The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy

by Anthony A. Long and George Albert Brown

Book Overview

The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. All these thinkers are discussed in this volume both as individuals and collectively in chapters on rational theology, epistemology, psychology, rhetoric and relativism, justice, and poetics. Assuming no knowledge of Greek or prior knowledge of the subject, this volume provides new readers with the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521446678
• ISBN13: 9780521446679
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"