000			01631nam a22002297a 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9780192840943
041			_aEnglish
082			_aG 182 _bOSBO
100			_aOsborne, Catherine
245			_aPresocratic philosophy : a very short introduction
250			_a1st
260			_aOxford ; New York _bOxford University Press _c2004
300			_a144p; paperback
500			_a"Generations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the Presocratics. Even though some of the Presocratic philosophers wrote little, and little of what they wrote remains, we can sense the adventure in their early explorations into the nature of reality, time, space, infinity, and the origin of the universe. From their intrepid beginnings, 2,500 years ago, Western philosophy has developed into what it is today.". "In this Very Short Introduction Catherine Osborne examines some key Presocratic philosophers and Sophists, from Thales to Pythagoras, and Heraclitus to Protagoras. She invites the reader to reconstruct the evidence and scrutinize the philosophical theories, starting with the tattered fragments from a recently discovered papyrus text of a poem by Empedocles. Plentiful excerpts from this and other ancient sources highlight the way in which our understanding of the earliest philosophers is influenced and enriched by generations of philosophically motivated interpreters."
650			_aVorsokratiker.
650			_aFilosofía antigua.
650			_aPre-Socratic philosophers.
650			_a Voorsocratici.
650			_aGriechenland (Altertum)
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