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The Presocratics were the founding fathers of the Western philosophical tradition, and the first masters of rational thought. This volume provides a comprehensive and precise exposition of their arguments and offers a rigorous assessment of their contribution to philosophical thought. While previous writers on the Presocratics have tended to concentrate on historical and philological issues, Jonathan Barnes is more concerned with the philosophical content of Presocratic ideas and arguments. He pays particular attention to Parmenides, Zeno, Anaxagoras and Democritus, but the book does full justice to all the main thinkers from Thales to the Sophists | THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS Jonathan Barnes o i THE ARGUMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS Edited by Ted Honderich Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS The Presocratics were the founding fathers of the Western philosophical tradition and the first masters of rational thought. This volume provides a comprehensive and precise exposition of their arguments and offers a rigorous assessment of their contribution to philosophical thought. While previous writers on the Presocratics have tended to concentrate on historical and philological issues Jonathan Barnes is more concerned with the philosophical content of Presocratic ideas and arguments. He pays particular attention to Parmenides Zeno Anaxagoras and Democritus but the book does full justice to all the main thinkers from Thales to the Sophists. Jonathan Barnes is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Balliol College Oxford from 1968 to 1978 he was a Fellow of Oriel College. He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol where he read Mods and Greats. He has taught in the USA in Switzerland and Italy. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and at the Wissenschaftskolle in Berlin. He is the author of numerous books and articles on ancient philosophy. The Arguments of the Philosophers EDITOR TED HONDERICH Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic University College London The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. Already published in the series Augustine Christopher Kirwan Geoffrey Warnock Ayer John Foster Bentham Ross Harrison Bergson Berkeley George Pitcher Butler Terence Penelhum Descartes Margaret Dauler Wilson Dewey .