Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach (; 1807–1882) was a
German
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philologist
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and
Byzantine scholar.
Life
He was born on January 1, 1807, in
Berlin
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. He taught history and philology at
Berlin University
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. He died on June 8, 1882, in Berlin.
Legacy
His ''
Fragments of the Greek Philosophers'' was the first comprehensive collection of the
Pre-Socratics
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. His ''Grammar of the Greek Vernacular'' was the standard late 19th-century work on the development of
modern Greek
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. However,
Nietzsche
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, who argued that
Democritus
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's legitimate works should be limited to ''
The Great Diacosmos
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'' and ''
On the Nature of the Cosmos
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'', the only two considered genuine by the
Byzantine
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''
Suda
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'', felt Mullach was "a negligent blockhead".
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Works
Mullach is best remembered for his ''
Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum
''Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum'' (''FPG'') is a three-volume collection of fragments of ancient Greek philosophers. It was edited by the German scholar, F.W.A. Mullach, and published in Paris by the Didot family between 1860 and 1881. ''FPG ...
'' (''Fragments of the Greek Philosophers''), published by the
Didots at
Paris
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between 1860 and 1881.
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1807 births
1882 deaths