Greek Cosmologists: Volume 1, the Formation of the Atomic Theory and - Its Earliest Critic

Klappentext This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy! even if they have no specialised knowledge of Greek philosophy. Zusammenfassung This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy! even if they have no specialized knowledge of Greek philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Two pictures of the world; 2. The judgement of Socrates; 3. The beginning in Miletus; 4. Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides; 5. Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology; 6. Anaxagoras; 7. Empedocles and the invention of elements; 8. Later Eleatic critics; 9. Leucippus and Democritus; 10. The cosmos of the Atomists; 11. The anthropology of the Atomists; 12. Plato's criticisms of the materialists; 13. Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists; Bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

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• Authors: Furley David, David Furley, David (Princeton University Furley, David J. Furley, Furley David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1987
• EAN: 9780521333283
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33328-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Greek Cosmologists; The Greek Cosmologists
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500