Aetiana (2 vols.): The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer. Volume Two: The Compendium

Jaap Mansfeld,Douwe (David) Runia

Aetiana (2 vols.): The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer. Volume Two: The Compendium
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
Published
23 December 2008
Pages
752
ISBN
9789004172067

Aetiana (2 vols.): The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer. Volume Two: The Compendium

Jaap Mansfeld,Douwe (David) Runia

The theme of this study is the Doxography of problems in physics from the Presocratics to the early first century BCE attributed to Aetius. Part I focuses on the argument of the compendium as a whole, of its books, of its sequences of chapters, and of individual chapters, against the background of Peripatetic and Stoic methodology. Part II offers the first full reconstruction in a single unified text of Book II, which deals with the cosmos and the heavenly bodies. It is based on extensive analysis of the relevant witnesses and includes listings of numerous doxographical-dialectical parallels in other ancient writings. This new treatment of the evidence supersedes Diels’ still dominant source-critical approach, and will prove indispensable for scholars in ancient philosophy.

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