The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy

by Patricia Curd and Daniel W. Graham

Book Overview

In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. a new kind of thinker appeared in Greek city-states, dedicated to finding the origins of the world and everything in it, using observation and reason rather than tradition and myth. We call these thinkers Presocratic philosophers, and recognize them as the first philosophers of the Western tradition, as well as the originators of scientific thinking. New textual discoveries and new approaches make a reconsideration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199837554
• ISBN13: 9780199837557
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"