Check out the Section Index

  • INTRODUCTION
  • NOTE ON THE SOURCES
  • CHAPTER I. THE MILESIAN SCHOOL
  • CHAPTER II. SCIENCE AND RELIGION
  • CHAPTER III. HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS
  • CHAPTER IV. PARMENIDES OF ELEA
  • CHAPTER V. EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS
  • CHAPTER VI. ANAXAGORAS OF KLAZOMENAI
  • CHAPTER VII. THE PYTHAGOREANS
  • CHAPTER VIII. THE YOUNGER ELEATICS
  • CHAPTER IX. LEUKIPPOS OF MILETOS
  • CHAPTER X. ECLECTICISM AND REACTION







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