Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 150 g
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 150 g
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
ISBN: 978-0-19-284094-3
Verlag: Liverpool University Press
Generations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the presocratics, even though we have very few of their writings left. In this book, Catherine Osborne invites her readers to dip their toes into the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus to Protagoras, to try to fill in the bits of a jigsaw that has been rejigged many times and in many different ways.
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Zielgruppe
General readers with an interest in the history or origins of philosophy and speculative ideas; undergraduates starting presocratics courses in philosophy or classics; students studying later periods of ancient philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, etc); students taking history of science or ancient science modules; students and general readers interested in Heidegger, Hegel, Nietzsche, Popper and others who discuss presocratic philosophy as an inspiration in their work; classicists working on history or literature of the sixth and fifth centuries BC.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Vorsokratische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
Weitere Infos & Material
1: Lost words, forgotten worlds
2: Puzzles about first principles
3: Zeno's tortoise
4: Reality and appearance: more adventures in Metaphysics
5: Heraclitus
6: Pythagoras and other mysteries
7: Spin doctors of the fifth century
Epilogue: a story about origins