Indice: Abbreviations. Preface. Introduction. 1. Mythological accounts of creation 2. The Milesians 3. Heraclitus 4. Parmenides and eleaticism 5. Empedocles a. Anaxagoras 7. Leucippus and Democritus 8. Some other presocratics 9. Plato 10. Aristotle 11. Epicurus and his followers 12. The Stoics 13. Early Christianity and creation 14. Later Platonism and the debate with christianity. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index locorum. Index of names. General index
