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The definitive scholarly edition and new translation of all three versions of Hölderlin's poem, The Death of Empedocles, and his related theoretical essays. ... Read more

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The Gentle Reader
We are the lucky ones:getting to read Holderlin afresh. In him we enter a splendid gateway opening onto a landscape that affirms our most profound longings for a vital and generative human endeavor.The interpreters and translators of Holderlin celebrate their encounters, and none more so than David Farrell Krell in this splendid volume.
This is truly a work of love by a deeply committed scholar.The book offers the translations of the three versions of the tragedy Holderlin struggled with on the eponymous subject of the death of Empedocles;but Prof Krell immerses these translations in the lifeblood of the great poet.The play's translations are embedded within a milieu of Holderlin's profound musings on tragedy, the passing of epochs, the absence of the gods, and the rising of a new human endeavor.The essays lift the tragedies themselves to their proper elevation, on the edge.The images of his manuscripts with commentaries on them serve to place the reader at the table with Holderlin as he writes.
With imposing modesty and great gentleness Prof Krell presents his "analysis" at the end of this book.It is modest and gentle because at no point does Krell deign to impose on us his own "insights," as Heidegger does in his interpretations.Instead, Krell delicately lifts out of the text the themes that command his attention.He cites the texts as evoking his own erudite recollections of ancient history and myth, German Idealism and Greek terms and offers them in the spirit of wonder in order to muse about how Holderlin's poetic, philosophical, historical and prophetic powers are so profoundly inscribed and sent forth -- even in these "failures."
I recommend that readers of this volume consider also readingFoti's Epochal Discord (see my review) as well as Blanchot's essay, "Holderlin's Itinerary" in The Space of Literatureand "Holderlin's Sacred Speech," in The Work of Fire. (See my review of these masterworks).
Krell concludes with the hypothesis, well documented, that in the third version of the play we see the poet himself:strugglingwith the passing of the epoch;hearing the warnings, challenges and declamations of voices from the ages;agonizing in his solitude;and most of all, grappling with the departure of the gods.Krell asks why wasn't Holderlin able to finish the plays?He rightly goes to the heart of the matter:one cannot encompass one's own destiny, it always reaches out beyond us, always stretches out in excessive gestures; and what we meet in this has always already occurred.
Krell's gentle and wise embrace of this poet/seer, this Empedocles of our own, whose Aetna was in his innermost being, and it too overflowed, lets us touch upon this great inflammation, this great fire, so that we can take a spark, a whiff of smoke, into our own lives.
I look forward to his good, wise and gentle counsel.

party like it is 1794
In reading the notes on one version of the play, I noticed that I was getting a lot of information about the French Revolution as a setting for rethinking relationships between God or gods and men. I never expected "celebrations every tenth day . . . festival of the Supreme Being and Nature" in June 1794 as a result of the Jacobin enthusiasm for new feasts and festivals. Nature might have a lot to teach us. Krell is showing his usual awareness of books that have yet to be published on the transformation of Saturn for which: see Jonathan P. Krell, The Ogre's Progress: Images of the Ogre in Modern French Literature, forthcoming, chapter 3. The second version of The Death of Empedocles mentioned: "you/have drawn unto your ancient Saturn,/A new Jupiter, a novel yet/A weaker and more insolent one" which incites a comment on "the cardinal crime cited in Empedocles' Purifications." Empedocles might have chosen to die in "precisely the mixing bowl of the universe." The analysis at the end of the book ends like entering a hall of mirrors. Nothing is ever final, yet everything has already transpired. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1908.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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"What is Italy's role in the post-Cold War world?" Thisvolume, the first in a series to be published by CSIS in collaborationwith liMes, Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica, touches on the centralissues of Italy's international presence, from the Atlantic Allianceto the European Union, and from the Mediterranean to the new policytoward eastern Europe, with an eye also to domestic problems, foremostamong them the independentist movements in the Italian North. Thegoal: to give English-speaking readers an authoritative and originalpicture of the Italian geopolitical scene. This goal will be pursuedwithout departing from the distinct style of the Italian version ofliMes: an open mind toward any viewpoint and a focus on specificissues rather than on theories purporting to explain the world with asingle formula. In this way CSIS and liMes hope to contribute to thecreation of a transatlantic geopolitical forum and to a betterunderstanding, both in the United States and in the internationalcommunity, of "what Italy stands for." ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Imhotep, Hippocrate, Galien, Empédocle, Dioscoride, Hérophile, Alcméon de Crotone, Érasistrate, Oribase, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Scribonius Largus, Soranos D'éphèse, Xénophon de Cos, Nicandre de Colophon, Marcellus Empiricus, Antonius Musa, Aelius Promotus, Hua Tuo, Herodicus, Antonius Castor, Agnodice, Polybe de Cos, Arétée, Démocède, Alexandre de Tralles, Asclépiade de Bithynie, Rufus, Andromaque, Caelius Aurelianus, Dioclès, Crinas, Thémison de Laodicée. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Hippocrate le Grand ou Hippocrate de Cos (en grec : Ἱπποκράτης), né vers 460 av. J.-C dans l'île de Cos et mort vers 370 av. J.-C à Larissa, est un médecin grec du siècle de Périclès, considéré comme le « père de la médecine ». Il a fondé l'école de médecine hippocratique qui a révolutionné intellectuellement la médecine en Grèce antique, en instituant cet art comme une discipline distincte des autres disciplines de la connaissance auxquelles elle avait traditionnellement été rattachée (notamment la théurgie et la philosophie), faisant ainsi de la médecine une profession à part entière. Cependant, les œuvres des écrivains du corpus, des praticiens de la médecine hippocratique et les actions d'Hippocrate lui-même sont souvent confondues. On sait très peu de choses sur la vie d'Hippocrate, sa pensée et ses écrits. Néanmoins, Hippocrate est couramment décrit comme le parangon du médecin de l'Antiquité. En particulier, il est généralement admis qu'il a fait considérablement avancer l'étude systématique de la clinique médicale en compilant la somme des connaissances médicales des écoles précédentes et en instituant des règles éthiques pour les médecins à travers le serment d'Hippocrate et d'autres travaux. Asklepiei...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Karl Jaspers died in 1969, leaving unfinished his universal history of philosophy, a history organized around those philosophers who have influenced the course of human thought. The first two volumes of this work appeared in Jasper's lifetime; the third and fourth have been gathered from the vast material of his posthumous papers. This is the fourth volume. Following his original plan of "promoting the happiness that comes of meeting great men and sharing in their thoughts," Jaspers discusses Descartes, a pious Catholic who vacillated between rational philosophy and obedience to authority. Lessing, whose thought was clear, open-ended, experimental, hones. Pascal. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Weber, who posed most penetratingly and urgently the "radical questionability of human Existenz." Marx was a dogmatic dreamer, and Einstein a great scientist, but limited in his insight into human existence. Jasper's method is personal, one of constant questioning and struggle, as he enters into dialogue iwth his "eternal contemporaries," the thinkers of the past. For he believes that it is only through communication with others that we come to ourselves and to wisdom.
