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Readings for the Presocratic Philosophers OLLI course (Summer 2019) are available below.

Readings

  1. The Milesians (pdf)
  2. The Pythagoreans (pdf)
  3. Heraclitus (pdf)
  4. Parmenides (pdf)
  5. Zeno of Elea (pdf)
  6. The Atomists (pdf)
  7. The Sophists (pdf)

Other Resources

  1. PowerPoint: Week 1
  2. PowerPoint: Week 2
  3. PowerPoint: Week 3
  4. PowerPoint: Week 4
  5. Video: reconstruction of Ancient Greek music
  6. 20 June 2019, Smithsonian Magazine: An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God

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