Theophrastus of Eresus : sources for his life, writings, thought and influence

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Theophrastus of Eresus : sources for his life, writings, thought and influence

edited and translated by William W. Fortenbaugh ... [et al.]

（Philosophia antiqua, v. 54, 64, 79, 81, 103, 123）

E.J. Brill, 1992-

  • : set
  • pt. 1
  • pt. 2
  • commentary v. 2
  • commentary v. 3.1
  • commentary v. 4
  • commentary v. 5
  • commentary v. 6.1

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Pt. 1. Life, writings, various reports, logic, physics, metaphysics, theology, mathematics -- Pt. 2. Psychology, human physiology, living creatures, botany, ethics, religion, politics, rhetoric and poetics, music, miscellanea -- Commentary v. 2. Logic / by Pamela Huby ; with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas -- Commentary v. 3.1. Sources on physics (texts 137-223) / by R.W. Sharples ; with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas -- Commentary v. 4. Psychology (texts 265-327) / by Pamela Huby ; with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas -- Commentary v. 5. Sources on biology (human physiology, living creatures, botany: texts 328-435) / by R.W. Sharples -- Commentary v. 6.1. Sources on ethics / by William W. Fortenbaugh, with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas

Texts in Arabic, Greek, and Latin, with parallel English translations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: set ISBN 9789004094406

Description

These two volumes represent the first fruits of an international project to produce a new collection - text, translation and commentary - of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c. 370-288/5 B.C.), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum. The need for a new collection was apparent: the standard collection, by Wimmer, is already 120 years old, whereas we now have far better texts of many of the ancient authors in which fragments and testimonia of Theophrastus occur. Whilst classicists have devoted the past hundred years to bringing into the light the work of the major post-Aristotelian schools, the contribution of Theophrastus has remained obscure. The second printing contains corrections to the first. This first stage of the project presents the texts, critical apparatus and English translation of the fragments and testimonia. It contains a long methodological introduction, an index of Theophrastean texts and concordances with other collections (Scheider, Wimmer and the several recent partial editions). The second stage of the project, which Brill will also publish will consist of 9 commentary volumes, planned at present as follows: 1. Life, Writings, various reports (M. Sollenberger, Mt. St. Mary's College) 2. Logic (P.M. Huby, Liverpool University) 3. Physics (R.W. Sharples, University College London) 4. Metaphysics, Theology, Mathematics, Psychology (P.M. Huby, Liverpool University) 5. Human Physiology, Living Creatures, Botany (R.W. Sharples, University of London) 6. Ethics, Religion (W.W. Fortenbaugh, Rutgers University) 7. Politics (J. Mirhady) 8. Rhetoric, Poetics (W.W. Fortenbaugh, Rutgers University) 9. Music, Miscellaneous Items and Index of proper names, subject index, selective index of Greek, Latin and Arabic terms (several authors/editors). Most of the nine commentary volumes will include significant discussion of Arabic texts, with contributions by Dimitri Gutas (Yale University) and Hans Daiber (Free University of Amsterdam). It is expected that the first commentary volume, volume 5, will appear in the course of 1993.

Table of Contents

  • Vol 1: Life
  • writings
  • various reports
  • logic
  • physics
  • metaphysics
  • theology
  • mathematics. Vol 2: Psychology
  • human physiology
  • living creatures
  • botany
  • ethics
  • religion
  • politics
  • rhetoric and poetics
  • music
  • miscellanea.
Volume

commentary v. 5 ISBN 9789004101746

Description

This is the first to appear of the projected volumes of commentary to accompany the texts and translations on Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh and others ("FHSG" (Philosophia Antiqua 54); Leiden, Brill, 1992). It covers the ancient secondary evidence for Theophrastus' views on physiology, zoology and botany; the transmission, reliability and doctrinal content of the reports in the text-and-translation volume are all discussed in detail, and general overviews are provided. The commentary is an indispensable accompaniment to the text-and-translation volume, and the two together will be an important resource for students of the history of the biological sciences in antiquity.
Volume

