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Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece : Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ancient Greek Philosophy but didn't Know Who to Ask

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Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition.

Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience.

Comprising of seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece.

Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought.

This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.

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Product Details
Routledge
0754651320 / 9780754651321
Paperback / softback
180
28/04/2005
United Kingdom
English
xx, 312 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.
24 cm
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