Aetiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume III, Studies in the Doxographical Traditions of Ancient Philosophy

Jaap Mansfeld,Douwe (David) Runia,David T Runia (University of Melbourne),Douwe (David) Runia

Aetiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume III, Studies in the Doxographical Traditions of Ancient Philosophy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
23 October 2009
Pages
650
ISBN
9789004180413

Aetiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume III, Studies in the Doxographical Traditions of Ancient Philosophy

Jaap Mansfeld,Douwe (David) Runia,David T Runia (University of Melbourne),Douwe (David) Runia

Ancient doxography, particularly as distilled in the work on problems of physics by Aetius, is a vital source for our knowledge of early Greek philosophy up to the first century BCE. But its purpose and method, and also its wider intellectual context, are by no means easy to understand. The present volume contains 19 essays written between 1989 and 2009 in which the authors grapple with various aspects of the doxographical tradition and its main representatives. The essays examine the origins of the doxographical method in the work of Aristotle and Theophrastus and also provide valuable insights into the works of other authors such as Epicurus, Chrysippus, Lucretius, Cicero, Philo of Alexandria and Seneca. The collection can be read as a companion collection to the two earlier volumes of Aetiana published by the two authors in this series (1997, 2009).

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