IRB

I am currently reading An Introduction to Early Greek Philosophy by John Mansley Robinson.  I had just completed a section that lays the foundation of Greek thought by evaluating the "origin of things." One section was dedicated to the explanation of Hesoid's account of the beginning of time, and another section was dedicated to that of Anaximander's account. The book draws parallels and differences between both of the philosopher's opinions. Not much is known about Robinson, but he references the actual Greek texts themselves and provides reports from a variety of modern day authors to support his claims. He references writings of modern day physicists and other studiers of Greek philosophies. The context of the book was writing it to use as introductory material in a philosophy course. The purpose of the text was to provide a look at the development of Greek philosophy over time and show how it affected current day thought. He writes specifically for students of philosophy, by directly stating in his preface how his book's organization will aid the student. The book so far has used parallelism between two thinkers to show how both has come together to affect modern day thought. I think he has not really accomplished his task so far because all I have read is him providing the foundations of Greek thought. I think this is helping to later reference back to it when he analyzes its affects on current philosophy.