History of Greek Philosophy: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans v. 1 (Earlier Presocratics & the Pythagoreans)

William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition, 1/2/1962
EAN 9780521051590, ISBN10: 0521051592

Hardcover, 558 pages, 23.7 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm
Language: English

All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.

Preface
Notes on the sources
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction and summary
2. The beginnings of philosophy in Greece
3. The Milesians
4. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
5. Alcmaeon
6. Xenophanes
7. Heraclitus
Bibliography
Indexes.