ABSTRACT

This first volume in the series traces the development of philosophy over two-and-a-half centuries, from Thales at the beginning of the sixth century BC to the death of Plato in 347 BC.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|38 pages

The polis and its culture

chapter Chapter 2|41 pages

The Ionians

chapter Chapter 3|40 pages

Heraclitus

chapter Chapter 4|47 pages

Pythagoreans and Eleatics

chapter Chapter 5|33 pages

Empedocles

chapter Chapter 6|36 pages

Anaxagoras and the atomists

chapter Chapter 7|27 pages

The sophists

chapter Chapter 10|38 pages

Plato: metaphysics and epistemology

chapter Chapter 11|31 pages

Plato: ethics and politics

chapter Chapter 12|31 pages

Plato: aesthetics and psychology