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DIELS, H., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2018. 616p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Hermann Diels (1848–1922), professor of classics at Berlin, is chiefly remembered for this collection of quotations from, and reports about, Presocratic philosophers; his system of numbering was later adopted as the scholarly standard. This reissue reproduces the original, single-volume edition of 1903, though the book was revised and expanded three times during Diels' lifetime, and again after his death, and new fragments continue to be discovered. Designed as a reference tool to underpin university classes on the beginnings of Greek philosophy, the book sought to enable students to engage with original evidence. Diels aimed to provide a complete corpus of fragments rather than an arbitrary selection. He intentionally reproduced the texts exactly rather than standardising the language, in order to provide a foundation for future research. While admitting he found the material obscure at times, Diels provided German translations to help make the content more accessible to his readers. (Publisher's information). € 48.54 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9781108084024