Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists
Varioustranslated Bywilliam Ellery Leonard
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The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first men in the Western world to establish a line of inquiry regarding the natural phenomena that rejected the traditional religious explanations and searched for rational explanations. Even though they do not form a school of thought, they can be considered the fathers of philosophy and many other sciences as we have them now. None of their works is extant, so, in this collection, we present the textual fragments, when existing, of ten Pre-Socratic philosopher-scientists, and quotations and testimonials about them left by later authors. (Summary by Leni) (3 hr 8 min)
Chapters
| Anaxagoras of Klazomenai (translated by John Burnet) | 11:13 | Read by Matt |
| Anaximander of Miletos (translated by John Burnet) | 6:17 | Read by Gitonga M'Mbijjewe |
| Anaximenes of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) | 9:42 | Read by Gitonga M'Mbijjewe |
| Empedocles of Agrigentum (translated by William Ellery Leonard) | 30:43 | Read by Gitonga M'Mbijjewe |
| Heraclitus of Ephesos (translated by G.T.W. Patrick) | 27:21 | Read by hefyd |
| Parmenides of Elea (translated by John Burnet) | 13:14 | Read by Ernst Pattynama |
| Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) | 42:31 | Read by Enko |
| Thales of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) | 18:19 | Read by Graham Redman |
| Xenophanes of Kolophon (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) | 24:15 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Zeno of Elea (translated by John Burnet) | 4:52 | Read by Enko |
Reviews
Good except Enko
Thiago Coelho
Good collections of fragments The readings by Enko are hard to follow due to strange pronunciation
Excellent material, mixed quality recording.
Aaron Frost
Very helpfull compilation of ancient ideas. One of the readers is not fluent enough to pronounce words correctly, those segments really need to be replaced by a native English speaker, but it's better than nothing for sure.
Thank you
Ruslan Vasylev
Bit, we need a Brit or an American to re-read parts that were done by the french speaker. Clarity and pace of reading are too important to ignore. (I'm not a native speaker myself)
Very Unique
A LibriVox Listener
I'm really intrigued by these texts and very grateful to hear them. Thank you Librivox readers!
reader needs to read 3rd grade books
Davek