Early Greek philosophy. Volume V Western Greek thinkers. Part 2 / edited and translated by André Laks and Glenn W. Most ; in collaboration with Gérard Journée and assisted by Leopoldo Iribarren

The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the Presocratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient philosophy but also a perennially fresh resource that has stimulated Western thought until the present day. This new systematic conception and presentation of the evidence differs in three ways from Hermann Diels's groundbreaking work, as well as from later editions: it renders explicit the material's thematic organization; it includes a selection from such related bodies of evidence as archaic poetry, classical drama, and the Hippocratic corpus; and it presents an overview of the reception of these thinkers until the end of antiquity. Volume I contains introductory and reference materials essential for using all other parts of the edition. Volumes II-III include chapters on ancient doxography, background, and the Ionians from Pherecydes to Heraclitus. Volumes IV-V present western Greek thinkers from the Pythagoreans to Hippo. Volumes VI-VII comprise later philosophical systems and their aftermath in the fifth and early fourth centuries. Volumes VIII-IX present fifth-century reflections on language, rhetoric, ethics, and politics (the so-called sophists and Socrates) and conclude with an appendix on philosophy and philosophers in Greek drama. The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the Presocratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient philosophy but also a perennially fresh resource that has stimulated Western thought until the present day. This new systematic conception and presentation of the evidence differs in three ways from Hermann Diels's groundbreaking work, as well as from later editions: it renders explicit the material's thematic organization; it includes a selection from such related bodies of evidence as archaic poetry, classical drama, and the Hippocratic corpus; and it presents an overview of the reception of these thinkers until the end of antiquity ... Volume V presents western Greek thinkers Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus, Empedocles, Alcmaeon, and Hippo The Works Of The Early Greek Philosophers Are Not Only A Fundamental Source For Understanding Archaic Greek Culture And The Whole Of Ancient Philosophy, But Also A Perennially Fresh Resource That Has Stimulated Western Thought Until The Present Day. This Nine-volume Edition Presents All The Major Fragments From The Sixth To The Fourth Centuries Bc.-- CONTENTS......Page 6 THE ELEATICS......Page 8 19. Parmenides......Page 10 20. Zeno......Page 160 21. Melissus......Page 235 22. Empedocles......Page 324 PHILOSOPHY AND MEDICINE......Page 742 23. Alcmaeon......Page 744 24. Hippo......Page 779 CONTENTS 6 THE ELEATICS 8 19. Parmenides 10 20. Zeno 160 21. Melissus 235 22. Empedocles 324 PHILOSOPHY AND MEDICINE 742 23. Alcmaeon 744 24. Hippo 779 Loeb,Classical,Library,528 Loeb Classical Library 528