{"product_id":"the-presocratics-at-herculaneum-christian-vassallo-9783110726985","title":"The Presocratics at Herculaneum: A Study of Early Greek Philosophy in the Epicurean Tradition. with an Appendix on Diogenes of Oinoanda's Criticism of","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume analyses in depth the reception of early Greek philosophy in the Epicurean tradition and provides for the first time in scholarship a comprehensive edition, with translation and commentary, of all the Herculanean testimonia to the Presocratics. Among the most significant scientific outcomes, it provides elements for the attribution of an earlier date to the attested tradition of Xenophanes' scepticism; a complete reconstruction of the Epicurean reception of Democritus; a new reconstruction of the testimonia to Nausiphanes' concept of \u003ci\u003ephysiologia\u003c\/i\u003e, Anaxagoras' physics and theology, and Empedocles' epistemology; new texts for better comparing the doxographical sections of Philodemus' \u003ci\u003eOn Piety\u003c\/i\u003e with those of Cicero's \u003ci\u003eOn the Nature of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, which update Hermann Diels' treatment of this subject in his \u003ci\u003eDoxographi Graeci\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Vassallo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 311072698X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110726985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.88d","brand":"Christian Vassallo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44450276311295,"sku":"9783110726985","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc83783e-29ee-447e-9109-101686985acd.jpg?v=1698503869","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-presocratics-at-herculaneum-christian-vassallo-9783110726985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}