Haxton Brooks Translator (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dustjacket has light shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. First Printing. SIGNED by Brooks Haxton on the title page. Author of DOMINION and TRAVELING COMPANY. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 113 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. Greek/English. Like new tightly bound hardcover in a like new dust jacket. 8vo. ( 4.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes notes on translation, notes and a bibliography. 128 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An exact contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu and the Buddha, Heraclitus of Ephesus gave up his kingdom and chose, instead of the trappings of power, to seek the Word of wisdom. Twenty-five hundred years before Einstein, Heraclitus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux, in relativity: "All things change to fire, and fire exhausted falls back into things." His great book, On Nature, the world's first coherent philosophical treatise and a touchstone for Plato, Aristotle, and Marcus Aurelius, has long been lost to history-but its surviving fragments have for thousands of years tantalized our greatest thinkers-from Socrates to Montaigne, Nietzsche to Heidegger and Jung. Now, acclaimed poet Brooks Haxton brings together all of the surviving fragments in a powerful new free-verse translation, with the ancient Greek originals beautifully presented en regard.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st US Ed. : A contemporary poet presents lively, free-spirited translations of great poetry from the ancient Greeks, in an anthology that features 38 works including classical lyrics and epigrams by poets ranging from Sappho to Theokritos. 84p. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 113 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 113 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Greek-Ancient Poems 1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.…