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020			_a9780192840943
082			_a182 OSB
100			_aOsborne, Catherine
245			_aPresocratic Philosophy : A Very Short Introduction
260			_bOxford University Press _aOxford _c2004
300			_a144
440			_aVery Short Introductions
520			_aThis is a book about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins with the finding of the new papyrus fragment of Empedocles' poem, and uses the story of its discovery and interpretation to highlight the way our understanding of early philosophers is marked by their presentation in later sources. Generations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the presocratics, even though we have very few of their writings left. In this book, Catherine Osborne invites her readers to dip their toes into the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus to Protagoras, to try to fill in the bits of a jigsaw that has been rejigged many times and in many different ways.
650			_aAncient Philosophy
650			_aHistory of Philosophy
650			_aGreek Philosophy
650			_aPresocratics
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