Empédocle

1995 · réf. 34900 — Bristol Classical Press. New. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 372 pages; 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. - Author: M. R. Wright is Professor of Classics at The University of Wales Lampeter. -- with a bonus offer--; 520-Emped; Empedocles; Wright M. R. editor Empedocles the Extant FragmentsEmpedocles 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 hi . 1995. Bristol Classical Press paperback