{"product_id":"earliest-greek-thinkers-enrico-livia-9798180408785","title":"Earliest Greek thinkers: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes","description":"Philosophy demands attention. This book invites you to read calmly and offers a clear, structured path -without losing rigor or falling into oversimplification.\u003cbr\u003eIn the city of Miletus, on the Ionian coast, some of the earliest philosophers dared to ask what the world is made of, why it changes, and whether anything stable lies behind what we see.\u003cbr\u003eThey thought and taught before the great philosophical schools of classical Greece. \u003cb\u003eThales\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAnaximander\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eAnaximenes\u003c\/b\u003e made a decisive turn: they searched for the origin of things within nature itself and offered explanations that could be discussed, challenged, and revised.\u003cbr\u003eTheir doctrines reach us in fragments, filtered through later authors and wrapped in legend. Even so, they left behind a powerful idea: nature is an order that can be questioned and explained -and an order reason can find.\u003cbr\u003eIn this book you'll find: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etheir key ideas explained in their historical context\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThales: water as archē (the first principle of the world)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnaximander: the apeiron as the origin of reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnaximenes: air as archē, and change as transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea look at their impact on later thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etheir reflections on the divine, truth, good and evil, and death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea final section of critiques and open questions to deepen the exploration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea guide to sources and recommended readings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is part of the series \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplex Philosophy in Simple Terms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. Each book can be read on its own, but it also connects with the others within a larger journey that traces Western philosophy from its beginnings to the modern search for meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Enrico Livia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180408785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Enrico Livia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997885739263,"sku":"9798180408785","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earliest-greek-thinkers-enrico-livia-9798180408785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}