Polarity and Analogy: Two Types of Argumentation in Early Greek Thought

Alcmaeon analogical argument analogy Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes ancient Greeks animals appear Aristotle Aristotle's attempt based on opposites beliefs biological Cael causes clepsydra cold comparisons conception consider context contrary Cornford cosmological doctrines cosmological theories course craftsman Democritus described dialogues discussion distinction division early Greek earth Eleatic elements Empedocles especially evidence example fire fragments gods Gorgias Greek philosophy Greek speculative thought heavenly bodies Heraclitus Herodotus Hesiod Hippocratic Homer idea Iliad illustrate images important induction inference instance interpretation logical Metaph metaphor method natural phenomena noted notion objects obscure pairs of opposites paradigm Parmenides particular passage Phaedo physical Plato pre-philosophical Presocratic philosophers principle problem Protagoras Pythagoreans question refer role says seems sense similar Socrates Sophist soul substances suggests texts Thales things Timaeus tion treatises true types various vitalist whole writers Xenophanes Zeus καὶ τὸ