Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
Autor Empedocles Editat de M. R. Wrighten Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 1981
One of the most important Presocratic philosophers was the Sicilian Empedocles. He presented his work in the form of two hexameter poems, of which about 450 lines are extant, revealing a formidable range of interests, acute observation, and a firm grasp of fundamental issues in the study of man and nature.
Empedocles’ theory of four elements was crucial to later developments in science and medicine. He showed how forces of attraction and repulsion acted on the elements within a framework of cyclical time and limited space, and initiated or advanced major discoveries in astronomy, biology, and physiology. More sophisticated concepts of divinity, personality, and mortality replaced traditional mythology, and these concepts were founded on the conviction that the individual has control over his own character and intellectual growth.
The introduction discusses Empedocles’ life and interests, the content of the Physics and Katharmoi, and the relation of the two poems to each other. A new Greek text with apparatus is followed by translation, commentary, and detailed concordance, to give a comprehensive edition of this key figure in the history of ideas.
“With its careful and judicious editing of the fragments and its many fresh insights into Empedocles’ thought, this work will be indispensable to students of Presocratic philosophy.”—Alexander P.D. Mourelatos
Empedocles’ theory of four elements was crucial to later developments in science and medicine. He showed how forces of attraction and repulsion acted on the elements within a framework of cyclical time and limited space, and initiated or advanced major discoveries in astronomy, biology, and physiology. More sophisticated concepts of divinity, personality, and mortality replaced traditional mythology, and these concepts were founded on the conviction that the individual has control over his own character and intellectual growth.
The introduction discusses Empedocles’ life and interests, the content of the Physics and Katharmoi, and the relation of the two poems to each other. A new Greek text with apparatus is followed by translation, commentary, and detailed concordance, to give a comprehensive edition of this key figure in the history of ideas.
“With its careful and judicious editing of the fragments and its many fresh insights into Empedocles’ thought, this work will be indispensable to students of Presocratic philosophy.”—Alexander P.D. Mourelatos
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300024753
ISBN-10: 0300024754
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300024754
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
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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 Indexes cover sources, passages cited and subject matter, as well as a comprehensive concordance of Empedocles' vocabulary. This new in paperback edition has been updated with a bibliographic commentary covering the last fifteen years of Empedoclean scholarship, and is part of the Classic Latin and Greek texts series.
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 Indexes cover sources, passages cited and subject matter, as well as a comprehensive concordance of Empedocles' vocabulary. This new in paperback edition has been updated with a bibliographic commentary covering the last fifteen years of Empedoclean scholarship, and is part of the Classic Latin and Greek texts series.
Cuprins
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Life and Writings
Dating Empedoc1es' Life
Politics, Rhetoric, and Medicine
The Manner ofEmpedocles' Death
Works Attributed to Empedocles
2. Physics
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Love and Strife
Mixing and Separating
The Plan of the Physics
Monsters and Men
3. Katharmoi and Physics
Common Ground
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility
Empedocles as Daimon
4. The Allocation of the Fragments
5. The Titles of the Poems
6. Concordance of the Ordering of the Fragments
II. TEXT
7. llEPI «l»YEEill: (fragments 1-101)
8. KA9APMOI (fragments 102-133)
9. Addenda (fragments 134-152)
III. TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
10. Physics
11. Katharmoi
12. Addenda
Bibliography
Bibliographical AfterWord
Additional Bibliography
Index Fontium
Index Verborum
Index Locorum
Index Nominum et Rerum
1. Life and Writings
Dating Empedoc1es' Life
Politics, Rhetoric, and Medicine
The Manner ofEmpedocles' Death
Works Attributed to Empedocles
2. Physics
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Love and Strife
Mixing and Separating
The Plan of the Physics
Monsters and Men
3. Katharmoi and Physics
Common Ground
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility
Empedocles as Daimon
4. The Allocation of the Fragments
5. The Titles of the Poems
6. Concordance of the Ordering of the Fragments
II. TEXT
7. llEPI «l»YEEill: (fragments 1-101)
8. KA9APMOI (fragments 102-133)
9. Addenda (fragments 134-152)
III. TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
10. Physics
11. Katharmoi
12. Addenda
Bibliography
Bibliographical AfterWord
Additional Bibliography
Index Fontium
Index Verborum
Index Locorum
Index Nominum et Rerum
Recenzii
Undergraduates will find this book an invaluable guide through the perplexing terrain of Empedocles' language and thought. Scholars too will welcome it.
Packed with fresh suggestions and arguments which constitute a major contribution to a difficult and much discussed topic.
Packed with fresh suggestions and arguments which constitute a major contribution to a difficult and much discussed topic.