Bücher von Heraclitus

Heracliti Ephesii Reliquiae est liber qui collectio est ex sententiis Heracliti, philosophi Graeci, qui vixit in saeculo quinto ante Christum. Liber est editus anno MDCCCLXXVII et continet interpretationes et annotationes auctoritatum Graecarum. Heraclitus, qui cognominatur ""Obscurus"" propter difficultatem suae doctrinae, scripsit de fluxu et refluxu omnium rerum in natura et de unitate oppositorum. Liber Heracliti Ephesii Reliquiae est una ex fontibus philosophiae Graecae et est adhuc usitatus in studiis philosophicis.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This work provides a text and an extended study of those fragments of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it. Professor Kirk's method is critical and objective, and his 1954 work marks a significant advance in the study of Presocratic thought.

Behind the superficial obscurity of what fragments we have of Heraclitus' thought, Professor Kahn claims that it is possible to detect a systematic view of human existence, a theory of language which sees ambiguity as a device for the expression of multiple meaning, and a vision of human life and death within the larger order of nature. The fragments are presented here in a readable order; translation and commentary aim to make accessible the power and originality of a systematic thinker and a great master of artistic prose. The commentary locates Heraclitus within the tradition of early Greek thought, but stresses the importance of his ideas for topical theories of language, literature and philosophy.