The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

by Jacques Brunschwig, Catherine Porter

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 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.

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2003