Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker : Griechisch und Deutsch Paperback / softback
by Hermann Diels
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Classics series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:616 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/11/2018
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- ISBN:9781108084024
