Rudolf Rufener

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Rudolf Rufener (born May 31, 1906 in Zurich , † November 14, 1972 in Aarau ) was a Swiss classical philologist , high school teacher and Plato translator.

Rudolf Rufener received his doctorate in classical philology at the University of Bern in 1935 ( The syntactic structure of the distiches in the Roman elegy ). He was a teacher at the Aarau Cantonal School .

His new translation of Plato was published by Artemis from 1948 ( Library of the Old World , new edition in 1974 by Olof Gigon and again in 2005). They became widespread, even in the collection Tusculum (State Symposium) and was compared with the closely linked to the original text, difficult to understand for modern readers translation of Friedrich Schleiermacher praised 19th century for their smoother and more readable form. Manfred Fuhrmann , himself a Plato translator, already characterized the older translation by Otto Apelt ( PhB , Felix Meiner Verlag, from 1916), and also clearly saw the intrusion of interpretive elements in Rufener.

Fonts

Plato translation:

  • The works of the ascent: Euthyphron, Apology, Crito, Gorgias, Menon, introduction by Gerhard Krüger 1948
  • The state, introduction by Gerhard Krüger 1950
  • Master dialogues: Phaidon. Symposium, Phaedrus. Introduction by Olof Gigon 1958
  • Early dialogues: Laches, Charmides, Lysis, The Greater Hippias, The Lesser Hippias, Protagonas, Euthydemos, Ion, Menexenos. Introduction by Olof Gigon 1960
  • Late Dialogues 1: Theaetetus; The sophist; The statesman; Kratylos. Introduced by Olof Gigon. 1965
  • Late Dialogues 2: Philebos; Parmenides; Timaeus; Critias. Introduced by Olof Gigon. 1969

literature

  • at .: Dr. Rudolf Rufener in memory . In: Aargauer Tagblatt November 21, 1972, p. 25.
  • Anton Krättli: Plato in eight volumes. For the anniversary edition of Artemis Verlag . In: Aargauer Tagblatt and Brugger Tagblatt , March 29, 1975, pp. 23–24 (with memories of Rufener).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ at .: Dr. Rudolf Rufener in memory . In: Aargauer Tagblatt November 21, 1972, p. 25.
  2. ^ Philosophy: Plato translated again . In: Der Spiegel , December 2, 1974 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ For example Stefan Speicher: That is impossible. Plato in the translation by Rudolf Rufener . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 13, 2006, review of the Protagoras 2005 edition by Artemis.
  4. ↑ Manfred Fuhrmann: Replace the original with the translation? , WDR, 3rd program, March 28, 1984, quoted in Nina Mindt, Manfred Fuhrmann as mediator of antiquity . De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, p. 120.
personal data
SURNAME Rufener, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss grammar school teacher (classical philologist)
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1972
Place of death Aarau