ABSTRACT

The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance.

part |16 pages

Prologue

chapter I|14 pages

The Springs of Reason

part |135 pages

Eden

chapter II|19 pages

Anaximander on Nature

chapter III|19 pages

Science and Speculation

chapter IV|25 pages

The Natural Philosophy of Heraclitus

chapter V|18 pages

The Divine Philosophy of Xenophanes

chapter VI|21 pages

Pythagoras and the Soul

chapter VII|15 pages

The Moral Law

chapter VIII|16 pages

The Principles of Human Knowledge

part |150 pages

The Serpent

chapter IX|21 pages

Parmenides and the Objects of Inquiry

chapter X|24 pages

Being and Becoming

chapter XI|31 pages

Stability and Change

chapter XII|30 pages

Zeno: Paradox and Plurality

chapter XIII|35 pages

Zeno: Paradox and Progression

chapter XIV|7 pages

The Ports of Knowledge Closed

part |262 pages

Paradise Regained

chapter XV|13 pages

The Ionian Revival

chapter XVI|24 pages

Anaxagoras and the Nature of Stuffs

chapter XVII|36 pages

The Corpuscularian Hypothesis

chapter XVIII|19 pages

Philolaus and the Formal Cause

chapter XIX|30 pages

The Logic of Locomotion

chapter XX|21 pages

The Neo-Ionian World Picture

chapter XXI|24 pages

The Sophists

chapter XXII|36 pages

De Anima

chapter XXIII|28 pages

Conduct Unbecoming

chapter XXIV|29 pages

The Bounds of Knowledge

part |18 pages

Epilogue

chapter XXV|17 pages

The Last of the Line