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Empedocles: Extant Fragments
Contributor(s): Empedocles (Author), Wright, M. R.

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 ISBN: 1853994820     ISBN-13: 9781853994821
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
OUR PRICE: $50.35  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1998
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Dewey: 182.5
LCCN: 95078500
Series: Classic Latin & Greek Texts in Paperback S
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.62" W x 8.56" L (1.11 lbs) 372 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Features: Bibliography, Concordance
 
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Publisher Description:
Empedocles (c. 494-434 B.C.) achieved legendary status as a philosopher, scientist, healer, poet and orator. He made important contributions to the developments of European thought with his theory of the four elements, his detailed work on perception, respiration and cognition, and his understanding in the kinship in structure and form of the hierarchy of living creatures.Now available in paperback, this is the first full-scale edition this century of the extant fragments, which are grouped into two poems -- Physics and Katharmoi. In her Introduction, Professor Wright surveys the evidence for Empedocles??? life and writings, and gives a clear account of the main lines of thought within a framework common to the poems. The fragments are presented in their contexts in a new ordering with full critical apparatus; they are followed by a translation and commentary on each, in which the linguistic, philosophical and scientific questions relevant to the text are examined. The Index cover sources, passages cited and subject matter, as well as a comprehensive concordance of Empedocles??? vocabulary. This edition has been updated with a bibliographic commentary covering the last fifteen years of Empedoclean scholarship. This text is part of the Classic Latin and Greek texts series.
 
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