Art and Thought of Heraclitus (Pocket)
avCharles H. Kahn
ISBN: 9780521286459 - UTGIVEN: 198112Behind the superficial obscurity of what fragments we have of Heraclitus' thought, Professor Kahn claims that it is possible to detect a systematic view of human existence, a theory of language which sees ambiguity as a device for the expression of multiple meaning, and a vision of human life and de[...]
Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology (Pocket)
avCharles H. Kahn
ISBN: 9780872202559 - UTGIVEN: 1994-06In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with an inquiry into 'the nature of things' which included a theory of how the world order arose, how the heavens and earth were formed, and how human beings came into existence. Anaxima[...]
Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans (Pocket)
avCharles H. Kahn
ISBN: 9780872205758 - UTGIVEN: 200109A fascinating portrait of the Pythagorean tradition, including a substantial account of the Neo-Pythagorean revival, and ending with Johannes Kepler on the threshold of modernism. ''This book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on ancient philosophy, combines a lucid overview of the b[...]
Plato And The Post-socratic Dialogue (Inbunden)
avCharles H. Kahn
ISBN: 9781107031456 - UTGIVEN: 2013-10-31These six diverse and difficult dialogues are seen together as aspects of Plato's project of reformulating his theory of Forms.[...]
