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The First Philosophers:  The Presocratics and Sophists

The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists 
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 The Presocratics After Heidegger
Introduction to the Presocratics
Presocratic philosophy was born in the Greek cities of Ionia at the end of the 7th century BCE The foundation of the Ionian school in Miletos is the starting-point of the presocratic thought, namely the first philosophical thought in the Ancient Greek world. The Presocratics combined ancient Greek mythology with rational thinking and sought all the forces which compose nature...(There's lots more including maps)

Early Greek Philosophy
This text is a reprint of the 3rd edition of John Burnet's famous study of Presocratic philosophy, Early Greek Philosophy, originally published in 1920. The spelling has been modernized throughout.  

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Introduction
Note on the Sources
The Milesian School
Thales
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Science and Religion
Pythagoras of Samos
Xenophanes of Colophon
Fragments
Discussion
Heraclitus of Ephesus
Fragments
Discussion
Parmenides of Elea
The Poem
Discussion
Alcmaeon of Croton
Empedocles of Acragas
Fragments
Discussion
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
Fragments
Discussion
The Pythagoreans
Alcaemon of Croton 
The Younger Eleatics
Zeno of Elea
Melissus of Samos
Leucippus of Miletus
Eclecticism and Reaction
Hippon of Samos
Diogenes of Apollonia
Archelaus of Athens
Internet Archive of Texts and Documents
In 1995, the History Department and Hanover students initiated the Hanover Historical Texts Project. The Project's principal aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.

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Anaxagoras (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Anaximander (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Anaximenes (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Empedocles (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Melissus (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Parmenides (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Thales (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Xenophanes (Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Zeno (Hanover Historical Texts Project)

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Pre-Socratic Fragments and Testimonials (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  Presocratic Fragments and Testimonials
By James Fieser.

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Aenesidemus
Anaxagoras
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Archelaus
Diogenes of Apollonia
Empedocles
Heraclitus
Melissos
Parmenides
Xenophanes
Zeno

Thales
Short biography with links to theorems by Eric W. Weisstein.  Greek philosopher who is considered the founder of Greek science, mathematics, and philosophy. He visited Egypt and probably Babylon, bringing back knowledge of astronomy and geometry. He invented deductive mathematics...

 

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