Die Entstehung der Welt: Studien zum Straßburger Empedokles-Papyrus

Tom Wellmann

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Die Entstehung der Welt

Studien zum Straßburger Empedokles-Papyrus

The Formation of the World: Studies in the Strasbourg Empedocles Papyrus

Tom Wellmann

Volume 142 in the series Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110635263

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The discovery of the Strasbourg Empedocles Papyrus and its publication in 1999 was a unique stroke of luck for the study of ancient philosophy. The newly discovered texts supplemented the fragmentary tradition of Empedocles' natural philosophical poem Physika (the title commonly used in antiquity) at crucial points. However, the potential of the papyrus to clarify unresolved problems of interpretation has not yet been fully utilised in the research discussion that followed its publication. In the present work, an overall reconstruction of the Empedoclean theoretical structure is presented on the basis of a continuous analysis of the content and language of the text. In particular, the cyclical structure of all becoming, the functions of love and conflict, the individual stages of cosmogony and zoogony and the relationship between Physika and another of the author's poems, the Katharmoi, are analysed. Finally, the results are also brought together in a new translation of the parts of the poem recovered through the inclusion of the Strasbourg papyrus.

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Tom Wellmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
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2. Der Wechsel zwischen Mehreren und Einem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. Die Funktionen von Liebe und Streit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Die unaufhörliche Bewegung der Elemente Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
5. Die Entstehung des Kosmos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Die Entstehung der Lebewesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
7. Die Biologie und das Tötungsverbot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
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(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Wissenschaftler der Klassischen Philologie und der Philosophie.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 234
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
Keywords: Empedocles; Strasbourg Empedocles papyrus; pre-Socratics; four elements

eBook

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9783110635263

Hardcover

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9783110633726