The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists by Robin Waterfield, Protagoras, Empedocles, Anaximenes, Thrasymachus, Thales, Heraclitus, Zeno of Elea, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Gorgias of Leontini
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists

Robin Waterfield, Protagoras, Empedocles, Anaximenes, Thrasymachus, Thales, Heraclitus, Zeno of Elea, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Gorgias of Leontini

354 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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These first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. This is a unique and invaluable collection of the works of the Presocratics and the Sophists. Waterfield brings together the w...

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