Wilhelm Capelle, felsefenin bir disiplin olarak ortaya çıkmasına kaynaklık etmiş dört yüz yılı kapsayan bir dönemdeki ilk filozoflar diye nitelenen düşünürlerin metinlerini eksiksiz olarak derlemiş. Sokrates'ten Önce Felsefe, Thales'ten Pythagoras'a, Xenophanes'ten Herakleitos'a, Empedokles'ten Anaxagoras'a, Elealılardan Sofistlere, Demokritos'tan Genç Pythegorasçılara uzanan bir felsefe tarihine doğrudan fragmanlar ve belgeler aracılığıyla ulaşma olanağı sağlıyor
Wilhelm Capelle (1871-1961) was a German philologist. Capelle's main area of work was Greek philosophy and science and Germanic antiquity. He also wrote translations for numerous authors, which were published many times: Marcus Aurelius , Epictetus , the pre-Socratics , Hippocrates of Kos, among others.
Very useful collection of many ancient ideas, some of which were clearly adapted from the Orient while others are clearly the seeds for our current Western world view. And some of cosmological texts make for fun settings if you ever run out of ideas for your fantasy or sci fi settings. --- Diese Kollektion von altgriechischen Fragmenten ist sehr interessant, wie orientalische Ideen viele Denker geprägt haben und andere Theorien schließlich im westlichen Weltdenken als Keime klar erkennbar sind. Das Buch ist außerdem sehr genau mit seinen Quellen und Übersetzungen und führt alle Denker mit erklärenden Texten ein. Meine persönlichen Lieblinge waren die Texte zum Kosmos, die jedesmal gute Fantasy- oder SciFi-Settings abgeben würden und außerdem zu den verschiedensten Atomtheorien.