Parmenides and Empedocles: The Fragments in Verse Translation by Parmenides (Eng

Description: Parmenides and Empedocles by Parmenides, Empedocles, Stanley Lombardo Parmenides and Empedocles, along with Heraclitus the most important of the pre-Socratic philosophers, were at the same time among the greatest poets of the ancient world. But their work is rarely treated and still more rarely translated in its original form--as poetry. The complete extant fragments of Parmenides and Empedocles are collected here for the first time in a translation responsive to the original verse texts. Parmenides philosophical fragments are here given as the poetic remains of the thinker from Elea in Southern Italy whom Socrates wondered at and Plato held in awe. What emerges from the poetry is at once an uncompromising vision of absolute Being and a compassionate understanding of the human cosmos: It is the body grows to Mind. All men desire the same thing, apprehend the same The plenum is thought, and thought preponderates. The poetry of Empedocles--reincarnationist, naturalist, cosmologist, religious leader, physiologist, and a metaphysician--is presented here in the personal idiom of the fifth-century Sicilian who has been called the last of the Greek shamans: I have already been A bush and a bird A boy and a girl A mute fish in the sea. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics at The University of Kansas. Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics at The University of Kansas. Review "Lombardos transformation of hard Greek into sound and lucid English is an enviable example of the translators art. He translates well because he writes well; he writes well because he knows the tone, texture and weight of words, how to keep English idiomatic and natural, how to build a phrase and a sentence. Everyone interested in the Greek spirit will welcome this confident rendering of two difficult masterpieces."--Guy Davenport, Professor Emeritus, the University of Kentucky Review Quote "Lombardos transformation of hard Greek into sound and lucid English is an enviable example of the translators art. He translates well because he writes well; he writes well because he knows the tone, texture and weight of words, how to keep English idiomatic and natural, how to build a phrase and a sentence. Everyone interested in the Greek spirit will welcome this confident rendering of two difficult masterpieces." --Guy Davenport, Professor Emeritus, the University of Kentucky Details ISBN1610971620 Author Stanley Lombardo Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers Year 2011 Translator Stanley Lombardo ISBN-10 1610971620 ISBN-13 9781610971621 Format Paperback Publication Date 2011-03-01 Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers Subtitle The Fragments in Verse Translation Place of Publication Eugene Country of Publication United States Birth 1943 DEWEY 182.3 Short Title PARMENIDES & EMPEDOCLES Language English Media Book UK Release Date 2011-03-01 AU Release Date 2011-03-01 NZ Release Date 2011-03-01 US Release Date 2011-03-01 Pages 78 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126952029;

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