Albinus, Alcinous, Arius Didymus
Title | Albinus, Alcinous, Arius Didymus PDF eBook |
Author | Tryggve Göransson |
Publisher | ACTA Universitatis Gothoburgensis |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics
Title | Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | William W Fortenbaugh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 499 |
Release | 2017-09-25 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 135133672X |
This volume features a unique epitome (original summation) of Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic thought on three closely related areas: ethics, household management, and politics. The quality of the epitome, which draws not only on the surviving treatises of Aristotle, but also on works by later Peripatetics, is excellent. In recent years the epitome has attracted increased attention as an important document for the understanding of Hellenistic philosophy. This new edition of the Greek text is much needed; the most recent edition dates from 1884 and is seriously faulty. This translation, provided by Georgia Tsouni, is based on the oldest and best manuscripts and takes account of recent discussions of difficult passages. In addition, an English translation appears opposite the Greek text on facing pages. The text-translation is followed by nine essays, which are written for a wide audience—not only philosophers and classicists, but also scholars interested in politics and social order. The essays also consider issues of a more philological nature: Who in fact was the author of the epitome? Is Theophrastus an important source? In discussing political matters, is the author intending to defend the practice of philosophy in Augustan Rome? Was there a second epitome, perhaps with a different slant, that has been lost?
Albinus and the History of Middle Platonism
Title | Albinus and the History of Middle Platonism PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Eldred Witt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2013-08 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1107674077 |
Originally published in 1937, this book examines the subject of the Didaskalikos and its often overlooked author Albinus.
Alcinous: The Handbook of Platonism
Title | Alcinous: The Handbook of Platonism PDF eBook |
Author | Alcinous |
Publisher | Clarendon Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1993-10-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0191591130 |
John Dillon presents an English translation of Alcinous' Handbook of Platonism, accompanied by an introduction and a philosophical commentary which reveal the intellectual background to the ideas in the work. The Handbook purports to be an introduction to the doctrines of Plato, but in fact gives us an excellent survey of Platonist thought in the second century AD. - ;Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers This series, which is modelled on the familiar Clarendon Aristotle and Clarendon Plato Series, is designed to encourage philosophers and students of philosophy to explore the fertile terrain of later ancient philosophy. The texts range in date from the first century BC to the fifth century AD, and they cover all the parts and all the schools of philosophy. Each volume contains a substantial introduction, an English translation, and a critical commentary on the philosophical claims and arguments of the text. The accurate and faithful translations are highly readable and accompanied by notes on textual problems that affect the philosophical interpretation. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is assumed. The Handbook of Platonism, or Didaskalikos, attributed to Alcinous (long identified with the Middle Platonist Albinus, but on inadequate grounds), is a central text of later Platonism. In Byzantine times, in the Italian Renaissance, and even up to 1800, it was regarded as an ideal introduction to Plato's thought. In fact it is far from being this, but it is an excellent source for our understanding of Platonism in the second century AD. Neglected after a more accurate view of Plato's thought established itself in the nineteenth century, the Handbook is only now coming to be properly appreciated for what it is. It presents a survey of Platonist doctrine, divided into the topics of Logic, Physics, and Ethics, and pervaded with Aristotelian and Stoic doctrines, all of which are claimed for Plato. John Dillon presents an English translation of this work, accompanied by an introduction and a philosophical commentary in which he disentangles the various strands of influence on the text, elucidates the complex scholastic tradition that lies behind it, and thus reveals the sources and subsequent influence of the ideas expounded. -
The Handbook of Platonism
Title | The Handbook of Platonism PDF eBook |
Author | Alcinous |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
The Handbook of Platonism, or Didaskalikos, attributed to Alcinous (long identified with the Middle Platonist Albinus, but on inadequate grounds), is a central text of later Platonism. In Byzantine times, in the Italian Renaissance, and even up to 1800, it was regarded as an ideal introduction to Plato's thought. In fact it is far from being this, but it is an excellent source for our understanding of Platonism in the second century AD. Neglected after a more accurate view of Plato's thought established itself in the nineteenth century, the Handbook is only now coming to be properly appreciated for what it is. It presents a survey of Platonist doctrine, divided into the topics of Logic, Physics, and Ethics, and pervaded with Aristotelian and Stoic doctrines, all of which are claimed for Plato. John Dillon presents an English translation of this work, accompanied by an introduction and a philosophical commentary in which he disentangles the various strands of influence, elucidates the complex scholastic tradition that lies behind, and thus reveals the sources and subsequent influence of the ideas expounded.
Who Speaks for Plato?
Title | Who Speaks for Plato? PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Alan Press |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780847692194 |
These essays examine a crucial premise of traditional readings of Plato's dialogues: that Plato's own philosophical dialogues can be read off the statements made in the dialogues by Socrates and other leading characters. The text argues that no character should be read as Plato's mouthpiece.
Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1
Title | Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1 PDF eBook |
Author | William Fortenbaugh |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 893 |
Release | 2010-12-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004194223 |
Commenting on recently collected sources for Theophrastus' ethical views, this work relates Theophrastean doctrine to that of Aristotle and the rival Stoics. The focus is on topics like virtue and happiness, manners and moral virtues, innate character and the relation of animals to humans.