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Synopsis
The edition of the works of the three sixth-century BC Milesian philosophers, Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes, follows the chronological arrangement (from Plato and Aristotle to Albertus Magnus) of the underlying concept of the new edition of Pre-Socratic philosophers - that is to document their transmission and the intentions behind the various traditions. The Greek, Latin, Syrian, Arabic, and Hebrewtextual evidence is presented together with a German translation. The texts are supplemented by explanatory footnotes, a critical apparatus (if applicable) and, above all, an apparatus listing similia to support the understanding of the branches of transmission. The evidence for Thales is composed of a total of some 600 references and texts (vol. 1), for the other two Milesians ofabout 250 each (vol. 2). Extensive indices ensure that the volumes are easy to use.
Synopsis
Die Edition der drei milesischen Philosophen des sechsten Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Thales, Anaximander und Anaximenes ist - entsprechend der grundlegenden Zielsetzung der Neuedition der vorsokratischen Philosophen, wesentlich die berlieferungswege und berlieferungsintentionen der jeweiligen Zeugnisse zu dokumentieren - chronologisch (von Platon und Aristoteles bis Albertus Magnus) angeordnet. Verzichtet wird daher sowohl auf eine - im Fall der Milesier ohnehin mige - Unterscheidung in direkte und indirekte berlieferung oder auf ein Lemma 'Imitationen' bzw. 'Flschungen'.
Die griechischen, lateinischen, syrischen, arabischen und hebrischenTextzeugnisse werden mit deutscher bersetzung abgedruckt. Sie sind mit erluternden Anmerkungen, gegebenenfalls einem kritischen Apparat und vor allem einem Similienapparat versehen, der die jeweiligen Traditionsstrnge nachzuvollziehen hilft. Insgesamt etwa 600 Zeugnisse fr Thales (Bd. 1) und etwa jeweils 250 fr die beiden anderen Milesier (Bd. 2) werden auf diese Weise erschlossen. Umfangreiche Indices erleichtern die Benutzung beider Bnde.
Synopsis
Research into ancient scholarship had long wanted as complete as possible a critical edition of early Greek natural philosophers. As the title Traditio Praesocratica indicates, the aim of this new edition of individual volumes is not to reconstruct connections between works, but rather to document the transmission of early Greek philosophy, as preserved in the traditions of the various classical and late antique philosophical schools, in chronological order. This includes the Latin and Syro-Arabian traditions up to the early medieval period. The original texts are presented together with a German translation, supplemented where necessary with an introduction and notes. A detailed introduction is dedicated to the doxographic peculiarities for the Pre-Socratic concerned.
It is planned to publish a revised edition with English translations some two or three years later entitled Traditio Praesocratica. Textual evidence on early Greek philosophy and its continuation . Parallel to the volumes on individual philosophers, the series Studia Praesocratica will present commentaries, monographs and edited volumes on early Greek philosophy and its doxography.