Empedocles' cosmic cycle: a reconstruction from the fragments and secondary sources
Auteur :
O'Brien, Denis
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521100373
Date de publication :
18 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
690 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The cosmic cycle described in the surviving fragments of Empedocles' poem is the alternation, in endless succession, of Love and Strife. Dr O'Brien's book is primarily an analysis of this elaborate system. It seeks to determine the positions which Love and Strife occupy in the world at different times.