Posidonius: Volume 1, The Fragments

A new edition of coincide with Professor Kidd's long-awaited commentary.

Posidonius (Author), L. Edelstein (Edited by), I. G. Kidd (Edited by)

9780521604253, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 January 2005

400 pages
21.7 x 14.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.528 kg

To coincide with the publication of Professor Kidd's long-awaited Commentary on Posidonius, the text of the Fragments, first published in 1972, is being issued in a new edition. This edition contains sixty new readings, nearly eighty alterations to the apparatus criticus, corrections of errors, and cross-references to recently published works.

Part I. Testimonia: Life and influence
Characteristics of Posidonius' philosophy
Doubtful testimonies
Part II. Fragments and Titles of Named Books: Physics
Ethics
Logic
Sciences and history
Doubtful fragments
Part III. Fragments Not Assigned to Books: Divisions and Content of Philosophy
Physics
Ethics
Logic
Sciences
History
History of philosophy
Miscellaneous
Indices.

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