Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition : : A Philosophical Reappraisal of the Sources. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of Trier (22-24 September 2016) /

Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition : : A Philosophical Reappraisal of the Sources. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of Trier (22-24 September 2016) / / ed. by Christian Vassallo.

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The papyri transmit a part of the testimonia relevant to pre-Socratic philosophy. The ʼCorpus dei Papiri Filosofici‛ takes this material only partly into account. In this volume, a team of specialists discusses some of the most important papyrological texts that are major instruments for reconstruct...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Bernabé, Alberto,
Betegh, Gábor,
Brancacci, Aldo,
Dorandi, Tiziano,
Fleischer, Kilian J.,
Jiménez San Cristóbal, Ana I.,
Kotwick, Mirjam E.,
Lebedev, Andrei,
Leone, Giuliana,
Mansfeld, Jaap,
McKirahan, Richard D.,
Piano, Valeria,
Piergiacomi, Enrico,
Pozdnev, Michael,
Ranocchia, Graziano,
Santamaría, Marco A.,
Sedley, David N.,
Sider, David,
Trépanier, Simon,
Vassallo, Christian,
Zhmud, Leonid,
HerausgeberIn:
Vassallo, Christian,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Studia Praesocratica , 10
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. The Presocratics from Derveni to Herculaneum: A New Look at Early Greek Philosophy
  • Part I: Orpheus and the Orphic Tradition
  • 1. Two Aspects of the Orphic Papyrological Tradition: PGurob 1 and the Greek Magic Rolls
  • 2. The Opening Lemmas of the Derveni Papyrus
  • 3. Some Controversial Topics in the Derveni Cosmology
  • 4. Pherecydes of Syros in the Papyrological Tradition
  • Part II: Pythagoreanism and Beyond
  • 5. The Papyrological Tradition on Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
  • 6. Philolaus’ Book(s) in Philodemus’ Index Academicorum
  • 7. Music and Philosophy in Damon of Oa
  • Part III: Heraclitus
  • 8. Column IV of the Derveni Papyrus: A New Analysis of the Text and the Quotation of Heraclitus
  • 9. Heraclitus’ Portrait in Diogenes Laërtius and Philodemus’ On Arrogance
  • Part IV: Empedocles
  • 10. Aphrodite’s Cosmic Power: Empedocles in the Derveni Papyrus
  • 11. Empedocles on the Origin of Plants: PStrasb. gr. inv. 1665–1666, Sections d, b, and f
  • 12. Empedocles in the Herculaneum Papyri: An Update
  • Part V: Anaxagoras and his School
  • 13. Anaxagoras from Egypt to Herculaneum: A Contribution to the History of Ancient ‘Atheism’
  • 14. Metrodorus the Allegorist as Reflected in Philodemus’ On Poems, Book 2: PHerc. 1676, col. 2 + N 1081, col. 12 (= 61 A 4 DK; Test. 34.3 Lanata)
  • Part VI: Early Atomists
  • 15. Democritus’ Doctrine of Eidola in the Herculaneum Papyri: A Reassessment of the Sources
  • 16. Anaxarchus from Egypt to Herculaneum
  • Part VII: The Sophistic Movement
  • 17. The Authorship of the Derveni Papyrus, A Sophistic Treatise on the Origin of Religion and Language: A Case for Prodicus of Ceos
  • Part VIII: The Papyrological Tradition and Doxographical Questions
  • 18. Lists of Principles and Lists of Gods: Philodemus, Cicero, Aëtius, and Others
  • Indices
  • Index locorum
  • Index nominum antiquorum
  • Index nominum recentiorum

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