Greek Cosmologists The Formation of the Atomic Theory and Its Earliest Critics

This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism, and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era.Furley, David is the author of 'Greek Cosmologists The Formation of the Atomic Theory and Its Earliest Critics' with ISBN 9780521333283 and ISBN 0521333288.