Philosophy Before Socrates: An Introduction with Texts & Commentary: 2nd Edition - Softcover

McKirahan, Richard D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603841822 ISBN 13: 9781603841825

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Since its publication in 1994, Richard McKirahan's Philosophy Before Socrates has become the standard sourcebook in Presocratic philosophy. It provides a wide survey of Greek science, metaphysics, and moral and political philosophy, from their roots in myth to the philosophers and Sophists of the fifth century. A comprehensive selection of fragments and testimonia, translated by the author, is presented in the context of a thorough and accessible discussion. An introductory chapter deals with the sources of Presocratic and Sophistic texts and the special problems of interpretation they present.

In its second edition, this work has been updated and expanded to reflect important new discoveries and the most recent scholarship. Changes and additions have been made throughout, the most significant of which are found in the chapters on the Pythagoreans, Parmenides, Zeno, Anaxagoras, and Empedocles, and the new chapter on Philolaus. The translations of some passages have been revised, as have some interpretations and discussions. A new Appendix provides translations of three Hippocratic writings and the Derveni papyrus.

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About the Author

Richard D. McKirahan is Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603841822
• ISBN 13: 9781603841825
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512