Presocratic Philosophy Essays in Honour of Alexander Mourelatos

About the author

Daniel W. Graham, Ph.D., has been teaching Socrates for thirty-five years, first at Grinnell College, then at Rice University, and for most of his career at Brigham Young University, where he has been department chair and is currently Abraham Owen Smoot Professor of Philosophy.

Victor Caston is Professor of Philosophy and Classical Studies at University of Michigan.

Summary

This book presents some of the most recent trends and developments in Presocratic scholarship. A wide range of topics are covered - from the metaphysical to the moral to the methodological - as well as a broad range of authors: from recognized figures such as Heraclitus and Parmenides to Sophistic thinkers whose place has traditionally been margina

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'... this nicely put together books is a Festschrift in celebration of Alexander Mourelatos' contribution to the study of ancient philosophy... Contributors include a host of Mourelatos' colleagues and former pupils, some of whom are the most well respected scholars in the field... As a whole, the book offers a handful of very good articles on assorted subjects, as well as an ample taste of the current state of scholarly debate surrounding the Presocratics.' Prudentia

Product details

• Authors: Daniel W. Graham, Graham Daniel W.
• Assisted by: Victor Caston (Editor), Caston Victor (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780367888329
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88832-9
• Pages: 362
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Philosophy, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Philosophical Methodology, Ancient dialectic, ancient metaphysics, moral philosophy history, presocratic influence on Plato, sophistic thinkers, Early Greek cosmology