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Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ancient Greek Philosophy but didn't Know Who to Ask

Patricia F O'Grady editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Apr '05

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Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece. Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.

’The breadth of coverage of philosophers is very impressive... I would certainly recommend that a copy should be available in every library of every institution where ancient Greece and its philosophy is studied. It's an unusual book, but a worthwhile one.’ Practical Philosophy

ISBN: 9780754651321

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 662g

356 pages