James Warren is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Map 1. Introduction: Reading Presocratic Philosophy 2. Ionian Beginnings 3. Xenophanes 4. The Riddles of Heraclitus 5. Parmenides 6. Reactions to Parmenides 7. Anaxagoras 8. Empedocles 9. Leucippus and Democritus 10. Epilogue Chronology Notes Further Reading Bibliography Index

An account of the Presocratics, this work introduces the major Greek philosophical thinkers from the sixth to the middle of the fifth century BC. It explores how we might go about reconstructing their views and understanding the motivation and context for their work as well as highlighting the ongoing philosophical interest of their claims.