{"product_id":"empedocles-the-extant-fragments-9780300024753","title":"Empedocles: The Extant Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important Presocratic philosophers was the Sicilian Empedocles. He presented his work in the form of two hexameter poems  of which about 450 lines are extant  revealing a formidable range of interests  acute observation  and a firm grasp of fundamental issues in the study of man and nature. Empedocles theory of four elements was crucial to later developments in science and medicine. He showed how forces of attraction and repulsion acted on the elements within a framework of cyclical time and limited space  and initiated or advanced major discoveries in astronomy  biology  and physiology. More sophisticated concepts of divinity  personality  and mortality replaced traditional mythology  and these concepts were founded on the conviction that the individual has control over his own character and intellectual growth. The introduction discusses Empedocles life and interests  the content of the Physics and Katharmoi  and the relation of the two poems to each other. A new Greek text with apparatus is followed by translation  commentary  and detailed concordance  to give a comprehensive edition of this key figure in the history of ideas. With its careful and judicious editing of the fragments and its many fresh insights into Empedocles thought  this work will be indispensable to students of Presocratic philosophy.Alexander P.D. Mourelatos\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652947501109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300024754","price":80.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300024753.jpg?v=1781854305","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/empedocles-the-extant-fragments-9780300024753","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}