It may not be too much to say that all the work Western
philosophers have done over the past two thousand years was begun
by the Pre-Socratics. The Phoenix Pre-Socratic series has been
instrumental in recovering Pre-Socratic texts.
As with earlier works in this important series, this volume aims
to make an important portion of Pre-Socratic writings accessible to
all those interested in ancient philosophy and the first phase of
European natural science. We now have, for the first time in
English a translation of the bulk of texts concerning the atomists,
with commentary.
The work contains a new presentation of the evidence for the
thought of Leucippus and Democritus, based on the original sources.
It includes a Greek text of the fragments, in a new selection, with
facing English translation. The testimonia (all newly translated)
are presented in a new selection, designed to clarify the structure
of the atomists thought and to present their texts in their
argumentative context as far as possible. The notes and commentary
aim to reflect the complexity and diversity of their thought, with
particular emphasis on their metaphysical foundations, psychology,
epistemology and ethics. Sections on biology, astronomy and
theology are also included. Complete indexes, concordances and
bibliography are included.
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