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Early Greek philosophy : the Presocratics and the emergence of reason / edited by Joe McCoy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 57.Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (278 pages)Content type:
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  • 9780813221229
  • 0813221226
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Early Greek philosophy : the Presocratics and the emergence of reason.DDC classification:
  • 182 23
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  • B187.5 .E27 2013eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The achievement of early Greek philosophy: a drama in five acts: from Hesiod to the Timaeus / Charles Kahn -- Op, Anaximander's Apeiron. and the arrangement of time / Kurt Pritzl -- The problem of evil in Heraclitus / Kenneth Dorter -- Reason and myth in early Pythagorean cosmology / Carl A. Huffman -- A systematic Xenophanes? / J.H. Lesher -- Parmenides, astronomy, and scientific realism / Alexander P.D. Mourelatos -- Where are love and strife?: incorporeality in Empedocles / Patricia Curd -- Anaxagoras: science and speculation in the golden age / Daniel W. Graham -- Bacon's third sailing: the Presocratic origins of modern philosophy / John C. McCarthy -- Primal truth, errant tradition, and crisis: the Presocratics in late modernity / Richard Velkley.
Summary: "The scholarly tradition of the Presocratics is the beginning of the "Greek Miracle," the remarkable flowering of arts and sciences in ancient Greece from the 600s to 400s BC. Greek thought turned from pagan religion and the mytho-poetic work of Hesiod and Homer, to inquiry into the natures of things, to the world and our place in it. This tradition, starting with Thales (b. 624 BC) and proceeding through Democritus (d. 370 BC), is the unifying theme of this volume. The contributors, renowned experts in their various fields of philosophy, provide introductions to the Presocratic philosophers and discuss how this philosophical school was appropriated and treated by later philosophers. Joe McCoy opens the volume with a survey of the historical developments within Presocratic philosophy, as well as its subsequent reception. The essays begin with Charles Kahn's account of the role of Presocractic philosophy in classical philosophy. Individual philosophers are then discussed, namely, Anaximander by Kurt Pritzl, Heraclitus by Kenneth Dorter, and Pythagoreans by Carl A. Huffman. Next are chapters on Xenophanes by James Lesher, Parmenides by Alexander P.D. Mourelatos, Empedocles by Patricia Curd, and Anaxagoras by Daniel Graham. The collection concludes with an examination of the reception of the Presocratics in early modern and late modern philosophy by John C. McCarthy and Richard Velkley, respectively."--Publisher's description.
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The achievement of early Greek philosophy: a drama in five acts: from Hesiod to the Timaeus / Charles Kahn -- Op, Anaximander's Apeiron. and the arrangement of time / Kurt Pritzl -- The problem of evil in Heraclitus / Kenneth Dorter -- Reason and myth in early Pythagorean cosmology / Carl A. Huffman -- A systematic Xenophanes? / J.H. Lesher -- Parmenides, astronomy, and scientific realism / Alexander P.D. Mourelatos -- Where are love and strife?: incorporeality in Empedocles / Patricia Curd -- Anaxagoras: science and speculation in the golden age / Daniel W. Graham -- Bacon's third sailing: the Presocratic origins of modern philosophy / John C. McCarthy -- Primal truth, errant tradition, and crisis: the Presocratics in late modernity / Richard Velkley.

"The scholarly tradition of the Presocratics is the beginning of the "Greek Miracle," the remarkable flowering of arts and sciences in ancient Greece from the 600s to 400s BC. Greek thought turned from pagan religion and the mytho-poetic work of Hesiod and Homer, to inquiry into the natures of things, to the world and our place in it. This tradition, starting with Thales (b. 624 BC) and proceeding through Democritus (d. 370 BC), is the unifying theme of this volume. The contributors, renowned experts in their various fields of philosophy, provide introductions to the Presocratic philosophers and discuss how this philosophical school was appropriated and treated by later philosophers. Joe McCoy opens the volume with a survey of the historical developments within Presocratic philosophy, as well as its subsequent reception. The essays begin with Charles Kahn's account of the role of Presocractic philosophy in classical philosophy. Individual philosophers are then discussed, namely, Anaximander by Kurt Pritzl, Heraclitus by Kenneth Dorter, and Pythagoreans by Carl A. Huffman. Next are chapters on Xenophanes by James Lesher, Parmenides by Alexander P.D. Mourelatos, Empedocles by Patricia Curd, and Anaxagoras by Daniel Graham. The collection concludes with an examination of the reception of the Presocratics in early modern and late modern philosophy by John C. McCarthy and Richard Velkley, respectively."--Publisher's description.