The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy The Complete Fragments and Selected Testimonies of the Major Presocratics

Contents
Abbreviations
A note on text references
Preface
Introduction
	1. Who they were
	2. Schools and movements
	3. Texts and contexts
	4. Sources for the Presocratics
		4.1 Philosophers
		4.2 Doxographers
		4.3 Biographers
		4.4 Other sources
	5. Historiography
	5.1 Antiquity
		5.2 The Middle Ages and Renaissance
		5.3 The modern period
	6. The texts
Part I. Cosmologists and ontologists
	A. The sixth century BC
		1. Thales
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Physical theory
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-5
				6-15
				16-23
				24-38
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		2. Anaximander
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Physical theory
			Commentary
				1-9
				11-18
				19-28
				30-42
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		3. Anaximenes
			Introduction
			Texts
				I . Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Physical theory
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-10
				11-24
				25-39
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		4. Xenophanes
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. The poet and his mission
					B. Observations and criticisms
					C. Principles and theology
					D. Physical theory
					E. Epistemology and psychology
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-34
				35-51
				52-79
				80-83
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		5. Heraclitus
			Introduction
			Texts
			I. Life
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. Principles and knowledge
				B. The world and opposites
				C. Psychology, ethics, politics, theology
			IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-4
				8-29
				30-50
				51-59
				61-62
				69-91
				92-112
				118-139
				140-162
				163-169
				171
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	B. The fifth century BC
		6. Parmenides
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Truth
					B. Opinion
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-10
				12-15
				16-17
				18-20
				24-38
				39-61
				62-64
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		7. Zeno
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Arguments against the existence of a plurality
					B. Arguments against motion
					C. Other arguments
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-7
				8-14
				15-22
				23-28
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		8. Anaxagoras
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Mind and motion
					C. Physical theory
					D. Perception
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				8-11
				12-14
				15-23
				24-33
				34-36
				37-43
				44-57
				58-65
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		9. Empedocles
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Introduction and epistemology
					B. Principles and elements
					C. The cosmic cycle
					D. Cosmology
					E. Biology
					F. Medicine and Magic
					G. Psychology, Ethics and Theology ( = Purifications?)
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-14
				15-37
				38-41
				43-52
				53-66
				67-91
				93-126
				127-173
				174-219
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		10. Diogenes of Apollonia
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Cosmology and astronomy
					C. Meteorology and geology
					D. Biology
					E. Psychology
					F. Physiology and embryology
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-8
				9-16
				18-45
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		11. Melissus
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-9
				10-17
				18
				19-26
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		12. Philolaus
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Cosmology
					C. Physiology
					D. Psychology
					E. Number and science
					F. Ethics
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-8
				11-14
				16-31
				32-46
				47
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		13. The Atomists - Leucippus and Democritus
			Introduction
			Texts
				I. Life
				II. Works
				III. Philosophy
					A. Principles
					B. Cosmology
					C. Astronomy and meteorology
					D. Biology and physiology
					E. Anthropology
					F. Psychology
					G. Perception
					H. Knowledge
					I. Almanac
					J. Geography
					K. Agriculture
					L. Geometry
					M. Philology and language
					N. Theology
				IV. Reception
			Commentary
				1-9
				10-13
				14-18
				19-40
				41-53
				54-71
				72-100
				109-135
				136-141
				142-190
				191
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		14. The Atomists, continued: Democritus' ethical fragments
			Introduction
			Texts
			I. Ethics
				A. General
				B. Happiness and the soul
				C. Virtue and vice
				D. Chance, fortune and prudence
				E. Possessions
				F. Desires and pleasure
				G. Friendship and family relations
				H. Education
				I. Praise and blame
				J. Youth and age
				K. Justice
				L. Law and politics
				N. Practical ethics
			Commentary
				192-205
				200-302
				303-429
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Part II: Sophists
	15. Protagoras
		Introduction
		Texts
			I. Life
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. Man the measure
				B. Appearance
				C. Opposed arguments
				D. On the gods
				E. On mathematics
				F. Language, literature, education
			IV. Reception
		Commentary
			1-12
			13-20
			21-31
			33-46
			47
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	16. Gorgias
		Introduction
		Texts
			I. Life
				A. Biography
				B. Style and influence
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. Method
				B. On What-ls-Not
				C. Funeral oration
				D. Olympian oration
				E. Encomium of the People of Elis
				F. Encomium of Helen
				G. Defense of Palamedes
				H. Manual of rhetoric
				I. From other works
				J. Poorly arrested
		Commentary
			1-38
			39
			40-50
			51-59
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	17. Antiphon the Sophist
		Introduction
		Texts
			I. Life
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. On Truth
				B. On Concord
				C. Statesman
				D. The Dream Book
		Commentary
			1-23
			25-46
			47-62
			63-85
			99-106
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	18. Prodicus
		Introduction
		Texts
			I. Life
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. The seasons
				B. On Nature and other works
				C. Doubtful
		Commentary
			1-23
			24-34
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	19. Anonymous Texts
		Introduction
		Texts
			An Anonymous Author from Iamblichus (Anonymus Iamblichi)
		Commentary
			1-4
			5-7
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	19B. Dissoi Logoi
		Introducrion
		Texts
			Debated Questions (Dissoi Logoi, Dialexeis)
				1. On good and bad
				2. On right and wrong
				3. On just and unjust
				4. On truth and falsity
				5. [On madness and sanity]
				6. 
				7. [On choosing by lot]
				8. [On knowledge of speech and things]
				9. [On memory]
		Commentary
			1
			2-4
			5-6
			7-8
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	Appendix: Pythagoras
		Introduction
		Texts
			I. Life
			II. Works
			III. Philosophy
				A. Method
				B. Psychology
				C. Pythagorean life
				D. Miracles
				E. Ritual prescriptions and maxims
			IV. Later history and reception
				A. Political history
				B. Criticism
		Commentary
			1-15
			16-24
			25
			26