Studies in Presocratic Philosophy (Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy)

Collected in this volume are some of the most important articles published on the philosophy of the Greeks before Socrates. They cover:

• The nature of Presocratic thought
• The sources of our knowledge of the Presocratics
• The earliest philosophers up to Heraclitus

David John Furley was a Greco-Roman scholar, taught at University College London 1947-1966; Professor of Classics 1966-74, Charles Ewing Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Princeton University 1974-1992; Fellow, British Academy