Pre-Classical Greek Pearls of Wisdom

This book (a) describes the Ancient Greek Maxims of pre-classical Greece and their role in the development of philosophy in the ancient Greek world, (b) describes the role of the Oracle of Delphi and lists its 147 maxims, and (c) presents the known quotations and some biographical data of the seven sages of ancient Greece (Thales, Pittacos, Bias, Solon, Cleovoulos, Periandros, and Chilon), before the era of classical philosophy of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.