The Poem of Empedocles by Brad Inwood - 9780802083531

The Poem of EmpedoclesA Text and Translation with a Commentary\nAuthor(s): Brad Inwood\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802083531, 978-0802083531\nSynopsis\nThis revised edition of The Poem of Empedocles [tel] integrates substantial new material from a recently discovered papyrus and published by A. Martin and O. Primavesi. The papyrus contains evidence of over seventy lines or part lines of poetry, of which more than fifty are both new and usable. The integration of this material into the previously known fragments has significant impact on our understanding of Empedocles, one of the most influential philosophers and poets of antiquity.\n\n This volume provides the reader with the fullest and most accessible set of evidence for the doctrines and poetic achievement of this Presocratic philosopher. The Greek text of the fragments (with English facing page translation) has been revised to include the .