Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
Griechisch und Deutsch

The first edition of Diels' authoritative collection of sources on the Presocratic philosophers, originally published in 1903 with German translations.

Hermann Diels (Author)

9781108084024, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 November 2018

616 pages
23 x 15.3 x 3.8 cm, 0.9 kg

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.

Preface
1. Thales
2. Anaximander
3. Anaximenes
4. Pythagoras
5. Kerkops
6. Petron
7. Brotinos
8. Hippasos
9. Kalliphon
10. Parmiskos
11. Xenophanes
12. Herakleitos
13. Epicharmos
14. Alkmaion
15. Ikkos
16. Paron
17. Ameinias
18. Parmenides
19. Zenon
20. Melissos
21. Empediokles
22. Menestor
23. Xuthos
24. Boidas
25. Ion
26. Hippon
27. Phaleas
28. Polykleitos
29. Oinopides
30. Hippokrates
31. Theodoros
32. Philolaos
33. Eurytos
34. Archippos
35. Archytas
36. Timaios
37. Hiketas
38. Ekphantos
39. Xenophilos
40. Diokles et al.
41. Proros et al.
42. Damon
43. Simos et al.
44. Lykon
45. Pythagoreische Schule
46. Anaxagoras
47. Archelaos
48. Metrodoros
49. Kleidemos
50. Idaios
51. Diogenes
52. Kratylos
53. Antisthenes
54. Leukippos
55. Demokritos
56. Nessas
57. Metrodoros vs Chios
58. Diogenes vs Smyrna
59. Anaxarchos
60. Hekataios vs Abdera
61. Apollodoros
62. Nausiphanes
63. Diotimos
64. Bion vs Abdera
65. Bolos
Anhang
Namensverzeichnis.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]