Abstract

This reflective work wants to disclose the intention moving early Greek philosophy, which, as the title hints, sought to lay bare the ground for "the way things are." The failure of the physiologoi to discover in nature an intelligible Gegenwart in which nature as a whole could appear led Heraclitus and Parmenides, to whom most of the book is devoted, to examine the ground of logos, and therewith, of truth and opinion. Commensurate with his intention to emphasize those elements of early Greek philosophy common to its greatest representatives, Boeder concludes by pursuing his theme into Zeno's development of dialectic.--H. C.