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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. ... Read more

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A Valuable Addition
This is a very needed book for those of us deeply involved with Democritus.Several translations of these fragments exist, but the Greek text is needed in order to check out various key words that various English versions translate differently.

The book is breathtakingly expensive, but you get what you pay for these days.The scholarship is first class, and the book itself is nicely made.

S. Milligan
Brooklyn, NY

Democritus revealed, a review by Thomas D. Worthen
[Review by Thomas D. Worthen]In this book CCW Taylor amends an eons-long dearth of information in English about the greatest philosopher-scientist from antiquity. Popular during the Renaissance and Enlightenment as a source of information and wisdom about scientific principles (feeding Bacon's spirit for the writing of his Novum Organum), Democritus has all but been pushed back into obscurity by the triumph of English 19th century Platonism and the concomitant recrudescence of Aristotlian studies. Denied even a word of mention by Plato but acknowledged several times in the Aristotelian corpus as the greatest of his predecessors (but uncredited as the guide for much of what Aristotle observed, thought, and wrote) Democritus (and his follower Epicurus) suffered unmercifully at the hands of Christian authors whose judgments stilled monastic hands from re-copying his texts.

Professor Taylor has taken the pitifully small remnant of fragments from a once voluminous oeuvre, and the few notices about Democritus written by Diogenes Laertius, Galen, the Aristotelians, Roman authors, and Church fathers and arranged them in a sensible order with English translations of the fragments which also appear in Greek and with the notices fully translated (no Greek). There are judiciously written notes on the central issues of atomism, on Democritus's ethical works, and on cruxes in the texts. There is a general index, an annotated index of ancient works from which the citations are taken, an index to the footnotes and commentary on the testimonia, a concordance of Taylor's with other systems of enumerating the fragments and notices (Diels-Kranz, Luria), and a bibliography.

Surely this book is a must reference source for anyone who seriously studies the Pre-Socratic philosophers and is well worth the inflated price that academic presses charge for books whose sales will be limited to libraries and scholars.

The only disappointment I will register is Taylor's cursory treatment of the problem of Leucippus's historicity. Here his judgment is wrong, and he fails fully to discuss the issues and the evidence.

Democritus revealed
In this book CCW Taylor amends an eons-long dearth of information inEnglish about the greatest philosopher-scientist from antiquity. Popularduring the Renaissance and Enlightenment as a source of information andwisdom about scientific principles (feeding Bacon's spirit for the writingof his Novum Organum), Democritus has all but been pushed back intoobscurity by the triumph of English 19th century Platonism and theconcomitant recrudescence of Aristotlian studies. Denied even a word ofmention by Plato but acknowledged several times in theAristotelian corpusas the greatest of his predecessors (but uncredited as the guide for muchof what Aristotle observed, thought, and wrote) Democritus (and hisfollower Epicurus) suffered unmercifully at the hands of Christian authorswhose judgments stilled monastic hands from re-copying histexts.

Professor Taylor has taken the pitifully small remnant offragments from a once voluminous oeuvre, and the few notices aboutDemocritus written by Diogenes Laertius, Galen, the Aristotelians, Romanauthors, and Church fathers and arranged them in a sensible order withEnglish translations of the fragments which also appear in Greek and withthe notices fully translated (no Greek). There are judiciously writtennotes on the central issues of atomism, on Democritus's ethical works, andon cruxes in the texts. There is a general index, an annotated index ofancient works from which the citations are taken, an index to the footnotesand commentary on the testimonia, a concordance of Taylor's with othersystems of enumerating the fragments and notices (Diels-Kranz, Luria), anda bibliography.

Surely this book is a must reference source for anyonewho seriously studies the Pre-Socratic philsophers and is well worth theinflated price that academic presses charge for books whose sales will belimited to libraries and scholars.

The only disappointment I willregister is Taylor's cursory treatment of the problem of Leucippus'shistoricity. Here his judgment is wrong, and he fails fully to discuss theissues and the evidence. ... Read more

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Leucippus or Leukippos (bright horse) (5th century BC) was the originator of atomism, the philosophical belief that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms.There are no existing writings which we can attribute to Leucippus, since his writings seem to have been enfolded into the work of his famous student Democritus. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 633 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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The author is named as "Mr. Bottarelli" below the list of Dramatis personae.Founded on a poem by G.C. Pasquini.Italian libretto with an English prose translation.

London : printed for G. Woodfall, 1764. 52p. ; 8° ... Read more

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Chapters: Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes, Thales, Leucippus, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Theophrastus, Prodicus, Strato of Lampsacus, Philolaus, Hippasus, Archytas, Eudemus of Rhodes, Philo of Byzantium, Milesian School, Ocellus Lucanus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 205. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Plato (pronounced , Greek: , Plátn, "broad"; 428/427 BC 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by his apparently unjust execution. Plato's sophistication as a writer is evident in his Socratic dialogues; thirty-six dialogues and thirteen letters have been ascribed to him. Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts. Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and other subjects about which he wrote. The definite place and time of Plato's birth are not known, but what is certain is that he belonged to an aristocratic and influential family. Based on ancient sources, most modern scholars believe that he was born in Athens or Aegina between 429 and 423 BC. His father was Ariston. According to a disputed tradition, reported by Diogenes Laertius, Ariston traced his descent from the king of Athens, Codrus, and the king of Messenia, Melanthus. Plato's mother was Perictione, whose family boasted of a relationship with the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22954 ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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Democritus (Greek: ??????????, D?mokritos, "chosen of the people") (ca. 460 BCE ? ca. 370 BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera in the north of Greece. He was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher who formulated an atomic theory for the cosmos His exact contributions are difficult to disentangle from his mentor Leucippus, as they are often mentioned together in texts. Their hypothesis on atoms is remarkably similar to modern science, and avoided many of the errors found in their contemporaries. Largely ignored in Athens, Democritus was nevertheless well-known to his fellow northern-born philosopher Aristotle. Plato is said to have disliked him so much that he wished all his books burnt. Many consider Democritus to be the "father of modern science". ... Read more

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English & Continental Furniture & Decorations, Including Silver: Sale 2005, July 15, 2000, Boston. Paperback auction catalogue produced by Skinner, Inc. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1105 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from a specific period that provides an understanding of the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events covering the major branches of the humanities: architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts. Articles cover the movements, schools of thought, and masterworks that characterize the discipline during the era and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters, and other prominent figures in the field. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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A distinguished Platonic scholar discusses the impact of the Greek discovery of the "cosmos" on man's perception of his place in the universe, describes the problems this posed, and interprets Plato's response to this discovery.

Starting with the Presocratics, Vlastos describes the intellectual revolution that began with the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes in the sixth century B.C. and culminated a century later in the atomist system of Leucippus and Democritus. What united these men was that for all of them nature remained the inviolate, all-inclusive principle of explanation, precluding any appeal to a supernatural cause or ordering agency.

In a detailed analysis of the astronomical and physical theories of the Timaeus, Vlastos demonstrates Plato's role in the reception and transmission of the discovery of the new conception of the universe. Plato gives us the chance to see that movement from a unique perspective: that of a fierce opponent of the revolution who was determined to wrest from its brilliant discovery, annex its cosmos, and redesign it on the pattern of his own idealistic and theistic metaphysics.

This book is a reprint of the edition published in 1975 by the University of Washington Press. It includes a new Introduction by Luc Brisson.

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: C. Scribner in 1899 in 424 pages; Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; ... Read more