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PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press

ISBN-100802085083

ISBN-139780802085085

eBay Product ID (ePID)2697863

Product Key Features

Number of Pages277 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameXenophanes of Colophon : Fragments

Publication Year2001

SubjectGeneral, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

TypeTextbook

AuthorJames Lesher

Subject AreaPhilosophy

SeriesPhoenix Presocractic Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

SynopsisXenophanes of Colophon was a philosophical poet who lived in various cities of the ancient Greek world during the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC. In this book, James Lesher presents the Greek texts of all the surviving fragments of Xenophanes' teachings, with an original English translation on facing pages, along with detailed notes and commentaries and a series of essays on the philosophical questions generated by Xenophanes' remarks. Also included are English translations of all the ancient testimonia relating to Xenophanes' life and teachings, and a discussion of how many of the testimonia pose the impediments to achieving a consistent interpretation of his philosophy. The Xenophanes who emerges in this account fully warrants classification as a philosophical thinker: moral critic and reflective student of nature, critic of popular religious belief and practice, and perhaps the first to challenge claims to knowledge about divine matters and the basic forces at work in nature. As with earlier works in the Pheonix series, this volume aims to make an important portion of Presocratic writing accessible to all those interested in ancient philosophy and the first phase of European natural science. This new paperback edition contains an updated bibliography., In this book, James Lesher presents the Greek texts of all the surviving fragments of Xenophanes' teachings, with an original English translation on facing pages, along with detailed notes and commentaries and a series of essays on the philosophical questions generated by Xenophanes' remarks.

LC Classification NumberB258.X33F73 2001