Diels–Kranz collection

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The Diels–Kranz collection is the standard scholarly compilation and numbering system of the surviving fragments and testimonia of the Presocratic philosophers.

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Label Occurrences
Diels–Kranz collection canonical 2
Diels-Kranz edition 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf numbering system
reference work
scholarly edition
aimsTo collect surviving evidence for Presocratic thinkers
standardize references to Presocratic fragments
citedAs philosopher number + fragment type letter + fragment number
field classics
philology
philosophy
hasAbbreviation DK
hasAuthor Hermann Diels
Walther Kranz
hasComponent A-fragments
B-fragments
C-fragments
hasInfluenceOn citation practices in ancient philosophy
subsequent editions of Presocratic fragments
hasTitle Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
includes fragments of Anaxagoras
fragments of Anaximander
fragments of Anaximenes
fragments of Democritus
fragments of Empedocles
fragments of Heraclitus
fragments of Parmenides
fragments of Thales
testimonia from later ancient authors
isStandardFor citing Presocratic philosophers
numbering Presocratic fragments
languageOfWork German
organizesBy fragment type
philosopher
provides fragments of Presocratic philosophers
testimonia about Presocratic philosophers
subject Presocratic philosophy
ancient Greek philosophy
philosophical fragments
testimonia
timePeriodCovered 5th century BCE
6th century BCE
early 4th century BCE
usedIn Presocratic scholarship
classical philology
history of philosophy

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Presocratic philosophers documentedIn Diels–Kranz collection
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker alsoKnownAs Diels–Kranz collection
this entity surface form: Diels-Kranz edition
DK refersTo Diels–Kranz collection