TEXTS OF EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY
The Presocratic Reader
Original texts with historical translations, arranged by Diels–Kranz.
The aim is to bring the whole Presocratic corpus within reach. English is preferred, with German, French, Italian and Spanish where available. About the reader
Thinkers
43 included chapters, in Diels–Kranz order.
- DK 01Orpheus
- DK 02Musaeus
- DK 03Epimenides
- DK 04Hesiod
- DK 06Cleostratus
- DK 07Pherecydes
- DK 09Acusilaus
- DK 11Thales
- DK 12Anaximander
- DK 13Anaximenes
- DK 21Xenophanes
- DK 22Heraclitus
- DK 23Epicharmus
- DK 24Alcmaeon
- DK 28Parmenides
- DK 29Zeno
- DK 30Melissus
- DK 31Empedocles
- DK 36Ion of Chios
- DK 37Damon of Athens
- DK 38Hippo
- DK 40Polyclitus
- DK 44Philolaus
- DK 47Archytas
- DK 58The Pythagorean School
- DK 59Anaxagoras
- DK 60Archelaus
- DK 64Diogenes of Apollonia
- DK 67Leucippus
- DK 68Democritus
- DK 70Metrodorus of Chios
- DK 72Anaxarchus
- DK 73Hecataeus of Abdera
- DK 75Nausiphanes
- DK 80Protagoras
- DK 82Gorgias
- DK 84Prodicus
- DK 85Thrasymachus
- DK 86Hippias
- DK 87Antiphon the Sophist
- DK 88Critias
- DK 89Anonymus Iamblichi
- DK 90Dissoi Logoi
This edition selects from the B fragments and the unlettered texts of DK 89–90. Each entry has a historical translation reviewed for reuse. The coverage record lists what is included and what remains to be added. Corpus coverage · Texts & Licences