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Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists

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Read by Matt, Gitonga M'Mbijjewe, hefyd, Ernst Pattynama, Enko, Graham Redman and Andrew Coleman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Anaxagoras of Klazomenai (translated by John Burnet) (11:13)
Anaximander of Miletos (translated by John Burnet) (6:17)
Anaximenes of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) (9:42)
Empedocles of Agrigentum (translated by William Ellery Leonard) (30:43)
Heraclitus of Ephesos (translated by G.T.W. Patrick) (27:21)
Parmenides of Elea (translated by John Burnet) (13:14)
Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) (42:31)
Thales of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) (18:19)
Xenophanes of Kolophon (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) (24:15)
Zeno of Elea (translated by John Burnet) (4:52)