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Presocratics: Natural Philosophers before Socrates (Ancient Philosophies)

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The earliest phase of philosophy in Europe saw the beginnings of cosmology and rational theology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethical and political theory. It also saw the development of a variety of radical and challenging ideas, from Thales’ claim that magnets have souls and Parmenides’ account of one unchanging existence to the development of an atomist theory of the physical world. This general account of the Presocratics introduces the major Greek philosophical thinkers from the sixth to the center of the fifth century B.C. It explores how we would possibly reconstruct their views and keep in mind the motivation and context for their work, and it highlights the continuing philosophical interest in their steadily surprising claims. Separate chapters are devoted to every of the major Presocratic thinkers, including Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Leucippus, and Democritus. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is a perfect introduction for the coed and general reader.

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