Description: First Philosophers : The Presocratics and Sophists, Paperback by Waterfield, Robin (EDT), ISBN 019953909X, ISBN-13 9780199539093, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to this
proto-scientific task. Through, for instance, Heraclitus enigmatic sayings, the poetry of Parmenides and Empedocles, and Zenos paradoxes, the Western world was introduced to metaphysics, rationalist theology, ethics, and logic, by thinkers who often seem to be mystics or shamans as much as
philosophers or scientists in the modern mould. And out of the Sophists reflections on human beings and their place in the world arose and interest in language, and in political, moral, and social philosophy.
This volume contains a translation of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources, supplemented by lucid commentary.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert
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Book Title: First Philosophers : the Presocratics and Sophists
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Robin Waterfield
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
