The World of Parmenides

With a new foreword by Scott Austin

The World of Parmenides is a brilliant exploration of the complexity of ancient Greek thought and science. In this classic title, Popper reveals his ground-breaking engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the profound enlightenment he experienced in reading Parmenides.

Including writings on Greek science, philosophy, and history, Popper demonstrates his lifelong fascination and admiration of the Presocratic philosophers, in particular Parmenides, Xenophanes, and Heraclitus.

'I hope that these essays may illustrate the thesis that all history is or should be the history of problem situations, and that in following this principle we may further our understanding of the Presocratics and other thinkers of the past. The essays also try to show the greatness of the early Greek philosophers, who gave Europe its philosophy, its science, and its humanism.' - Karl Popper, from the preface

Edited by Arne F. Petersen, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen.