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Early Greek Philosophy is a book by John Burnet. Four editions were published by A. & C. Black, Ltd. in Great Britain. The first edition was published in April 1892, the second in June 1908, the third in September 1920 and the fourth, posthumously, in 1930.
Handbook of Greek Philosophy: From Thales to the Stoics Analysis and Fragments, Trafford Publishing ISBN 1-4120-4843-5; John Burnet, Early Greek Philosophy (archived from the original, 6 February 2015), 1930. Freeman, Charles (1996). Egypt, Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815003-9. Grayling, A. C. (2019-11-05).
Anaxagoras entry by Michael Patzia in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Anaxagoras", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews; Translation and Commentary from John Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy. Works by or about Anaxagoras at the Internet Archive
Empedocles (/ ɛ m ˈ p ɛ d ə k l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; c. 494 – c. 434 BC, fl. 444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is known best for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. He also proposed ...
Burnet (1930) in Early Greek Philosophy says: "Nearly all we know of Anaximander's system is derived in the last resort from Theophrastos, who certainly knew his book. He seems once at least to have quoted Anaximander's own words, and he criticised his style.
John Burnet (1892) noted [1] The Neoplatonists were quite justified in regarding themselves as the spiritual heirs of Pythagoras; and, in their hands, philosophy ceased to exist as such, and became theology. And this tendency was at work all along; hardly a single Greek philosopher was wholly uninfluenced by it.
Xenophanes of Colophon (/ z ə ˈ n ɒ f ə n iː z / zə-NOF-ə-neez; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος [ksenopʰánɛːs ho kolopʰɔ̌ːnios]; c. 570 – c. 478 BC) was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and critic of Homer from Ionia who travelled throughout the Greek-speaking world in early Classical Antiquity.
On Justice (Ancient Greek: Περὶ Δικαίου; Latin: De Justo [1]) is a Socratic dialogue that was once thought to be the work of Plato. [2] In the short dialogue, Socrates discusses with a friend questions about what is just and unjust.