''Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum'' (''FPG'') is a three-volume collection of
fragments of
ancient Greek philosophers
Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC, marking the end of the Greek Dark Ages. Greek philosophy continued throughout the Hellenistic period and the period in which Greece and most Greek-inhabited lands were part of the Roman Empire ...
. It was edited by the
German
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scholar,
F.W.A. Mullach, and published in
Paris
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by the
Didot family
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between 1860 and 1881. ''FPG'' was the first general collection of fragments of
Presocratic philosophy, but also included later material including that of
Cleanthes
Cleanthes (; grc-gre, Κλεάνθης; c. 330 BC – c. 230 BC), of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head ('' scholarch'') of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxe ...
. The volumes contain the original Greek texts with Latin translations and commentary also in Latin.
The ''FPG's'' influence can be seen in the work of
Friedrich Nietzsche
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, who used it as a source for his own work on Presocratic philosophers. It has since become known for its shortfalls. ''FPG'' was replaced by ''
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker'', also known as "Diels-Kranz" after its editors.
[Sandywell, Barry, ''Dictionary of Visual Discourse: A Dialectical Lexicon of Terms'' ( Ashgate Publishing, 2011), p. 95.]
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External links
Internet Archive , Fragmenta philosophorum graecorum, volume 1(full text)
Internet Archive , Fragmenta philosophorum graecorum, volume 2(full text)
Internet Archive , Fragmenta philosophorum graecorum, volume 3(full text)
Greek language
Ancient Greek philosophy studies
Presocratic philosophy
Fragment collections
19th-century books in Latin