The Presocratic Philosophers
A Critical History with a Selection of Texts
The standard scholarly presentation of the Presocratics in English: for each thinker, a critical account of the evidence, followed by the surviving fragments and testimonia in Greek with facing translation. Kirk, Raven and Schofield give their own readings but set out the competing ones fairly, which is what has kept the book in use since 1957. This is the second edition, revised by Malcolm Schofield.
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Angela Hobbs
And it includes a number of interesting interpretations. They do give their own views, but they’re fair: they also allude to opposing views. So, it’s a very open-minded and balanced book, and it gives somebody new to the subject a lot of materials to go further. Obviously scholarship continues to move on, so if you want a more up- to-date work, James Warren’s book on the Presocratics is also very good.
Interview · October 2015
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