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Greek Natural Philosophy - The Presocratics and Their Importance for Environmental Philosophy (Paperback)
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Greek Natural Philosophy - The Presocratics and Their Importance for Environmental Philosophy (Paperback)
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Greek Natural Philosophy presents the primary sources on the
Presocratics in a straightforward way in order to tell a coherent
story about the astonishing development of natural philosophy in
ancient Greece and its relevance today. The book begins with
historical influences on the birth of natural philosophy,
especially literacy and the ecosystem services provided by the
natural environment of ancient Greece. It argues that the
individual philosophers' thoughts about the nature of the cosmos,
living things, humankind, and human culture were linked by a
"diachronic dialectic of ideas." Each philosopher's speculations
were subjected to a critique by the next generation who crafted
more subtle theories. The dialectical transition is traced from the
mythopoeic worldview of Hesiod to the rational worldview of Thales
and his Milesian successors, followed by Xenophanes and Heraclitus,
then Parmenides and his Eleatic successors, and the qualitative
pluralisms of Anaxagoras and Empedocles. An entirely fresh
interpretation is provided of the Atomists and later Pythagoreans,
whose work culminated in the ideas upon which Galileo, Newton, and
the other architects of modern science, continued to build. In the
span of only two centuries, the Presocratics developed the basic
principles of philosophy and natural science, ecology, mathematical
astronomy, the atomic theory of matter, an inertial theory of
motion, and the possibility that our solar system is only one of
infinitely many scattered throughout infinite time and space. The
concluding chapter traces natural philosophy through subsequent
centuries until its abandonment in 20th century philosophy, leading
to the moribund state of philosophy by the end of that century. The
authors show how environmental philosophy represents a return to
natural philosophy and a model for the revival of philosophy's
vigor and relevance in the 21st century. Greek Natural Philosophy
is suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in ancient Greek
philosophy or in environmental philosophy, and will be of interest
to scholars in these fields.
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