Empedocles - An Interpretation

Offers the first complete reinterpretation of Empedocles - one of the founding figures of Western philosophy - since the publication of the Strasbourg papyrus in 1999 brought new fragments of his lost work to light.

List of contents

1. The Single-Work Hypothesis 2. The Framework: Proem and Doctrine 3. Interpreting the Framework 4. The Persuasion of Empedocles 5. Conclusion

About the author

Simon Trepanier

Summary

Offers the first complete reinterpretation of Empedocles – one of the founding figures of Western philosophy – since the publication of the Strasbourg papyrus in 1999 brought new fragments of his lost work to light.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Trepanier, Timothy L. Wood
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780415649209
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64920-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Classics; Studies in Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity