Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists Libravox

Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists

VARIOUS ( - ), translated by Various

The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first men in the Western world to establish a line of inquiry regarding the natural phenomena that rejected the traditional religious explanations and searched for rational explanations. Even though they do not form a school of thought, they can be considered the fathers of philosophy and many other sciences as we have them now. None of their works is extant, so, in this collection, we present the textual fragments, when existing, of ten Pre-Socratic philosopher-scientists, and quotations and testimonials about them left by later authors. (Summary by Leni)

Anaxagoras of Klazomenai (translated by John Burnet)	Anaxagoras of Klazomenai	Etext	Matt	00:11:13	en
Play02	Anaximander of Miletos (translated by John Burnet)	Various	Etext	Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	00:06:17	en
Play03	Anaximenes of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks)	Various	Etext	Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	00:09:42	en
Play04	Empedocles of Agrigentum (translated by William Ellery Leonard)	Empedocles	Etext	Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	00:30:43	en
Play05	Heraclitus of Ephesos (translated by G.T.W. Patrick)	Various	Etext	hefyd	00:27:21	en
Play06	Parmenides of Elea (translated by John Burnet)	Parmenides of Elea	Etext	Ernst Pattynama	00:13:14	en
Play07	Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans (translated by Arthur Fairbanks)	Various	Etext	Enko	00:42:31	en
Play08	Thales of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks)	Various	Etext	Graham Redman	00:18:19	en
Play09	Xenophanes of Kolophon (translated by Arthur Fairbanks)	Various	Etext	Andrew Coleman	00:24:15	en
Play10	Zeno of Elea (translated by John Burnet)