The Greek Cosmologists: Volume 1, the Formation of the Atomic Theory and Its Earliest Critics

by David Furley

Book Overview

This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era. Both are accessible to anyone interested in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521034973
• ISBN13: 9780521034975
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"