Heraclitus and Thales' conceptual scheme : a historical study / by Aryeh Finkelberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkelberg, Aryeh, author.

Series:

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 23.

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraclitus, of Ephesus.

Heraclitus.

Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C.

Thales.

Pre-Socratic philosophers.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

x, 415 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

Aryeh Finkelberg offers an alternative to the traditional teleological interpretation of early Greek thought. Instead of explaining it as targeted at later results, viz. philosophy, as this thought was first conceptualized by Aristotle and has been regarded ever since, the author seeks to determine its intended meaning by restoring it to its historical context as evinced, inter alia, by epigraphic and papyrological evidence, in particular, the Gold Leaves, the Olbian bone plates, and the Derveni papyrus. This approach, together with a considerable amount of hitherto unidentified or largely disregarded evidence, yields a picture of early Greek thought significantly different from the traditional history of 'Presocratic philosophy'.

Contents:

Part 1 Heraclitus

1 Heraclitus: The Life and the Book 21

2 Fire: Want and Satiety 41

3 The Solstices of Fire 67

4 The Fugitive δ?αιμονεζ 84

5 Fighting Souls 104

6 Heraclitus and Other Teachers of Salvation 126

7 The One and the Many 146

8 The Mind that Is in Us 169

9 The Logos 189

Appendix 210

10 The Companions of Gods 216

Part 2 Thales and Pre-Platonic Thought

11 The Thaletan Conceptual Scheme 237

12 The One 257

13 The One versus the Many 278

14 The Thaletan Conceptual Scheme and the Thaletan Tradition 302.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Finkelberg, Aryeh, author. Heraclitus and Thales' conceptual scheme.

ISBN:

9789004337992

9004337997

OCLC:

961008090