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Socrates

By W. K. C. Guthrie

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1972
ISBN
0521096677, 9780521096676
LCC
B317 .G779
Open Library ID
OL17134881M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10973873 bytes)
Pages
212\205
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

The third volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought, entitled The Fifth-Century Enlightenment, deals in two parts with the Sophists and Socrates, the key figures in the dramatic and fundamental shift of philosophical interest from the physical universe to man. Each of the two parts is available as a paperback with the text, bibliography and indexes amended where necessary so that each part is self-contained. Socrates dominated the controversies of this period, as he has dominated the subsequent history of western philosophy. He was the first to identify and grapple with some of the most intractable and persistent logical and philosophical problems; but he was also and has remained a highly controversial figure because of his extraordinary personal qualities and his remarkable career. Professor Guthrie offers a balanced and comprehensive picture of the man, his life, and his thought.

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