{"product_id":"the-concept-of-presocratic-philosophy-andr-laks-9780691175454","title":"The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy: Its Origin, Development, and Significance","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about \"Presocratic philosophy\" in the first place? How did early Greek thinkers come to be considered collectively as Presocratic philosophers? In this brief book, Andr  Laks provides a history of the influential idea of Presocratic philosophy, tracing its historical and philosophical significance and consequences, from its ancient antecedents to its full crystallization in the modern period and its continuing effects today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaks examines ancient Greek and Roman views about the birth of philosophy before turning to the eighteenth-century emergence of the term \"Presocratics\" and the debates about it that spanned the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He analyzes the intellectual circumstances that led to the idea of Presocratic philosophy--and what was and is at stake in the construction of the notion. The book closes by comparing two models of the history of philosophy--the phenomenological, represented by Hans-Georg Gadamer, and the rationalist, represented by Ernst Cassirer--and their implications for Presocratic philosophy, as well as other categories of philosophical history. Other figures discussed include Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Nietzsche, Max Weber, and J.-P. Vernant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging standard histories of Presocratic philosophy, the book calls for a reconsideration of the conventional story of early Greek philosophy and Western rationality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Laks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691175454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691175454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"André Laks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925627076863,"sku":"9780691175454","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6b1942ab-4d30-4780-b22d-f6d7d2aa8f83.jpg?v=1681078392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-concept-of-presocratic-philosophy-andr-laks-9780691175454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}