Pre-Socratic Philosophy (PHIL 481.001 12239) An in-depth seminar on themes and thinkers of the era of Greek Philosophy before Socrates, (b. 470 - d. 399 BCE). Writing intensive. Open to all ...

The dichotomy between truth and appearance, and the devaluation of appearance, is rooted in pre-Socratic philosophy. Just as Plato leant upon Heraclitus’ flux for his conception of the sensible ...

I t would be difficult to overestimate the influence of Socrates (470–399BC) on western philosophy.We know that he was the mentor of the young Plato, and we also know that Plato’s writings had ...

He is also co-editing "The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy" with Patricia Curd of Purdue University for Oxford University Press. He has published many articles on the Presocratic ...

One million days ago, pre-Socratic thinkers were asking the same questions. Before Socrates was born in 470 B.C.E., his intellectual predecessors were going on record with their own answers. They ...

Anaximander is one of the most popular pre-Socratic philosophers who argued that the origin is boundless and the boundless has no origin. Unlike Thales, he felt that the earth floated free in the ...