A History of Greek Philosophy

W. K. C. Guthrie

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Volume 1: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
W. K. C. Guthrie

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2025
Print publication year:: 1962
Online ISBN:: 9780511518409
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511518409

Subjects:: Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

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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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Note on the Sources
pp xiii-xiv

List of Abbreviations
pp xv-xvi

I - Introduction and Summary
pp 1-25

II - The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece
pp 26-38

III - The Milesians
pp 39-145

IV - Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
pp 146-340

V - Alcmaeon
pp 341-359

VI - Xenophanes
pp 360-402

VII - Heraclitus
pp 403-492

Bibliography
pp 493-504

Indexes

I - Index of passages quoted or referred to
pp 505-513

II - General Index
pp 514-539

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