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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

The Pre-Socratics

Web Links

Philosophers:

Pythagoras of Samos
(http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/pythagor.html)

An extensive Web project focusing on Pythagoras.
Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/pythagor.htm)

Fragments and Commentary by Arthur Fairbanks.
Pythagoras
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html)

General information on Pythagoras, quite extensive.
Thales
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thales.html)

Biography.
Thales
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/thales.htm)

Passages related to Thales in Plato and Aristotle.
Thales of Miletus
(http://www.forthnet.gr/presocratics/thaln.htm)

Biography and analysis.
Thales of Miletus
(http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/thales2/thales2.html)

Biography.
Anaximenes
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/anaximen.htm)

Fragments and commentary.
Anaximenes
(http://plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch1c.htm)

General overview.
Anaximenes Lecture
(http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/anaximen.htm)

Overview.
Anaximenes
(http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/anaximenes/)

Links from About.com.
Anaximander
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/anaximan.htm)

Fragments and commentary.
Anaximander
(http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/anaximander/)

Links from About.com.
Anaximander lecture
(http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/anaximan.htm)

Overview.
Anaximander
(http://www.askwhy.co.uk/awscrip/persia/Anaximander.html)

Biography and analysis.
Philosopher Anaximander
(http://www.starbleam.com/science/philosophy/philanaximander.html)

Biography.
On Nature by Parmenides of Elea
(http://home.ican.net/~arandall/Parmenides/)

Full text.
Parmenides
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/parmends.htm)

Fragments and commentary.
Parmenides
(http://www.drury.edu/faculty/ess/history/ancient/parmenides.html)

Analysis of his work.
Lewis, Randall, Parmenides, and the use of the word 'real ...
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Andrew_Lilico/lewisran.htm)

Essay.
Parmenides by Plato
(http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/parmenides.html)

Full text from the Internet Classics Archive.
Zeno of Cittium: founder of Stoicism.
(http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/zeno.htm)

Discussion of Stoicism and Zeno's work.
Zeno
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/zeno.htm)

Commentary.
Zeno
(http://neptune.spaceports.com/~words/zeno.html)

Introductory essay.
Zeno of Citium and the Cynics
(http://www.ozemail.com.au/~djhmoore/zeno.htm)

Overview
Zeno and the Paradox of Motion
(http://www.mathpages.com/rr/s3-07/3-07.htm)

Math Forum: Zeno's Paradox
(http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~isaac/problems/zeno1.html)

Empedocles
(http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/emp.htm)

Fragments and commentary.
The Love and Strife Philosophy of Empedocles
(http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/empedocles.html)

Overview essay.
The Song of Empedocles by Matthew Arnold
(http://www.netpoets.com/classic/001014.htm)

Empedocles Resources
(http://philosophy.about.com/cs/empedoclesres/)

Links from About.com.
Empedocles
(http://www.transy.edu/homepages/philosophy/empedoclespp/)

Presentation slides from a philosophy course.
Anaxagoras
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Anaxagoras.html)

Biography and overview.
School of Athens: Anaxagoras
(http://personal.ecu.edu/mccartyr/ancient/athens/Anaxagoras.htm)

Overview.
Anaxagoras
(http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/teachers/Anaxagoras.htm)

Theosophy Library Online - Great Teacher Series.
Zeno and Anaxagoras
(http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/ZenoAnax.htm)

Exploration of the possibility of interaction between the two philosophers.
The Greek Atomists and Sophists
(http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/ancientlandmarks/GreekAtomists-Sophists.html)

Atomists and anti-atomists in the ancient era
(http://www.npp.hu/tortenelem/atomosok-e.htm)

The Atomists
(http://www.transy.edu/homepages/philosophy/atomistspp/)

Slide presentation.
Atomists in Context
(http://web.mit.edu/wedgwood/www/teaching/ancient97/atomists.html)

Lecture notes.
Terms/Concepts

METAPHYSICS
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See above.
EPISTEMOLOGY
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See above.
A Realistic Definition of Determinism
(http://www.determinism.com/definition.shtml)

From the Society of Natural Science.
Freedom and Determinism
(http://www.siu.edu/~philos/faculty/Manfredi/intro/freedom/freedom.html)

Good overview.
Freedom and Determinism
(http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/Courses/phi101p/handouts/freedom.html)

Introduction to Philosophy course handout.
"Kant's Weak Determinism"
(http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~bepstein/kant.html)

Essay by Brian Epstein
Dialogue on Free Will and Determinism
(http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/freewill.htm)

Orthodox Christian Information Center
Determinism
(http://www.counterbalance.org/gengloss/determ-body.html)

Glossary Definintion