRASTUS ON THE PRESOCRATIC CAUSES -- IX ARISTOTLE AS HISTORIAN -- X HOT AND COLD, DRY AND WET IN EARLY GREEK THOUGHT The articles in this volume deal with the four major philosophical positions of the presocratic period: The arguments of Parmenides and Zeno against earlier or contemporary pluralist theories The three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists. Collected in this volume are some of the most important articles published on the philosophy of the Greeks before Socrates. They cover: The nature of Presocratic thought The sources of our knowledge of the Presocratics The earliest philosophers up to Heraclitus After a brief examination of the values which dominated Homeric society and the subsequent aristocracies, the central portion of the book is an account and analysis of the moral ideas which illuminated the Greek, Roman and Hebrew worlds during the classical period. XI ANAXIMANDER AND THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY -- XII SOME PROBLEMS IN ANAXIMANDER -- XIII THE PYTHAGOREANS AND GREEK MATHEMATICS -- XIV THE DISCOVERY OF INCOMMENSURABILITY BY HIPPASUS OF METAPONTUM -- XV ON HERACLITUS V. 1. The Beginnings Of Philosophy.--v. 2. The Eleatics And Pluralists. Edited By David J. Furley And R. E. Allen. Includes Bibliographical References. V.1. The beginnings of philosophy. V.2. The Eleatics and pluralist.