Collected in this volume are some of the most important articles published on the philosophy of the Greeks before Socrates. They cover:

• The nature of Presocratic thought
• The sources of our knowledge of the Presocratics
• The earliest philosophers up to Heraclitus

The articles in this volume deal with the four major philosophical positions of the presocratic period:

• The arguments of Parmenides and Zeno against earlier or contemporary pluralist theories
• The three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists.

This book, originally published in 1965, discusses the political implication of the spread of science in antiquity. It reveals how the real Greek spirit of scientific research was crushed by Plato and Aristotle, long thought-of as searchers for truth. Historian such as Polybius and Livey and the poets Pinder and Virgil are seen in a new light when set against this background of social struggle.

Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965) is well-known for his work on the history of anceint medicine and ancient philosophy, and to both of these areas he made contributions of primary importance. This collection, originally published in 1987, makes avaialable Edelstein s main papers to scholars and students, and includes papers from 1931-1965. "

Originally published in 1991, this book focuses on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, as it is found in the epic poems of Homer, some tragedies of Sophocles, selected writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers.

The key questions discussed are the nature of the virtues, their relation to each other, and the relation between the virtues and happiness or well-being. This book provides the background and interpretative framework to make classical works on Ethics, such as Plato s "Republic" and Aristotle s "Nicomachean...

Philosophical themes as diverse as language, value, mind and God are among the topics discussed in this set of 11 books, originally published between 1963 and 1991. Specific volumes cover the following:

• The relation between persuasion and truth
• criticism of linguistic philosophy,
• questions about the nature of thought and ontological questions in general.