The philosophers, historians, and scientists of ancient Greece inaugurated and nourished the tradition of Western thought. This volume, drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, gives fresh insight into the originality of major figures and the legacy of important currents of thought.

Jacques Brunschwig is Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Paris. He is the author of Papers in Hellenistic Philosophy (Cambridge University Press).

Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd succeeded Moses Finley as Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works on the classical period, among them Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle; Greek Science after Aristotle; and Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science.

Other HUP Books by Jacques Brunschwig

• Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge
• The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

Other HUP Books by Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd

• Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge
• The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

Other HUP Books by Catherine Porter

• Absent without Leave: French Literature under the Threat of War
• We Have Never Been Modern
• Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge
• The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge
• Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy
• The Middle East under Rome
• Histoires Grecques: Snapshots from Antiquity