THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS: FROM THALES

With an new foreword by James Warren Long renowned as one of the clearest and be
st introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.K.C Guthrie'
s The Greek Philosophers offers us a brilliant insight into the hidden foundatio
ns of Greek philosophy - foundations that underpin Western thought today. Guthri
e explores the great age of Greek Philosophy - from Thales to Aristotle - whilst
combining comprehensiveness with brevity. He unpacks the ideas and arguments of
Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their succes
sors and describes the characteristic features of the Greek way of thinking, emp
hasising what he calls the 'cultural soil' of their ideas.