All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness. | A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1 The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans by W. K. C. Guthrie, Paperback | Indigo Chapters