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2001
AbstractIn this chapter, Hankinson considers the contributions to the explanation of nature of each of the major Presocratic figures. Following a brief sketch of the cosmogonies of Homer and Hesiod, Hankinson discusses the Milesian thinkers Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, focussing on the presence in their thought of notions such as material ...
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AbstractIn this chapter, Hankinson considers the contributions to the explanation of nature of each of the major Presocratic figures. Following a brief sketch of the cosmogonies of Homer and Hesiod, Hankinson discusses the Milesian thinkers Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, focussing on the presence in their thought of notions such as material ...
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Mnemosyne, 1948
Melissus frag. 2 runs as follows: dte t????? ??? ????et?, ?st? te ?a? ae? ?? ?a? ae? ?sta? ?a? a???? ??? ??e? ??d? te?e?t??, ???' ?pe???? ?st??. e? ??? ?a? ????et?, a???? a? e??e? (???at? ?a? a? p?t? ?????e???) ?a? te?e?t?? (?te?e?t?se ?a? a? p?t? ?????e???)? dte d? ??te ???at? ??te ?te?e?t?se? ?e? te ?? ?a? ?e? ?sta?, ??? ??e? a???? ??d? te?e?t?? ? ??
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Melissus frag. 2 runs as follows: dte t????? ??? ????et?, ?st? te ?a? ae? ?? ?a? ae? ?sta? ?a? a???? ??? ??e? ??d? te?e?t??, ???' ?pe???? ?st??. e? ??? ?a? ????et?, a???? a? e??e? (???at? ?a? a? p?t? ?????e???) ?a? te?e?t?? (?te?e?t?se ?a? a? p?t? ?????e???)? dte d? ??te ???at? ??te ?te?e?t?se? ?e? te ?? ?a? ?e? ?sta?, ??? ??e? a???? ??d? te?e?t?? ? ??
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The foundations of presocratic atomism
1999Abstract Why should one believe in the existence of atoms? Nowadays we are inclined to think that only explanatory considerations could justify such a belief; atoms are entities posited in order to explain the phenomena, such as the qualities and changes of visible objects.
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2018
The Presocratics were the first Western philosophers. The most celebrated are Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus. Active in Greece throughout the sixth and fifth centuries bc, they concentrated on cosmogony and cosmology – the tasks of explaining the world’s origin and order ...
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The Presocratics were the first Western philosophers. The most celebrated are Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus. Active in Greece throughout the sixth and fifth centuries bc, they concentrated on cosmogony and cosmology – the tasks of explaining the world’s origin and order ...
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2009
Abstract This article explores early Greeks' cosmological speculation, showing how they explored the possibility of a “theory of everything” and human understanding of the cosmos. In the exposition of competitive cosmologies, there are three questions still unresolved: the form of most of the matter in the universe is not known; the ...
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Abstract This article explores early Greeks' cosmological speculation, showing how they explored the possibility of a “theory of everything” and human understanding of the cosmos. In the exposition of competitive cosmologies, there are three questions still unresolved: the form of most of the matter in the universe is not known; the ...
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Phronesis, 1996
First comes a substantial set of readings in Greek philosophy from the beginnings to Aristotle, compiled by Marc Cohen, Patricia Curd and C.D.C. Reeve.' This has a brief general introduction and maps, separate introductions to the three sections on 'The Presocratics and the Sophists', 'Plato' and 'Aristotle', with suggestions for further reading, a ...
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First comes a substantial set of readings in Greek philosophy from the beginnings to Aristotle, compiled by Marc Cohen, Patricia Curd and C.D.C. Reeve.' This has a brief general introduction and maps, separate introductions to the three sections on 'The Presocratics and the Sophists', 'Plato' and 'Aristotle', with suggestions for further reading, a ...
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