A HISTORY OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY Volume I: the Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans

Guthrie, W. K. C.

ISBN 10: 0521051592 / ISBN 13: 9780521051590

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1962

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Scholar's name to ffep (D. De Montmollin). Light spotting to boards. Minor pencilling to a few pages. ; Vol. 1; 1.38 x 9 x 6 Inches; 558 pages; 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A HISTORY OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY Volume I: the Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521051592
• ISBN 13: 9780521051590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classical Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Greek History

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Synopsis

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.

Book Description

A famous highly praised work is considered definitive by many scholars of classical philosophy. Socrates and the Sophists, which comprise Vol. 3 of the History, are available as two separate paperbacks, with text, bibliographies and indices amended so that each is self-contained.