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A lively and thematic treatment of early Greek philosophy, this work discusses the invention of western philosophy - the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe.Tags
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One can relate to Presocratic philosophy as a history of thinkers trying to solve some few importants questions, specially the cosmology one. Catherine Osborne choses another path, one in which the presocratics examined various problems with no specifically order. This work introduces the reader to the ideas and doubts of men that lived in 5th and 4th centuries BC. The exposition is clear and the reader's benefits enormous.
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- Canonical title
- Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
- Original title
- Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
- Original publication date
- 2003
- First words
- Before computers were invented people published their thoughts as printed marks in books.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We need those stories in order to explain the origins of our own endeavours, and to continue the task of understanding.
- Original language
- English
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- 286
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English, Greek
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 2
