Research Catalog

Title

Thales and the beginnings of European reflection / Artur Przybysławski ; translated by James West.

Author

Przybysławski, Artur

Publication

• Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

West, James

Description

179 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"This book, Thales and the beginnings of European reflection, is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely contain a summary and critique of the available literature on the subject, but also lays down a new, holistic interpretation of Thales from a perspective that brings to light several important, but previously overlooked issues."--Page [4] of cover.

Series Statement

Studies in philosophy, history of ideas and modern societies ; v. 25

Uniform Title

• Tales i początki refleksji europejskiej. English
• Studies in philosophy, history of ideas and modern societies ; v. 25.

Alternative Title

Tales i początki refleksji europejskiej.

Subject

• Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C
• Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C. > Influence
• Philosophy, European
• Philosophers > Greece
• Philosophie européenne
• Philosophes > Grèce
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Philosophers
• Greece

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface -- The first among the Seven -- The unity of Thales' thought -- Endeavors to demonstrate the fundamental nature of water -- Water as the principle -- Water on which the Earth rests -- Thales the scientist -- Gods, daimons, and souls -- The many and the one -- The water metaphor -- Commutation of the water metaphor -- Thales' astrology -- References -- Index of names.

ISBN

• 9783631882405
• 3631882408
• 9783631899670 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783631899687 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023288177

OCLC

• on1375547108
• SCSB-14615157

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library