آناکسیمندر ، تاریخ ، آثار و علائق ، بی کران به مثابه اصل ، اضداد ، معنای آپایرون ، آپایرون الهی ، پیدایش خدایان و پیدایش جهان ، منشاء حیات حیوانی و انسانی ، کائنات جو ، آناکسیمنس ، هوا به مثابه آرخه ، فرض های نا خودآگاه ، تبیین تغییر ، فرض های نا خود آگاه تبیین تغییر ، هوا و حیات و الوهیت ، پیدایش خدایان ، و پیدایش جهان ، کائنات

پارمنیدس ، زنون ، ملیسوس ، ایونیان و الیاییان ، طلوع و افول وحدت گرایی

اتمیان قرن پنجم قبل از میلاد، لئوکیپوس ، دموکریتوس ، نظریه های اتمی ، مبادی ، ماهیت کلی اتم ها ، حرکت و علت آن ، ماهیت حرکت آغازین ، جهان های بی شمار ، عناصر چهار گانه ، علیت در اتم گرایی ، اجسام آسمانی ، زمان ، نفس و زندگی و مرگ ، احساس ، اندیشه ، نظریه معرفت ، زیست شناسی ، فیزیولوژی ، پزشکی ، انسان و کیهان ، فرهنگ و زبان و هنرها ، دین و خرافات ، منطق و ریاضیات ، اندیشه اخلاقی و سیاسی

The third volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought, entitled The Fifth-Century Enlightenment, deals in two parts with the Sophists and Socrates, the key figures in the dramatic and fundamental shift of philosophical interest from the physical universe to man. Each of these parts is now available as a paperback with the text, bibliography and indexes amended where necessary so that each part is self-contained. The Sophists assesses the contribution of individuals like Protagoras, Gorgias and Hippias to the extraordinary intellectual and moral fermant in fifth-century Athens. They questioned the bases of morality, religion and organized society itself and the nature of knowledge and language; they initiated a whole series of important and continuing debates, and they provoked Socrates and Plato to a major restatement and defence of traditional values.

'This book, like the age it reflects, is a brilliant achievement. Professor Guthrie's study combines remarkable erudition and inclusiveness of scope with a lucid and readable style...Professor Guthrie succeeds in giving us the most balanced and perceptive treatment of fifth-century thought that has yet been written". -American Historical Review

The third volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought, entitled The Fifth-Century Enlightenment, deals in two parts with the Sophists and Socrates, the key figures in the dramatic and fundamental shift of philosophical interest from the physical universe to man. Each of the two parts is available as a paperback with the text, bibliography and indexes amended where necessary so that each part is self-contained. Socrates dominated the controversies of this period, as he has dominated the subsequent history of western philosophy. He was the first to identify and grapple with some of the most intractable and persistent logical and philosophical problems; but he was also and has remained a highly controversial figure because of his extraordinary personal qualities and his remarkable career. Professor Guthrie offers a balanced and comprehensive picture of the man, his life, and his thought.