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Early Greek Philosophy, Volume IV: Western Greek Thinkers, Part 1 (Loeb Classical Library)
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Description for Early Greek Philosophy, Volume IV: Western Greek Thinkers, Part 1 (Loeb Classical Library)
Hardcover. Volume IV of the four-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents fifth-century reflections on language, rhetoric, ethics, and politics (the so-called sophists and Socrates) and concludes with an appendix on philosophy and philosophers in tragedy and comedy, concordances, and indexes. Editor(s): Most, Glenn W.; Lacks, Andre. Translator(s): Most, Glenn W.; Lacks, Andre. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often known as the pre-Socratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient philosophy but also a perennially fresh resource that has stimulated Western thought until the present day. This new systematic conception and presentation of the evidence differs in three ways from Hermann Diels s groundbreaking late-nineteenth-century work as well as from later editions: it renders explicit the material s thematic organization; it includes a selection from such related bodies of evidence as archaic poetry, classical drama, and the Hippocratic corpus; and it ... Read more
The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often known as the pre-Socratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient philosophy but also a perennially fresh resource that has stimulated Western thought until the present day. This new systematic conception and presentation of the evidence differs in three ways from Hermann Diels s groundbreaking late-nineteenth-century work as well as from later editions: it renders explicit the material s thematic organization; it includes a selection from such related bodies of evidence as archaic poetry, classical drama, and the Hippocratic corpus; and it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674996922
SKU
V9780674996922
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About Most
Andre Laks is Professor Emeritus of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Glenn W. Most is Professor of Greek Philology, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and Professor of Social Thought, University of Chicago.
Reviews for Early Greek Philosophy, Volume IV: Western Greek Thinkers, Part 1 (Loeb Classical Library)
The publication of a Loeb Classical Library edition of the evidence for early Greek philosophy is a major event in classical scholarship...The editors and their assistants are to be commended for their exemplary execution of such a vast and difficult task. They have succeeded in producing what is far and away the best available edition of the texts of the ... Read more