Studies in Early Greek Philosophy

Terpstra-EarthandSky_IntroductionThis groundbreaking study offers a genuinely new paradigm for understanding the earliest phase of Greek philosophy. This is a work in progress and new chapters will be added overtime.

SEPARATING EARH AND SKY
A MUSICAL HISTORY OF EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY

By Siemen Terpstra

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES OF EIGHTEEN ESSAYS

Chapter 1:
SEPARATING EARTH AND SKY
THE MUSICAL ROOTS OF EARLY GREEK COSMOGONY

Chapter 2:
THE PATHWAY AND THE BRIDAL GIFT
THE MIXED THEOGONIES OF ALCMAN AND PHERECYDES

Chapter 3:
THE GEOMETRY OF THE GNOMONIC TRIANGLE
THALES AND THE IRRATIONAL MEAN

Chapter 4:
GRASPING THE INFINITE
ANAXIMANDER AND THE RADICAL COSMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 5:
THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING
ANAXIMENES AND THE MILESIAN SYNTHESIS

Chapter 6:
MUSICAL THEOLOGY
XENOPHANES AND THE ROOTS OF ELEATIC RADICALISM

Chapter 7:
THE HARMONY OF OPPOSITES
HERACLITUS AND THE LOGOS OF THE DIVINE FIRE

Chapter 8:
DEFENDING MUSIC
PYTHAGORAS AND THE ORPHIC PAIDEIA

Chapter 9:
PARTISAN OF THE ONE
PARMENIDES AND THE PARADOX OF WHOLENESS

Chapter 10:
THE MEDICAL MUSE
ALCMAEON AND THE BALANCE OF OPPOSITES

Chapter 11:
THE INFINITY OF ELEMENTS 
ANAXAGORAS AND IONIAN SCIENCE

Chapter 12:
THE WHOLE ONE
ZENO AND MELISSUS DEFEND PARMENIDES

Chapter 13:
THE ORPHIC SONG
EMPEDOCLES DEFENDS THE ROOTS

Chapter 14:
THE PLANETARY HARMONY
PHILOLAUS AND ARCHYTAS DEFEND PYTHAGORAS

Chapter 15:
LATE ECLECTICS
ARCHELAUS AND DIOGENES OF APPOLONIA DEFEND ANAXIMENES

Chapter 16:
THE IRRATIONAL ORDER
THE ATOMIST SYNTHESIS OF LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS

Chapter 17:
VARIOUS SOPHISTS AND WRITES

Chapter 18:
HELLENISTIC TRAJECTORIES
AFTERMATH AND CONLUSIONS

Appendix 1: Glossary of terms relating to Music
Appendix 2: Easy guitar to monochord conversion
Bibliography
Index