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Review title: Not worth it
Product review: As a previous review indicates: this book is only translations. That does not make it "subordinate" to Freeman's "Commentary." Think about it: since when are primary texts subordinate to commentaries?As a translation of pre-Socratic fragments it is a complete collection and definitely handy to have. On the other hand, if you plan to use it to study the pre-Socratics, forget it. The translations are terrible, often adding entire sentences to the original Greek, presumably to make it "clearer." Translations should be as minimal as possible, particularly when dealing with texts as ambiguous as pre-Socratic fragments. So if you want to do serious work, stay away from this book.
