The Presocratics.

Wheelwright, Philip (Editor).

Published by New York, The Odyssey Press, Inc., 1966

About this Item

13.5 cm x 20 cm. 337 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes with his name on endpaper. Some foxing to the edges and an ink mark on bottom edge. Some annotations in pencil throughout the book. Includes for example the following essays: The Scientist-Philosophers of Miletus / Qualitative Pluralism / The Sophists / Hippocratic Medical Philosophy etc. Philip Ellis Wheelwright (July 6, 1901 January 6, 1970) was an American philosopher, classical scholar and literary theorist. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on July 6, 1901, and died in Santa Barbara, California on January 6, 1970, four years after his retirement from the University of California, where he had been a professor since 1954. He is best known for two books in the field of literary criticism, The Burning Fountain: a Study in the Language of Symbolism (1954) and Metaphor and Reality (1962), and his book on early Greek philosophy, The Presocratics (1966). He is also the author of an introductory textbook to philosophical ethics, entitled A Critical Introduction to Ethics (1935). Wheelwright was a Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College from 1937 to 1953. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 60209AB

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Presocratics.

Publisher: New York, The Odyssey Press, Inc.

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Soft cover