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Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists
by varous authors, translated by various translators
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. Texts collected by Leni.
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Sources used for the texts in this collection:
- for the sections translated by John Burnet (1863-1928)
- for the sections translated by Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944)
- for the section translated by William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944)
- for the section translated by G.T.W. Patrick (1857-1949)
- M4B audiobook of entire book
- LibriVox’s Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book (91MB)
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Total running time: 3:08:27
mp3 and ogg files
- 01 – Anaxagoras of Klazomenai (translated by John Burnet)- 00:11:13
[mp3@64kbps - 5.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 10.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
Read by: Matt - 02 – Anaximander of Miletos by Various authors (translated by John Burnet) – 00:06:17
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[mp3@128kbps - 6.0MB]
[ogg vorbis - 4.1MB]
Read by: Gitonga M’Mbijjewe - 03 – Anaximenes of Miletos by Various authors (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) – 00:09:42
[mp3@64kbps - 4.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 9.3MB]
[ogg vorbis - 6.9MB]
Read by: Gitonga M’Mbijjewe - 04 – Empedocles of Agrigentum by Various authors (translated by William Ellery Leonard) – 00:30:43
[mp3@64kbps - 14.7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 29.5MB]
[ogg vorbis - 20MB]
Read by: Gitonga M’Mbijjewe - 05 – Heraclitus by Various authors (translated by G.T.W. Patrick) – 00:27:21
[mp3@64kbps - 13.1MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 26.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 13MB]
Read by: hefyd - 06 – Parmenides of Elea (translated by John Burnet) – 00:13:14
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[mp3@128kbps - 12.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 6.9MB]
Read by: Ernst Pattynama - 07 – Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans by Various authors (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) – 00:42:31
[mp3@64kbps - 20.4MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 40.8MB]
[ogg vorbis - 22MB]
Read by: Enko - 08 – Thales of Miletos by Various authors (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) – 00:18:19
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[mp3@128kbps - 17.5MB]
[ogg vorbis - 9.9MB]
Read by: Graham Redman - 09 – Xenophanes of Kolophon by Various authors (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) – 00:24:15
[mp3@64kbps - 11.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 23.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 13MB]
Read by: Andrew Coleman - 10 – Zeno of Elea by Various authors (translated by John Burnet)- 00:04:52
[mp3@64kbps - 2.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 4.6MB]
[ogg vorbis - 2.6MB]
Read by: Enko
Cataloged on October 17, 2008













