The pre-Socratics : a collection of critical essays / edited by Alexander P.D. Mourelatos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mourelatos, Alexander P. D., 1936- editor.

Series:

Princeton paperbacks.

Princeton paperbacks

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (607 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection introduces readers to some of the most respected Pre-Socratic scholarship of the twentieth century. It includes translations of important works from European scholars that were previously unavailable in English and incorporates the major topics and approaches of contemporary scholarship. Here is an essential book for students and scholars alike. "Students of the Pre-Socratics must be grateful to Mourelatos and his publishers for making these essays available to a wider public."--T. H. Irwin, American Journal of Philology "Mourelatos is a superb editor, and teaching Pre-Socratics in the future with this collection on the reading list will not only be easier but also better."--Jorgen Mejer, The Classical World "The editor has done his work judiciously. It would be difficult to devise a better balance between different parts of the subject."--Edward Hussey, Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences "[This book] will undoubtedly become an indispensable aid for beginning and advanced students of the Pre-Socratics."--David E. Hahm, IsisOriginally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Permissions

Contents

Preface (1974)

Abbreviations

Editor's Supplement to the Princeton University Press Edition

Addenda to the Selective Bibliography: I973~I993

Editor's Introduction

I. Concept Studies

1. Nous, Noein, and their Derivatives in Pre-Socratic Philosophy (Excluding Anaxagoras) / Fritz, Kurt von

2. Qualitative Change in Pre-Socratic Philosophy / Heidel, W. A.

II. Ionian Beginnings

3 Anaximander's Fragment: The Universe Governed by Law / Kahn, Charles H.

4. Xenophanes' Empiricism and His Critique of Knowledge (B34) / Frankel, Hermann

III. Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism

5. Mysticism And Science in the Pythagorean Tradition / Comford, F. M.

6 Pythagorean Philosophy Before Plato / Kahn, Charles H.

IV. Heraclitus

7. Natural Change in Heraclitus / Kirk, G. S.

8. Flux And Logos in Heraclitus / Guthrie, W. K. C.

9. A Thought Pattern in Heraclitus / Frdnkel, Hermann

10. Paradox, Simile, and Gnomic Utterance in Heraclitus / Hölscher, Uνο

V. Parmenides

11. Elements of Eleatic Ontology / Furth, Montgomery

12. Plato and Parmenides on the Timeless Present / Owen, G. E. L.

13. The Relation Between the two Parts of Parmenides' Poem / Reinhardt, Karl

14. The Deceptive Words of Parmenides' "Doxa" / Mourelatos, Alexander P. D.

VI. Zeno of Elea

15. Zeno and Indivisible Magnitudes / Furley, David J.

16. The Tradition About Zeno of Elea Re-Examined / Solmsen, Friedrich

VII. Empedocles

17. Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle in the 'Sixties / Long, A. A.

18. Religion and Natural Philosophy in Empedocles' Doctrine of the Soul / Kahn, Charles H.

VIII. Anaxagoras and the Atomists

19. The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras / Vlastos, Gregory

20 Anaxagoras and the Concept of Matter Before Aristotle / Kerferd, G. B.

21 The Atomists' Reply to the Eleatics / Furley, David J.

Selective Bibliography (1974)

Indexes

Notes:

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1974. (Modern studies in philosophy).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-542) and indexes.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691608273

069160827X

9780691636740

0691636745

9781400863204

1400863201

OCLC:

933515678