| Die Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker: Griechisch Und Deutsch Contributor(s): Diels, Hermann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108084028 ISBN-13: 9781108084024 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: German Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Philosophy | Reference |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.37" H x 6" W x 9" (1.97 lbs) 616 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hermann Diels (1848-1922), professor of classics at Berlin, is chiefly remembered for this collection of quotations from, and reports about, Presocratic philosophers; his system of numbering was later adopted as the scholarly standard. This reissue reproduces the original, single-volume edition of 1903, though the book was revised and expanded three times during Diels' lifetime, and again after his death, and new fragments continue to be discovered. Designed as a reference tool to underpin university classes on the beginnings of Greek philosophy, the book sought to enable students to engage with original evidence. Diels aimed to provide a complete corpus of fragments rather than an arbitrary selection. He intentionally reproduced the texts exactly rather than standardising the language, in order to provide a foundation for future research. While admitting he found the material obscure at times, Diels provided German translations to help make the content more accessible to his readers. |