Beginning with a long and extensively rewritten introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century B.C. to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the complex physical theories of Anaxagoras and the Atomists in the fifth century it is based on a selection of some six hun...(展开全部)

Beginning with a long and extensively rewritten introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century B.C. to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the complex physical theories of Anaxagoras and the Atomists in the fifth century it is based on a selection of some six hun...(展开全部)

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.

The Presocratics were the founding fathers of the Western philosophical tradition, and the first masters of rational thought. This volume provides a comprehensive and precise exposition of their arguments, and offers a rigorous assessment of their contribution to philosophical thought.

Pliny's "Natural History" is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remov...(展开全部)

魏斐德先生（Frederic E.Wakeman Jr.1937～2006）是世界最杰出的近代中国史学家之一，其著述在宏大叙事及理论与实证结合上均为典范。生前为伯克莱大学亚洲学哈斯基金教授。任伯克莱大学东亚研究所所长十一年，并多年担任诸全国性学术机构领导职位，包括美国社 会科学研究理事会主席、美国历史家学会会长等，也是20世纪70年代美中文化交流委员会主席。魏斐德著作的中文版自《大门口的陌生人》、《洪业——清朝开国史》、《历史与意志——毛泽东思想的哲学透视》、《上海警察》、《上海歹士》、《红星照耀上海城》 （遗著即将出版）、《间谍王——戴笠与国民党特工》、《中华帝制的衰落》（即将出版）。 对于任何对中国真正感兴趣的人来说，从现在开始，魏斐德·的书是他首先要读的最重要的著作之一。 ——美国现代中国学奠基人费正清 在我看来，他写的最好的书在每个角度都含义...(展开全部)