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• Curd (2016)  + (The Presocratics were 6th and 5th century … The Presocratics were 6th and 5th century BCE Greek thinkers who</br>introduced a new way of inquiring into the world and the place of human</br>beings in it. They were recognized in antiquity as the first philosophers</br>and scientists of the Western tradition. This article is a general</br>introduction to the most important Presocratic philosophers and the main</br>themes of Presocratic thought. More detailed discussions can be found by</br>consulting the articles on these philosophers (and related topics) in the</br>SEP (listed below). The standard collection of texts for the Presocratics is</br>that by H. Diels revised by W. Kranz (abbreviated as DK). In it, each</br>thinker is assigned an identifying chapter number (e.g., Heraclitus is 22,</br>Anaxagoras 59); then the reports from ancient authors about that thinker's</br>life and thought are collected in a section of “testimonies” (A) and</br>numbered in order, while the passages the editors take to be direct</br>quotations are collected and numbered in a section of “fragments” (B).</br>Alleged imitations in later authors are sometimes added in a section</br>labeled C. Thus, each piece of text can be uniquely identified: DK</br>59B12.3 identifies line 3 of Anaxagoras fragment 12; DK 22A1 identifies</br>testimonium 1 on Heraclitus.A1 identifies testimonium 1 on Heraclitus.)

• Curd (2016)  +