Early Greek philosophy

by John Burnet

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EARLY
GREEK PHILOSOPHY

BY

JOHN BURNET, M.A., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNITED COLLEGE OF ST. SALVATOR

AND ST. LEONARD, ST. ANDREWS

Περὶ μὲν τῶν ὄντων τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐσκόπουν, τὰ δ’ ὄντα ὑπέλαβον

εἶναι τὰ αἰσθητὰ μόνον.—Aristotle.

SECOND EDITION

LONDON

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK

1908

First Edition published April 1892.