Volume 1 of the Routledge History of Philosophy covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. The essays present the fundamental approaches and thinkers of Greek philosophy in chronological order.

General editors' preface. Notes on contributors Chronology. Introduction C.C.W. Taylor 1. The polis and its culture Robin Osborne 2. The Ionians Malcolm Schofield 3. Heraclitus Catherine Osborne 4. Pythagoreans and Eleatics Edward Hussey 5. Empedocles M.R. Wright 6. Anaxagoras and the Atomists C.C.W. Taylor 7. The Sophists G.B. Kerferd 8. Greek arithmetic, geometry, and harmonics: Thales to Plato Ian Mueller 9. Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy Hugh H. Benson 10. Plato: metaphysics and epistemology Robert Heinaman 11. Plato: ethics and politics A.W. Price 12. Plato: aesthetics and psychology Christopher Rowe Index locorum. Index of names Index of subjects. Glossary.