The Art and Thought of Heraclitus: A New Arrangement and Translation of the Fragments with Literary and Philosophical Commentary

by Heraclitus

Book Overview

Behind the superficial obscurity of what fragments we have of Heraclitus' thought, Professor Kahn claims that it is possible to detect a systematic view of human existence, a theory of language which sees ambiguity as a device for the expression of multiple meaning, and a vision of human life and death within the larger order of nature. The fragments are presented here in a readable order; translation and commentary aim to make accessible the power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052128645X
• ISBN13: 9780521286459
• Release Date: September 1981
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"