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A study of the Presocratics and Sophists. It offers a selection of fragments from these philosophical predecessors and contemporaries of Socrates.

Focusing on Parmenides' revolutionary ideas, Patricia Curd argues that he aimed to reform scientific inquiry rather than reject it outright. She presents a coherent analysis of his influence on later philosophers, linking his thoughts to earlier Greek concepts and demonstrating how his notions of existence shaped successors like the Pluralists and Atomists. Curd also highlights Parmenides' significance in relation to Plato's "Theory of Forms," offering fresh perspectives that challenge traditional interpretations of early Greek philosophy.