commentary v. 3.1 ISBN 9789004111301

Description

This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh, R.W. Sharples and D. Gutas . Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c. 370-288/5 B.C), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum. In the present volume, the focus is on natural philosophy, apart from the study of living things. Topics covered include the principles of scientific enquiry, place, time, motion, the heavens, the sublunary world, meteorology and the study of materials.
Volume

commentary v. 4 ISBN 9789004113176

Description

This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh, R.W. Sharples and D. Gutas . Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c. 370-288/5 B.C), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum. This will be the fourth volume of commentary on Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, and is on the psychological and epistemological material. It includes contributions by Dimitri Gutas on the Arabic passages, and Pamela Huby has covered the rest, including close study of the quotations given by Priscian of Lydia and the extensive but little known medieval Latin passages. Different approaches to the use of medieval material as evidence for Theophrastus' thought are discussed in the Introduction.
Volume

commentary v. 2 ISBN 9789004152984

Description

This volume forms part of the international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh, P.M. Huby, R.W. Sharples and D. Gutas. Along with volumes containing texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide classicists and philosophers with an up-to-date collection of the material relating to Theophrastus (ca. 370-286 BC), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic school. This is the second volume of Huby's commentary on Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought and Influence. Dimitri Gutas has written on the Arabic passages, including some unique material, and Pamela Huby has covered the rest. Theophrastus largely followed Aristotle's logical views, but made important changes in modal logic, and dealt with hypothetical and prosleptic syllogisms. He also influenced medieval logic.
Volume

commentary v. 6.1 ISBN 9789004194229

Description

Interest in Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School, has increased considerably since the 1992 publication of Theophastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Works, Thought and Life. Now comes an extensive commentary on the ethical sources. It considers Theophrastus in relation to Aristotle, to other members of the Peripatos and to the Stoic philosophers who became Theophrastus' rivals. Special attention is given to Theophrastus' insistence that virtue by itself cannot guarantee happiness. Also to the difference between manners and moral virtue, the relation between innate character and fate, the value of marriage and how animal behavior relates to that of human beings.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction II. The Sources 1. Authors Including Pseudonymi and Anonymi Arranged Chronologically 2. Greek, Latin and Italian Anthologies, Gnomologies and Other Collections 3. Lexicographers 4. Scholia 5. Catalogue of Books 6. Arabic III. Titles of Books 436 no. 1-22, 666 no. 10, 436 no. 23-30, 727 no. 4, 436 no.31-3 IV. The Texts 1. Writings on Ethics 437, 436 no. 21, 482, 498, 590 2. Emotions 438, 271, 439-441, 526, 442-445, 362A-1, 610, 446-8, 719A-B, 726A 3. Virtue and Vice 449A-B, 738.5, 450-464 4. Education, Exhortation and Censure 465-466A-B, 661-662, 720-721A-B, 467-474 5. Happiness 475-484, 323A-B, 485 6.The Wise Man and Marriage 486-486.5 7. Fortune and Goods and Evils outside the Soul 487-501 8. Fate, Nature and the Death of Callisthenes 502-506 9. Wealth 507-509, 456-458, 510-516 10. Kindness, Honor and Vengeance 517-528 11. Justice 529A-B, 530 12. Natural Relationship 531, 584A-D 13. Friendship 532-546 14. Flattery 547-548 15. Pleasure 549-556 16. Eros 557-561, 625-626, 562-568A-B 17. Wine 569-577A-B, 1.42-4, 578-579A-B V. Summary VI. Bibliography of Modern Literature VII. Indices to the Titles and Texts 1. Important Words Greek Latin Arabic 2. Titles of Books Theophrastean Greek Latin Arabic Non-Theophrastean Greek Latin 3, Gods, Persons, Groups of People and Places Named or Referred to in either Greek or Latin or Arabic Texts VIII. Indices to the Commentary 1. Passages Cited in Sections II-V 2. Subjects Discussed in Sections II-V IX. Corrigenda and Addenda in the Text-Translation Volumes 1. The "Etics" section and texts referred to from that section 2. References in the indices

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