Studies in Presocratic Philosophy Volume 2 (Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy)

The articles in this volume deal with the four major philosophical positions of the presocratic period:

• The arguments of Parmenides and Zeno against earlier or contemporary pluralist theories
• The three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists.

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