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What a magnificient analysis full of profound and original insights.This book was done with such exemplary clarity that one need not be a student of philosophy in order to comprehend the ideas that are discussed.I wouldhighly recommend this book to anyone interested in discovering theimportant pathway into the lives and thoughts of the great minds. ... Read more

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Chapters: Pythagoras, Apollonius of Tyana, Plutarch, Empedocles, Plotinus, Proclus, Xenocrates, Porphyry, Sotion. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 108. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: , O Pythagoras o Samios, "Pythagoras the Samian", or simply ; c. 570-c. 495 BC ) was an Ionian Greek philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of our information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, thus very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and may have travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and other places seeking knowledge. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, a Greek colony in southern Italy, and there set up a religious sect. His followers pursued the religious rites and practices developed by Pythagoras, and studied his philosophical theories. The society took an active role in the politics of Croton, but this eventually led to their downfall. The Pythagorean meeting-places were burned, and Pythagoras was forced to flee the city. He is said to have ended his days in Metapontum. Pythagoras made influential contributions to philosophy and religious teaching in the late 6th century BC. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist, and he is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name. However, because legend and obfuscation cloud his work even more than with the other pre-Socratic philosophers, one can say little with confidence about his teachings, and some have questioned whether he contributed much to mathematics and natural philosophy. Many of the accomplishments credited to Pythagoras may actually have been accomplishments of his colleagues and successors. Whether or not his disciples believed that everything was r...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23275 ... Read more

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Empedocleswas a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the origin of the cosmogenic theory of the four Classical elements. He also proposed powers called Love and Strife which would act as forces to bring about the mixture and separation of the elements. These physical speculations were part of a history of the universe which also dealt with the origin and development of life. Influenced by the Pythagoreans, he supported the doctrine of reincarnation. Empedocles is generally considered the last Greek philosopher to record his ideas in verse. Some of his work still survives today, more so than in the case of any other Presocratic philosopher. Empedocles' death was mythologized by ancient writers, and has been the subject of a number of literary treatments. ... Read more

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Please note: This book is NOT English but is printed in Greek. I assume for advanced students. It would have been nice to know that this was not for readers of English. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Stromboli, Ischia, Pantelleria, Vulcano, Empédocle, Strombolicchio, Volcan D'agde, Pinne, Lipari, Kara Dag. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait :Géolocalisation sur la carte : Sicile Le Stromboli est le nom d'un volcan et d'une île de l'archipel des îles Éoliennes située au nord de la Sicile, dans le bassin tyrrhénien de la mer Méditerranée. Le nom provient du grec antique Στρογγυλή donné à la montagne pour ses formes sinueuses. Le Stromboli est situé au nord-est du Vulcano, un autre volcan actif de cet archipel. C'est la plus septentrionale et la plus orientale des îles de l'archipel si l'on fait exception de l'îlot Strombolicchio situé dans l'est immédiat du Stromboli. Stromboli est séparée de Vulcano par les îles de Lipari, chef-lieu qui donne son autre nom à l'archipel, et de Panarea, reste majeur d'un volcan explosé débordé à l'est par de nombreux écueils émergés ou affleurants. La distance séparant l'extrémité nord-est de Vulcano et le point le plus sud de Stromboli est d'environ 23 milles nautiques, soit environ 40 km. L'île présente un aspect conique typique aux volcans et sa particularité réside dans ses éruptions régulières (à raison de plusieurs par heure) visibles de fort loin, de nuit, qui lui ont valu le surnom de « phare de la méditerranée ». Outre la randonnée nocturne au sommet , il est également possible d'observer, depuis la mer, la chute des projections incandescentes le long d'une sorte de toboggan naturel, la Sciarra del fuocco (allée du feu) situé sur la face nord-ouest de l'île. Pour ce faire, il convient évidemment de maintenir le bateau à une distance raisonnable du rivage. L'éruption du volcan Sciara del fuoco Administrativement, l'île fait partie de la commune de Lipari ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Trente-Six Vues Du Mont Fuji, Empédocle, Vulcania, Lair, Voyage Au Centre de La Terre, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Pierre-Jacques Volaire, Musée Franck A. Perret, Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi, Mort de Pline L'ancien, Volcano School, Maison Du Volcan, Entei. