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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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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, 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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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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