ABSTRACT
Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece. Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|11 pages
Introductory Essays
part II|14 pages
The Precursors of Philosophy
part III|94 pages
The Pre-Socratics and Socrates
part IV|35 pages
The Classical Period
part V|44 pages
The Hellenistic Philosophers
part VI|49 pages
The Roman Period
part VII|58 pages
Archaeological Sites