Presocratic Philosophy

Vydavateľstvo: Oxford University Press
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ISBN: 9780192840943

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A colourful and authoritative introduction to presocratic philosophy
Uses as a starting point, the recent findings of the ancient papyrus fragment carrying a... Viac o knihe

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A colourful and authoritative introduction to presocratic philosophy
Uses as a starting point, the recent findings of the ancient papyrus fragment carrying a poem by the Greek magician and philosopher Empedocles
Discusses early Greek philosophy thematically rather than chronologically
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This is a book about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins with the finding of the new papyrus fragment of Empedocles` poem, and uses the story of its discovery and interpretation to highlight the way our understanding of early philosophers is marked by their presentation in later sources.
Generations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the presocratics, even though we have very few of their writings left. In this book, Catherine Osborne invites her readers to dip their toes into the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus to Protagoras, to try to fill in the bits of a jigsaw that has been rejigged many times and in many different ways.