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Beginning with the Pre-Socratics by Merrill Ring; Mayfield Publishing Company is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>This brief and accessible supplementary text provides the historical and cultural background necessary to understanding how early philosophy developed, along with solid philosophical exposition, analysis and critique. It is at once both highly readable and philosophically responsible.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>Designed to provide non-philosophy majors in a history of philosophy course a simple background to the earliest Greek philosophers, this book includes a brief history of the region, followed by chapters on Greek cosmology, the earliest "rational philosophers," such as Miletus and Thales; Pythagoras and his followers; Parmenides' analysis of being; and the responses to Parmenides' ideas. Ring teaches philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

Who reads Beginning with the Pre-Socratics?

Author

Merrill Ring; Mayfield Publishing Company

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767413381

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Western, Philosophy

Rating

4 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13