Presocratic Philosophers

This is a useful academic tool - you have the Greek fragments followed by translations, and than the commentaries. For those interested in understanding the presocratics, rather than getting a map of the field of study as it presently stands, this is highly useless and even possibly inhibiting. The academic apparatus is overloaded and makes the book cumbersome to follow. The commentaries are extremely sterile, and the end seem to be sticking to the most common-sense and uninspiring interpretations in the name of scientific warrant, that you end up thinking you don't (and probably nobody) have much to learn from presocratics, unless you need to pass some exams and write some papers to get a job. Not recommended unless you are a pro in need of a reference tool.