Características:
Preface. Part ONE: The Laying of the Foundations. 1 Hesiod. 2 Anaximander. 3 Anaximenes and Xenophanes. 4 Pythagoreanism. Part TWO: The Posing of the Problem. 5 Heraclitus. 6 Parmenides. 7 Zeno and Melissus. Part THREE: Three Solutions. 8 Empedocles. 9 Anaxagoras. 10 Atomism: The Macrocosm. 11 Atomism: The Microcosm. Part FOUR: The Unseating of Zeus. 12 Protagoras, Antiphon, and Callicles. 13 Reaction. Epilogue. Appendix A. Thales of Miletus. Appendix B. Gorgias On Nature. Bibliographical Essay. Note on the Sources. References. Index. Maps: The Aegean; Southern Italy and Sicily.