Vol. 22 No. 3 (1996): XXII - 1996, Fascicolo 3
Articoli

Die Vorstellung von Licht und Dunkel bei einigen frühgriechischen Denkern: Ansätze der Lichtmetaphysik?

Published 2015-09-14

Keywords

  • Presocratics,
  • Greek philosophy,
  • light

Abstract

An analysis of the ideas of light and darkness in early Greek philosophy, down to the Atomists, shows that they are conceived as opposites, but not as cosmic forces: light is rather connected with teories of sight and perception.