A Presocratics Reader [Paperback]

Patricia Curd (Author, Editor), Richard D. McKirahan (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0872203263 | ISBN-13: 978-0872203266

Ideal for a two-to-three week introduction to the Presocratics and Sophists, this volume offers a selection of the extant remains of early Greek philosophical thought on cosmology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, together with unobtrusive, minimally interpretive editorial material: an introduction, brief headnotes, maps, and a concordance.

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Translated by Richard McKirahan Jr

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872203263
• ISBN-13: 978-0872203266
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > More Languages > Greek

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4.0 out of 5 stars Purchased for Philosophy Class, November 15, 2011

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This review is from: A Presocratics Reader (Paperback)

While I wasn't sure what I was getting into, I really enjoyed this book. The small bit of background given at the beginning of each section about the authors helped to understand the fragments. Many of the fragments are different versions of the same thing recorded by different authors. The different interpretations were very interesting. The map at the beginning of the book was not at all useful because it was just lines on white, no shading at all to tell you what is water and what is land, just dots and lines.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gathering of Presocratics, February 24, 2008

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This review is from: A Presocratics Reader (Paperback)

Patricia Curd brings together the major Presocratic philosophers in this petite reader. Inside are fragments related to the individual authors from a wide variety of texts such as "Lives of the Philosophers" and Plutarch's "Table Talk" which cuts down research time by a huge bit.

All in all this is a great reference for in depth study and perusal of the Presocratics' ideologies.

6 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great review of ancient philosophy, November 27, 2007

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This review is from: A Presocratics Reader (Paperback)

I found it very interesting to read many of the ideas that the ancient philosophers had about various subjects. It is interesting to compare the ideas to what we know today.