Beginning With the Pre Socratics

By M. Ring

This brief and accessible supplementary text provides the historical and cultural background necessary to understanding how early philosophy developed, along with solid philosophical exposition, analysis and critique. It is at once both highly readable and philosophically responsible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874847915
• ISBN13: 9780874847918
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Mayfield Pub Co
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 6.0" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

This was a required text for a college course I took in Ancient Greek philosophy. Though this book does not contain large samples of fragments from the Pre-Socratics themselves it does an excellent job of both contextualizing their thought and clearly explaining their ideas. A very helpful guide to Pre-Socratic philosophy.