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Les Trente-six vues du Mont Fuji , ) sont une série de 46 estampes réalisées par Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) et dont les dates d'édition s'étendent entre 1831-1833. Elles représentent le mont Fuji depuis différents lieux, suivant les saisons. Cette série est aujourd'hui très célèbre car elle marque l'intégration dans les thèmes de la tradition japonaise (la plus ancienne des nombreuses représentations artistiques du mont Fuji semble datée du siècle) des modes de représentation occidentaux, et en particulier de la perspective utilisée dans la peinture occidentale. La Grande Vague de KanagawaLe mont Fuji était déjà apparu à plusieurs reprises dans l'œuvre d'Hokusai, comme dans les Voyageurs à Enoshima, ou dans un surimono de 1805 entre des cerisiers en fleur. Vers 1830, Hokusai contacte probablement l'éditeur Nishimuraya Yoachi pour lui soumettre son projet de graver une série de grandes estampes de paysage sur ce thème unique. Dix estampes paraissent d'abord, dont La Grande Vague de Kanagawa, Le Fuji par temps clair et L'orage sous le sommet, souvent considérées comme les trois plus célèbres estampes japonaises et dont le succès fut immédiat. L'orage sous le sommetBien que cette série s'appelle les Trente-six vues du Mont Fuji, elle comporte en fait de 46 planches dont : Le Fuji vu de la plage de Shichirigahama dans la province de Sagami, Mesurage d'un cèdre au col de Mishima dans la province de Kai...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Strait of Messina, Strait of Messina Bridge, Punta Del Faro, Sant'ippolito Caltagirone, Capo Passero, Empedocles, Riserva Naturale Dello Zingaro, Argimusco, Mondello, Gulf of Catania, Balcony of Sicily, Plain of Catania, Capo Di Milazzo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Strait of Messina Bridge is a planned suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, a narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy. Construction plans for the bridge have finally been revived despite years of discussion, preplanning and disagreement. In 2006, under Prime Minister Romano Prodi the project was cancelled. However, on 6 March 2009, as part of a massive new public works programme, Silvio Berlusconi's government announced that construction of the Messina Bridge would indeed go ahead, pledging 1.3 billion as a contribution to the bridge's total cost, estimated at 6.1 billion. If completed, the bridge will be the largest suspension bridge in the world, almost doubling the main span of the Akashi-Kaikyo. The bridge is part of the Line 1 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). The idea for a bridge spanning the strait has been around since Roman times. A design for a restrained buoyant submarine tube tunnel, that would have been anchored to the seabed, was submitted by British engineer Alan Grant in an international competition promoted by the Italian government in 1970. This was awarded one of six equal first prizes. View from Messina across the strait onto the tip of the boot of mainland Italy. The Strait of Messina is a funnel-shaped arm of sea that connects the Ionian Sea in the south to the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north. The width of the strait varies from a maximum of approximately 16 km (betwee...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1462053 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Agrigente, Sciacca, Ravanusa, Porto Empedocle, Lampedusa E Linosa, Naro, Santa Elisabetta, Caltabellotta, Favara, Cattolica Eraclea, Canicattì, Sant'angelo Muxaro, Santo Stefano Quisquina, Alessandria Della Rocca, Palma Di Montechiaro, Campobello Di Licata, Santa Margherita Di Belice, San Biagio Platani, Racalmuto, Sambuca Di Sicilia, Bivona, Aragona, Casteltermini, Joppolo Giancaxio, Castrofilippo, Villafranca Sicula, San Giovanni Gemini, Cammarata, Lucca Sicula, Montallegro, Siculiana, Ribera, Montevago, Raffadali, Cianciana, Calamonaci, Realmonte, Grotte, Menfi, Comitini, Camastra, Burgio. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Agrigente (noms antiques : Acragas, Girgenti) est une ville d'environ 60 000 habitants, située en Sicile, dans la province du même nom en Italie. Temple de Castor et PolluxAgrigente, dont le nom antique est Akragas, fut fondée en 582 av. J.-C. par la cité de Géla (elle-même colonie grecque fondée par Rhodes et les Crétois), sur le site de la ville actuelle. La cité connaît une expansion géographique au siècle av. J.-C. sous la direction des tyrans. Le premier s'appelait Phalaris et l'apogée arrive avec Théron, victorieux des Carthaginois à la bataille d'Himère en 480 av. J.-C. La ville s'embellit grâce à la main d'œuvre capturée lors de cette bataille. La Vallée des Temples est entourée d'une muraille de 12 kilomètres. Agrigente s'enrichit dans le commerce du vin et de l'huile, notamment avec Carthage. « La plus belle des cités mortelles », c'est en ces termes que Pindare présente dans ses Olympiques l'Agrigente du siècle av. J.-C. Fondée en 582 av. J.-C sur la côte méridionale de la Sicile par des Grecs venus de la cité voisine de Géla, la ville s'impose très vite comme l'u...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more