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PHILOSOPHY • ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY HISTORICAL DICTIONARY Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements, No. 78 OF ANCIENT PREUS GREEK Philosophy Not only were the ancient Greeks founders of Western philosophy, but they also invented the term philosophy, most likely dating back to Pythagoras in the late sixth century BC. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Euclid, and Thales are but a few of the better-known thinkers DICTIONARY HISTORICAL HISTORICAL of ancient Greece. During the amazingly fertile period from the middle of the first millennium BC to the middle of the first millennium AD, the world saw the rise of science, schools of thought, and—many believe— the birth of modern civilization. Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek OF Philosophy presents the history of Greek philosophy and the philosophers GREEK Philosophy ANCIENT who made it famous through a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important philosophers, concepts, issues, and events. ANTHONY PREUS is professor of philosophy at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of Science and Philosophy in Aristotle’s Biological Works (1975) and Aristotle and Michael of Ephesus on the Movement and Progression of Animals (1981). For orders and information please contact the publisher SCARECROW PRESS, INC. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5487-1 Lanham, Maryland 20706 ISBN-10: 0-8108-5487-2 1-800-462-6420 • fax 717-794-3803 www.scarecrowpress.com Cover photo: © Richard T. Nowitz/Corbis Cover design by Allison Nealon ANTHONY PREUS HD Ancient Greek Philosophy_LITH1 1 6/27/07 8:06:17 AM 07_210_1FM.qxd 6/27/07 3:30 PM Page i HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF RELIGIONS, PHILOSOPHIES, AND MOVEMENTS Jon Woronoff, Series Editor 1.
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