David Sider Knihy

Pythagoras and Heraclitus developed theories of the universe and mankind’s place in it which were taken seriously by all later Greek thinkers. None of their works remains, however, except in later paraphrases that all too often are misrepresentations. Pythagoras had followers who attributed their own ideas to their master; Heraclitus wrote in a prose style so ambiguous that he came to be known as the Shadow, so that even the most earnest attempts to paraphrase his views had to smooth out his intentional rough edges. Nonetheless, enough remains to allow the authors of this volume, edited by David Sider and Dirk Obbink (Oxford), to offer new ways of viewing their views and the way others perceived them. The contributors are Gábor Betegh (Budapest), Roman Dilcher (Heidelberg), Aryeh Finkelberg (Tel Aviv), Daniel Graham (Brigham Young University), Herbert Granger (Wayne State University), Carl Huffman (DePauw), Enrique Hülsz Piccone (Mexico City), Anthony Long (Berkeley), Richard McKirahan (Pomona), Catherine Rowett (East Anglia), David Sider (New York), and Leonid Zhmud (St. Petersberg).

This is a second edition of what has come to be regarded as the authoritative text of the B-fragments of Anaxagoras. As before, the main purpose of this work has been to present an improved text and critical apparatus for the direct quotations attributed to Anaxagoras, based largely on a reexamination of the manuscripts of Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics. A detailed commentary accompanies the text. For this edition, there has been some revision throughout and the bibliography has been extensively updated. Furthermore, there are now three additional sections in the Introduction: Diagrams, Style, and Allegory. In addition to the original index locorum there is now a general index and one of Anaxagoras' vocabulary. Contents: Preface to the first edition – Preface to the second edition – Aids to the Reader – Chapter I: Introduction – 1. Biography & Chronology – 2. Anaxagoras' Works – a. Length – b. Diagrams – c. Number of Writings – 3. Dialect & Style – a. Dialect – b. Style – 4. The Order of the B Fragments – 5. Simplicius and the Transmission of Anaxagoras' Work – 6. The Text of Simplicius in Physica – 7. Allegory – Chapter II: ANAXAGORAE FRAGMENTA – Conspectus Siglorum – Fragments – Chapter III: Conclusion – Bibliography & Abbreviations – Indices – General Index – Index Locorum Potiorum – Index Verborum