A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 2, The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus

All volumes of Professor Guthrie’s great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie’s work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.

Preface; Note on the sources; List of abbreviations; 1. The eleatics; 2. Ionians and eleatics: the rise and fall of monism; 3. Empedocles; 4. Anaxagoras; 5. Archelaus; 6. Philosophy in the second half of the fifth century; Bibliography; Indexes.