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Heraclitus : The Cosmic Fragments by Heraclitus (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Heraclitus : The Cosmic Fragments, Paperback by Kirk, G. S. (EDT), ISBN 0521136679, ISBN-13 9780521136679, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521136679

ISBN-139780521136679

eBay Product ID (ePID)80029466

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Number of Pages444 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHeraclitus : the Cosmic Fragments

Publication Year2010

SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

TypeTextbook

AuthorHeraclitus

Subject AreaPhilosophy

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

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Table Of ContentIndex of Fragments; Note on the Second Impression; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: I. The Date of Heraclitus, II. The Life of Heraclitus, III. The Ancient Evidence on Heraclitus' Thought; The Cosmic Fragments: Group 1-12; Epilogue; General index; Index of passages.

SynopsisThis work provides a text and an extended study of those fragments of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it. Professor Kirk's method is critical and objective, and his 1954 work marks a significant advance in the study of Presocratic thought., This work provides a text and an extended study of those fragments of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it. Professor Kirk discusses fully the fragments which he finds genuine and treats in passing others that were generally accepted as genuine but here considered paraphrased or spurious. In securing his text, Professor Kirk has taken into account all the ancient testimonies, and in his critical work he attached particular importance to the context in which each fragment is set. To each he gives a selective apparatus, a literal translation and and an extended commentary in which problems of textual and philosophical criticism are discussed. Ancient accounts of Heraclitus were inadequate and misleading, and as Kirk wrote, understanding was often hindered by excessive dogmatism and a selective use of the fragments. Professor Kirk's method is critical and objective, and his 1954 work marks a significant advance in the study of Presocratic thought.