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1990
Abstract According to the mixture at any one time of the body as it travels, so is the structure of men’s thinking. (Parmenides) As a man’s constitution changes, so changed thoughts are present to him. (Empedocles) Our understanding shifts with bodily changes. (Democritus) Whatever
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Abstract According to the mixture at any one time of the body as it travels, so is the structure of men’s thinking. (Parmenides) As a man’s constitution changes, so changed thoughts are present to him. (Empedocles) Our understanding shifts with bodily changes. (Democritus) Whatever
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Phronesis, 1993
There are two new volumes in the Phoenix Supplementary Presocratic series, on Xenophanes by J.H. Lesher,' and Empedocles by Brad Inwood.2 Lesher's book is much the best of those so far, giving a comprehensive coverage of Xenophanes, with help on almost every aspect. After a preface and short introduction, the fragments are presented in Greek and facing
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There are two new volumes in the Phoenix Supplementary Presocratic series, on Xenophanes by J.H. Lesher,' and Empedocles by Brad Inwood.2 Lesher's book is much the best of those so far, giving a comprehensive coverage of Xenophanes, with help on almost every aspect. After a preface and short introduction, the fragments are presented in Greek and facing
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2020
“Presocratics” is a name given to authors who preceded or were contemporary with Socrates, and whose sayings were later quoted as contributions to the history of philosophy. This chapter reviews the information furnished by Christian authors on the teachings of Empedocles, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Anaxagoras and Heraclitus, concluding with Pythagoras as
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“Presocratics” is a name given to authors who preceded or were contemporary with Socrates, and whose sayings were later quoted as contributions to the history of philosophy. This chapter reviews the information furnished by Christian authors on the teachings of Empedocles, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Anaxagoras and Heraclitus, concluding with Pythagoras as
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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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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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2004
Abstract Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins by discussing a new papyrus fragment of Empedocles, and uses the story of its discovery and interpretation to highlight the way our understanding of early ...
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Abstract Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins by discussing a new papyrus fragment of Empedocles, and uses the story of its discovery and interpretation to highlight the way our understanding of early ...
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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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2009
Abstract If in the context of early and classical Greek thought, the term “theology” is taken to mean “of God/gods/the gods and his/their putative relationship, causal and directive, to the world and its operations, and to ourselves within that world,” or something of that order, the first ascription of such a notion to a Presocratic ...
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Abstract If in the context of early and classical Greek thought, the term “theology” is taken to mean “of God/gods/the gods and his/their putative relationship, causal and directive, to the world and its operations, and to ourselves within that world,” or something of that order, the first ascription of such a notion to a Presocratic ...
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2013
The word “Presocratic” was invented in the 19th century ce and does not represent a category recognized in antiquity. The expression “Presocratic philosophy” is misleading: first, because some “Presocratics” were Socrates’ contemporaries, some of them surviving him by decades, and second, because they did not call themselves philosophers and because ...
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The word “Presocratic” was invented in the 19th century ce and does not represent a category recognized in antiquity. The expression “Presocratic philosophy” is misleading: first, because some “Presocratics” were Socrates’ contemporaries, some of them surviving him by decades, and second, because they did not call themselves philosophers and because ...
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The Classical Quarterly, 1963
A Papyrus commentary on Alcman published in 19571 brings us news of a poem in which Alcman “physiologized”. The lemmata and commentary together witness to a semi-philosophical cosmogony unlike any other hitherto known from Greece. The evidence is meagre, but it seems worth while to see what can be made of it; for it is perhaps possible to go a little ...
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A Papyrus commentary on Alcman published in 19571 brings us news of a poem in which Alcman “physiologized”. The lemmata and commentary together witness to a semi-philosophical cosmogony unlike any other hitherto known from Greece. The evidence is meagre, but it seems worth while to see what can be made of it; for it is perhaps possible to go a little ...
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