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) / Christian Vassallo.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Vassallo, Christian, Editor.

Conference Name:

Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition (Workshop) (2016 : Universität Trier), author.

Series:

Studia praesocratica ; Volume 10.

Studia Praesocratica ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pre-Socratic philosophers--Congresses.

Pre-Socratic philosophers.

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)--Congresses.

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).

Philosophy, Ancient--Congresses.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 702 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 reconstructing pre-Socratic philosophy and doxography. Furthermore, these texts help to increase our knowledge of how pre-Socratic thought - through contributions to physics, cosmology, ethics, ontology, theology, anthropology, hermeneutics, and aesthetics - paved the way for the canonic scientific fields of European culture. More specifically, each paper tackles (published and unpublished) papyrological texts concerning the Orphics, the Milesians, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the early Atomists, and the Sophists. For the first time in the field of pre-Socratics studies, several papers are devoted to the Herculanean sources, along with others concerning the Graeco-Egyptian papyri and the Derveni Papyrus.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction. The Presocratics from Derveni to Herculaneum: A New Look at Early Greek Philosophy

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

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

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

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

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)

15. Democritus' Doctrine of Eidola in the Herculaneum Papyri: A Reassessment of the Sources

16. Anaxarchus from Egypt to Herculaneum

17. The Authorship of the Derveni Papyrus, A Sophistic Treatise on the Origin of Religion and Language: A Case for Prodicus of Ceos

18. Lists of Principles and Lists of Gods: Philodemus, Cicero, Aëtius, and Others

Index locorum

Index nominum antiquorum

Index nominum recentiorum

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110663501

3110663503

9783110666106

3110666103

OCLC:

1129172308