The Pre-socratics (ebook)

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This collection introduces readers to some of the most respected Pre-Socratic scholarship of the twentieth century. It includes translations of important works from European scholars that were previously unavailable in English and incorporates the major topics and approaches of contemporary scholarship. Here is an essential book for students and scholars alike. "Students of the Pre-Socratics must be grateful to Mourelatos and his publishers for making these essays available to a wider public."--T. H. Irwin, American Journal of Philology "Mourelatos is a superb editor, and teaching Pre-Socratics in the future with this collection on the reading list will not only be easier but also better."--Jorgen Mejer, The Classical World "The editor has done his work judiciously. It would be difficult to devise a better balance between different parts of the subject."--Edward Hussey, Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences "[This book] will undoubtedly become an indispensable aid for beginning and advanced students of the Pre-Socratics."--David E. Hahm, Isis

Originally published in 1994.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.0Preface (1974) Abbreviations Editor's Supplement to the Princeton University Press Edition Addenda to the Selective Bibliography: 1973-1993 Editor's Introduction 1 1 Nous, Noein, and their Derivatives in Pre-Socratic Philosophy (Excluding Anaxagoras) 23 2 Qualitative Change in Pre-Socratic Philosophy 86 3 Anaximander's Fragment: The Universe Governed by Law 99 4 Xenophanes' Empiricism and His Critique of Knowledge (B[subscript 34]) 118 5 Mysticism and Science in the Pythagorean Tradition 135 6 Pythagorean Philosophy before Plato 161 7 Natural Change in Heraclitus 189 8 Flux and Logos in Heraclitus 197 9 A Thought Pattern in Heraclitus 214 10 Paradox, Simile, and Gnomic Utterance in Heraclitus 229 11 Elements of Eleatic Ontology 241 12 Plato and Parmenides on the Timeless Present 271 13 The Relation between the Two Parts of Parmenides' Poem 293 14 The Deceptive Words of Parmenides' "Doxa" 312 15 Zeno and Indivisible Magnitudes 353 16 The Tradition about Zeno of Elea Re-Examined 368 17 Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle in the 'Sixties 397 18 Religion and Natural Philosophy in Empedocles' Doctrine of the Soul 426 19 The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras 459 20 Anaxagoras and the Concept of Matter before Aristotle 489 21 The Atomists' Reply to the Eleatics 504 Selective Bibliography (1974) 527 Indexes i. Ancient Texts 543 Indexes ii. Personal Names 547 Indexes iii. Glossary and Index of Greek Words Discussed 549 Indexes iv. Subject Index 554