Heraclitus: The Cosmic Fragments

I am not really a fit person to leave a review of this book, except to say that I think it is of primary interest to the reader of Greek. It takes a very close look at issues of translation and provenance. The fragmentary natures of Heraclitus' surviving writings requires such an approach, but for those of us who do not have the time or the knowledge to participate in rich, textual/linguistic analysis, this is somewhat wasted. I read it because it is said that Heraclitus inspired Jonathan Bowden. Someone like me is better off with a much shorter work - the Penguin Classics Early Greek Philosophy is probably better. With that said, I am saddened at the thought that there can be very few people left in British universities who understand show more or care about books like this. Soon there will be even fewer. When the link breaks between us and our classical past, the chain of European identify is broken too. So a valuable book, I am sure, but less so to a casual reader such as myself. Perhaps I will learn ancient Greek! show less

Didn’t understand it. Will read again later!