Title | Empedocles' Physica Book I: A New Reconstruction |
Type | Book Section |
Language | English |
Date | 2005 |
Published in | The Empedoclean Kosmos. Structure, Process and the Question of Cyclicity |
Pages | 93-137 |
Categories | no categories |
Author(s) | Janko, Richard |
Editor(s) | Pierrēs, Apostolos L. |
Translator(s) |
The article discusses the significance of the discovery of papyrus fragments from Empedocles' Physics in Strasbourg, the first time a text from a known Presocratic philosopher has been found in a papyrus. Despite being a disappointment due to the overlapping content with the longest extant fragment of Physics Book I, the author offers a new solution to the puzzles presented by the papyrus. By reconstructing a passage from Empedocles' Physics 131 verses long, the author reveals a more coherent and less bizarre philosophical system and argues that Empedocles composed one poem instead of two. The English translation is written in verse to capture the poetic qualities of the original poem and reveals the extent of Lucretius' debt to Empedocles. The article offers a plausible and coherent account of the papyrus and has implications for different interpretations of Empedocles' system. [introduction/conclusion] |
Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/GzaT1eGaIx8c0eP |
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Title | Empedocles' Physica Book I: A New Reconstruction |
Type | Book Section |
Language | English |
Date | 2005 |
Published in | The Empedoclean Kosmos. Structure, Process and the Question of Cyclicity |
Pages | 93-137 |
Categories | no categories |
Author(s) | Janko, Richard |
Editor(s) | Pierrēs, Apostolos L. |
Translator(s) |
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Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/GzaT1eGaIx8c0eP |
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