Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition
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Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition

A Philosophical Reappraisal of the Sources. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of Trier (22-24 September 2016)

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Presocratics and Papyrological Tradition

A Philosophical Reappraisal of the Sources. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of Trier (22-24 September 2016)

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The papyri transmit a part of the testimonia relevant to pre-Socratic philosophy. The 'Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici' takes this material only partly into account. In this volume, a team of specialists discusses some of the most important papyrological texts that are major instruments for reconstructing pre-Socratic philosophy and doxography. Furthermore, these texts help to increase our knowledge of how pre-Socratic thought – through contributions to physics, cosmology, ethics, ontology, theology, anthropology, hermeneutics, and aesthetics – paved the way for the canonic scientific fields of European culture. More specifically, each paper tackles (published and unpublished) papyrological texts concerning the Orphics, the Milesians, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the early Atomists, and the Sophists. For the first time in the field of pre-Socratics studies, several papers are devoted to the Herculanean sources, along with others concerning the Graeco-Egyptian papyri and the Derveni Papyrus.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2019
ISBN
9783110666106
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Abbreviations
  3. Introduction. The Presocratics from Derveni to Herculaneum: A New Look at Early Greek Philosophy
  4. Part I: Orpheus and the Orphic Tradition
  5. 1. Two Aspects of the Orphic Papyrological Tradition: PGurob 1 and the Greek Magic Rolls
  6. 2. The Opening Lemmas of the Derveni Papyrus
  7. 3. Some Controversial Topics in the Derveni Cosmology
  8. 4. Pherecydes of Syros in the Papyrological Tradition
  9. Part II: Pythagoreanism and Beyond
  10. 5. The Papyrological Tradition on Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
  11. 6. Philolaus’ Book(s) in Philodemus’ Index Academicorum
  12. 7. Music and Philosophy in Damon of Oa
  13. Part III: Heraclitus
  14. 8. Column IV of the Derveni Papyrus: A New Analysis of the Text and the Quotation of Heraclitus
  15. 9. Heraclitus’ Portrait in Diogenes LaĂ«rtius and Philodemus’ On Arrogance
  16. Part IV: Empedocles
  17. 10. Aphrodite’s Cosmic Power: Empedocles in the Derveni Papyrus
  18. 11. Empedocles on the Origin of Plants: PStrasb. gr. inv. 1665–1666, Sections d, b, and f
  19. 12. Empedocles in the Herculaneum Papyri: An Update
  20. Part V: Anaxagoras and his School
  21. 13. Anaxagoras from Egypt to Herculaneum: A Contribution to the History of Ancient ‘Atheism’
  22. 14. Metrodorus the Allegorist as Reflected in Philodemus’ On Poems, Book 2: PHerc. 1676, col. 2 + N 1081, col. 12 (= 61 A 4 DK; Test. 34.3 Lanata)
  23. Part VI: Early Atomists
  24. 15. Democritus’ Doctrine of Eidola in the Herculaneum Papyri: A Reassessment of the Sources
  25. 16. Anaxarchus from Egypt to Herculaneum
  26. Part VII: The Sophistic Movement
  27. 17. The Authorship of the Derveni Papyrus, A Sophistic Treatise on the Origin of Religion and Language: A Case for Prodicus of Ceos
  28. Part VIII: The Papyrological Tradition and Doxographical Questions
  29. 18. Lists of Principles and Lists of Gods: Philodemus, Cicero, AĂ«tius, and Others
  30. Indices
  31. Index locorum
  32. Index nominum antiquorum
  33. Index nominum recentiorum