The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.

• | Author: Jacques Brunschwig
• | Publisher: Belknap Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 387 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 067402155X
• | ISBN-13: 9780674021556