Presocratics Bibliography
Philosophy 201, Fall 1996
Dr. Cynthia Freeland
743-2993, CFreeland@UH.edu
Recommended Readings
Recommended Journals
Ancient Philosophy
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Phronesis
Books and Anthologies
- R.E. Allen and David J. Furley, eds., Studies in Presocratic Philosophy (Routledge: 1975)
- G.E.L. Owen, "Eleatic Questions."
- Gregory Vlastos, "Ethics and Physics in Democritus."
- Jonathan Barnes, Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin, 1987)
- Jonathan Barnes, The Presocratic Philosophers (Routledge, 1982)
- Edward Hussey, The Presocratics (Duckworth 1983)
- Charles Kahn, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus (Cambridge, 1979)
- Richard D. McKirahan, Jr., Philosophy Before Socrates (Hackett, 1994)
- Alexander P.D. Mourelatos, ed., The Pre-Socratics: A Collection of Critical Essays, (Anchor Doubleday, 1974).
- G.S. Kirk, "Natural Change in Heraclitus."
- W.K.C. Guthrie, "Flux and Logos in Heraclitus."
- A.A. Long, "Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle in the 'Sixties."
- Charles Kahn, "Religion and Natural Philosophy in Empedoclesą Doctrine of the Soul."
- Gregory Vlastos, "The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras."
- G.B. Kerferd, "Anaxagoras and the Concept of Matter before Aristotle."
- G.S. Kirk, J.E. Raven and M. Schofield, eds., The Presocratic Philosophers, 2nd edition, (Cambridge, 1983)
Also of Interest:
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (Gateway, 1962)
- Martin Bernal, Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (Rutgers, 1987)
- Terence Irwin, Classical Thought (Oxford, 1989)
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