Fritz Juerß

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Fritz Jürß (born January 29, 1932 in Ludwigslust ) is a German classical philologist .

After graduating from high school, Fritz Jürß began studying classical philology at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1951 . Since 1956 he was employed at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Initially, he was in charge of editorial projects for the Commission for the History of Religions in Late Antiquity . Then he mainly dealt with the history of philosophy and science in antiquity. He wrote his dissertation “ Studies on the late Byzantine dialogue Hermippus de Astrologia ”; his doctorate took place at Humboldt University in June 1964. In the following years he mostly worked on larger projects, but also on individual studies, mostly on the history of ancient Greek philosophy. In July 1970 the habilitation followed , again at the HU Berlin, with a thesis on the topic " On the cognitive problem among early Greek thinkers ". In the Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology of the Academy he rose to the position of research group leader. In 1985 he was awarded the Werner Krauss Medal . In 1987 he was finally appointed professor at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.

Fonts

Unpublished qualification papers

  • Studies of the late Byzantine dialogue Hermippus de Astrologia. Dissertation, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin 1964.
  • Studies on the problem of knowledge among the early Greek thinkers. Habilitation, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin 1970.

Monographs

  • with Reimar Müller and Ernst Günther Schmidt : Greek atomists. Texts and comments on the materialistic thinking of antiquity. (= Reclam's Universal Library , Volume 409), Reclam, Leipzig 1973. [2. Edition 1977; 3rd edition 1988, 4th edition 1992, ISBN 3-379-00245-3 ]
    • Federal German edition: Verlag Das Europäische Buch, Berlin 1984 (= Eurobuch , Volume 1).
  • On the problem of knowledge among the early Greek thinkers. (= Writings on the history and culture of antiquity , Volume 14), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1976.
  • From Thales to Democritus. Early Greek thinkers. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig-Jena-Berlin 1977. [2. Edition 1982]
    • German edition: Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1977.
  • with Dietrich Ehlers : Aristoteles. (= Biographies of outstanding natural scientists, technicians and physicians , volume 60), Teubner, Leipzig 1982. [2. Edition 1984; 3rd edition 1989, ISBN 3-322-00664-6 ]
  • From the myth of the ancient Greeks. Interpretations and narratives. (= Reclam's Universal Library / Philosophy, History, Cultural History , Volume 1230), Reclam, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-379-00271-2 . [2. Edition 1990]
  • The Epicurean epistemology. (= Writings on the history and culture of antiquity , Volume 33), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-05-001818-6 .
  • Mythological things from antiquity. Conjectures about the myth and told stories. NoRa, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86557-208-0 .

Editorships

  • History of Scientific Thought in Antiquity. (= Publications of the Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR , Volume 13), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1982.
  • Diogenes Laertios : Life and Teaching of the Philosophers. Translated from the Greek and edited by Fritz Jürß. (= Reclams Universal Library , Volume 9669), Reclam, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-15-009669-3 . [2. Edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-15-009669-7 ]
  • Sextus Empiricus : Against the Scientists 1 - 6. Translated from the Greek and edited by Fritz Jürß. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-2069-3 .

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Werner Hartkopf : The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-05-002153-5 , p. 460.
personal data
SURNAME Juerß, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust