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Soon after its publication, Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy was hailed as the favorite to become "the 'standard' text for survey courses in ancient philosophy." * More than twenty years later that prediction has been borne out: Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy still stands as the leading anthology of its kind. It is now stronger than ever: The Fifth Edition of Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy features a completely revised Aristotle unit, with new translations, as well as a newly revised glossary. The Plato unit offers new translations of the Meno and Republic . In the latter, indirect dialogue is cast into direct dialogue for greater readability. The Presocratics unit has been re-edited and streamlined, and the pages of every unit have been completely reset. * APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy
In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. a new kind of thinker
appeared in Greek city-states, dedicated to finding the origins of
the world and everything in it, using observation and reason rather
than tradition and myth. We call these thinkers Presocratic
philosophers, and recognize them as the first philosophers of the
Western tradition, as well as the originators of scientific
thinking. New textual discoveries and new approaches make a
reconsideration of the Presocratics at the beginning of the
twenty-first century especially timely.
In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. a new kind of thinker
appeared in Greek city-states, dedicated to finding the origins of
the world and everything in it, using observation and reason rather
than tradition and myth. We call these thinkers Presocratic
philosophers, and recognize them as the first philosophers of the
Western tradition, as well as the originators of scientific
thinking. New textual discoveries and new approaches make a
reconsideration of the Presocratics at the beginning of the
twenty-first century especially timely.
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (circa. 500 B.C.-428 B.C.) was reportedly the first Presocratic philosopher to settle in Athens. He was a friend of Pericles and his ideas are reflected in the works of Sophocles and Aristophanes. Anaxagoras asserted that Mind is the ordering principle of the cosmos, he explained solar eclipses, and he wrote on a myriad of astronomical, meteorological, and biological phenomena. His metaphysical claim that everything is in everything and his rejection of the possibility of coming to be or passing away are fundamental to all his other views. Because of his philosophical doctrines, Anaxagoras was condemned for impiety and exiled from Athens. This volume presents all of the surviving fragments of Anaxagoras's writings, both the Greek texts and original facing-page English translations for each. Generously supplemented, it includes detailed annotations, as well as five essays that consider the philosophical and interpretive questions raised by Anaxagoras. Also included are new translations of the ancient testimonia concerning Anaxagoras's life and work, showing the importance of the philosopher and his ideas for his contemporaries and successors. This is a much-needed and highly anticipated examination of Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, one of the forerunners of Greek philosophical and scientific thought.
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