Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I: The Presocratics

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Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of 20th century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. This volume collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras and Democritus. It also includes a series of studies on Zeno of Elea. Princeton University Press are offering a reduced price of #26.00 / US$37.50 for the set of two volumes

At the time of his death, Gregory Vlastos was Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. He was the author of the well-known book Platonic Studies (Princeton). Daniel Graham is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University and is the author of Aristotle's Two Systems.

"This collection of essays and papers by Gregory Vlastos constitutes a fitting memorial to his remarkable career... It is convenient, useful, and instructive to have them within these volumes. A valuable acquisition."--Choice "This well-edited collection of thirty-six essays is ... a great boon to students of pre-Aristotelian philosophy... The clarity of argument allows for fruitful use by anyone with a keen interest in ancient thought."--Times Literary Supplement