Earliest Greek thinkers

Western philosophy begins here —with four thinkers who asked, for the first time in history, what the world is made of, how it changes, and whether there is something eternal behind appearances.
Long before Plato and Aristotle, before Socrates' ethical turn, Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Parmenides laid the groundwork for rational inquiry into reality itself.

This book offers a clear, structured, and thematically rich introduction to their thought. It opens with a historical chapter th...