Philosophy Before Socrates: An Introduction With Text and Commentary

McKirahan, Richard D.

ISBN 10: 0872201759 / ISBN 13: 9780872201750

Published by Hackett Pub Co Inc, Indianapolis., 1994

About this Item

Softcover 1994, 1st edition. Text and covers in near fine condition. Binding firm. Some paragraphs show underlining, mainly to the early part of the book. (436 pages).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philosophy Before Socrates: An Introduction With Text and Commentary
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc, Indianapolis.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872201759
• ISBN 13: 9780872201750
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Since its publication in 1994, Richard McKirahan's Philosophy Before Socrates has become the standard sourcebook in Presocratic philosophy. It provides a wide survey of Greek science, metaphysics, and moral and political philosophy, from their roots in myth to the philosophers and Sophists of the fifth century. A comprehensive selection of fragments and testimonia, translated by the author, is presented in the context of a thorough and accessible discussion. An introductory chapter deals with the sources of Presocratic and Sophistic texts and the special problems of interpretation they present.

In its second edition, this work has been updated and expanded to reflect important new discoveries and the most recent scholarship. Changes and additions have been made throughout, the most significant of which are found in the chapters on the Pythagoreans, Parmenides, Zeno, Anaxagoras, and Empedocles, and the new chapter on Philolaus. The translations of some passages have been revised, as have some interpretations and discussions. A new Appendix provides translations of three Hippocratic writings and the Derveni papyrus.

About the Author

Richard D McKirahan is Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College.