Alfred William Benn's 'The History of Greek Philosophy' (Vol. 1&2) is an essential scholarly work that delves deep into the origins and evolution of Greek philosophical thought. With a meticulous approach, Benn traces the development of Greek philosophy from the Pre-Socratic era to the Hellenistic period, highlighting key figures such as Thales, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Through detailed analysis and contextualization, Benn offers readers a comprehensive overview of the philosophical ideas that laid the foundation for Western thought. His writing style is concise and accessible, making this book a valuable resource for both students and scholars. Benn's work is a testament to his profound understanding of Greek philosophy and his dedication to presenting it in a clear and engaging manner. For anyone interested in the history of philosophy or the intellectual history of Ancient Greece, 'The History of Greek Philosophy' is a must-read that will enrich their understanding of this fascinating subject.

The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.

John Marshall's A Short History of Greek Philosophy spans the time between Thales of Milete up till the Stoics, covering School of Miletes (Thales et al), Pythagoras, The Eleatics (Xenophanes et al), The Atomists, The sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, The Sceptics and Epicureans and Zeno and the Stoics.

In this third Volume of Logological Investigations Sandywell continues his sociological reconstruction of the origins of reflexive thought and discourse with special reference to pre-Socratic philosophy and science and their socio-political context.

This book examines the philosophies of nature of the early Greek thinkers and argues that a significant and thoroughgoing shift is required in our understanding of them. In contrast with the natural world of the earliest Greek literature, often the result of arbitrary divine causation, in the work of early Ionian philosophers we see the idea of a cosmos: ordered worlds where there is complete regularity. How was this order generated and maintained and what underpinned those regularities? What analogies or models were used for the order of the cosmos? What did they think about causation and explanatory structure? How did they frame natural laws? Andrew Gregory draws on recent work on mechanistic philosophy and its history, on the historiography of the relation of science to art, religion and magic, and on the fragments and doxography of the early Greek thinkers to argue that there has been a tendency to overestimate the extent to which these early Greek philosophies of nature can be described as 'mechanistic'. We have underestimated how far they were committed to other modes of explanation and ontologies, and we have underestimated, underappreciated and indeed underexplored how plausible and good these philosophies would have been in context.

This highly regarded volume features a modern translation of all ten books of The Republic along with a synoptic table of contents, a prefatory essay, and an appendix on The Spindle of Necessity by the translator and editor, Raymond Larson. Also included are an introduction by Eva T. H. Brann, a list of principal dates in the life of Plato, and a bibliography.