The First Philosophers of Greece
By Heraclitus
By Parmenides
Translated by Arthur Fairbanks
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, 1898
First written 6th–5th century BCE
In the public domain
About this text
Fairbanks’s edition of the fragments of the early Greek philosophers, from Thales to the atomists, with the Greek text, an English translation and the principal ancient reports of their views, including the fragments of Heraclitus and Parmenides’ poem.
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Heraclitus and Parmenides. The First Philosophers of Greece. Translated by Arthur Fairbanks. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, 1898.
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