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history ofpre-Socratic philosophy, to appear in English since Burnet's
Early Greek Philosophy (Gregory as •an outstanding contribution
to scholarship' (É. L. Minar) and as •an indispensable working tool for the
onstudene (Times Liter@y Supplement). 'Kirk and Raven' quicklyeståblished itself
as the standard Work 00 the subiectfor the English- speåking read&z,
Since its publicatibn fresh interpretations ofthe Presocracics haié
continued to appear,The evidence on Empedoclesåndthe 19th'? gorens has
reassessed by scholars, and work on Parmenides, Zeno Melissus by
analytic philosophershas been especiallyfiuitfi1L'Forthiega•, thC•J
correspondingchapters ofthis book have accordinglybeen cpmplctew,.
re-written (by Malcolm Schofield, who has sharedwith Geoffrey Kirk in the
revision); elsewhere it has been carefully revised to acco ' t ofotber
deyelopments in scholarship.
ucti6n surveying the
Beginning With a long and extensively rewri n in
ecessOrs ofthe Presocratics, the book tracey the intellectual rev9iution
initiated by Thales in the sixth century,B.C. to its culmination in the
metaphysics'f Parmenides god the compleg physical theories ofAnaxagokas
and the AtomistSin the fifth centiiry. It isbased on a selection ofsome six
hundred teits, and a English tranSlatiotvwhich in this edition
given moreprominence. These provide the basis,fora detailed critical stud f
the principal individual thinkers of the time.
Besides serving as an essential text for undeigradOåVe and gra courses
in Greek philosophy and in the history of science, this book will appeal tea
wide range ofreaders with interests in philosophy,theology, the histprfof
ideas and ofthe ancient world, and indeed'to'anyone
authoritative account ofthe Presocratics.
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