1892. When traditional view of the world and the customary rules of life had broken down, the Greeks began to feel the needs which philosophies of nature and of conduct seek to satisfy. Contents: The Milesian School; Science and Religion; Herakleitos of Ephesos; Parmenides of Elea; Empedokles of Akragas; The Younger Eleatics; Revival of Philosophy in Ionia.
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this is the first edition,
This review is from: Early Greek Philosophy (Paperback)
Potential buyers should be aware that this edition is a photographic reproduction of the 1892 first edition of Burnet's famous book. It would probably be better to find a copy (used) of the final, fourth edition.
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Excellent Overview of the Presocratic Philosophy,
By Dragos Bucurenci (Bucharest, Romania) - See all my reviews
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It is probably the best work on Presocratic philosophers including their biographies, found fragments and commentary. Burnet, who is best known for his translation of Plato's works (the Platonis Opera Oxoniensis), was one of the greatest specialists in ancient philosophy and this can be seen by the accuracy of the information this book offers. However, it is not one of those professional studies that bore the reader and don't manage to transmit any information. Apart from some newly (XXth century) acquired information in the field (that may have occurred since Burnet wrote this book), "Early Greek Philosophers" offers to the amateur reader the best overview on Presocratic Philosophy.
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I found Burnet accessible for beginners, a good thing,
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For those who are considering this book, I found it accessible to beginners, because it was the *first* book on the Presocratics I read, and I got through it fine (with no prior Greek Philosophy instruction). Not as "strenuous" as Kirk & Raven which had quotes imbedded in footnotes etc. making it more of a "scholarly" thing (but also excellent nonetheless).
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1. IT was at Miletos that the earliest school of scientific cosmology had its home. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early cosmologists, bright vapour, doxographical tradition, moist element, dense element, innumerable worlds, primary substance, condensed air, something intermediate, early philosophers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milesian School, Diogenes of Apollonia, First Book, Asia Minor, Eleatic School, Diogenes Laertios, Ionic School, Vetusta Placita, Das Problem, Milky Way, Timon of Phlious, Golden Age, Herakleides of Pontos, Pythagorean Order, Way of Opinion, Apollonios of Tyana, Demetrios Phalereus, One of Parmenides, One of Xenophanes, Plato's Timaios New!
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1. IT was at Miletos that the earliest school of scientific cosmology had its home. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early cosmologists, bright vapour, doxographical tradition, moist element, dense element, innumerable worlds, primary substance, condensed air, something intermediate, early philosophers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milesian School, Diogenes of Apollonia, First Book, Asia Minor, Eleatic School, Diogenes Laertios, Ionic School, Vetusta Placita, Das Problem, Milky Way, Timon of Phlious, Golden Age, Herakleides of Pontos, Pythagorean Order, Way of Opinion, Apollonios of Tyana, Demetrios Phalereus, One of Parmenides, One of Xenophanes, Plato's Timaios New!
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