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William W Fortenbaugh
William Fortenbaugh, Ph.D. (1964) in Classics, University of Pennsylvania is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. He is the author of Aristotle on Emotion, an edition of Theophrastus' work On Sweat…
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William Fortenbaugh
This volume comments on the sources for understanding Theophrastus’ contributions to rhetorical and poetic theory. The ancient sources themselves, the known titles of Theophrastean works, and the various reports concerning…
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Aristotle’s analysis of emotion and his moral psychology are discussed, as are the relation of virtue to emotion, the status of animals, human friendship and the subordinate role of slaves…
Volume 16 of Transaction’s acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle
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The present book focuses on a twenty-eight foot wooden Catboat called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats unique to Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. The class originated in…
This series in the field of classics grew out of Project Theophrastus, an international undertaking whose goal is to collect, edit, and comment on the fragments of Theophrastus, Greek philosopher…
Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics…
This volume focuses on Eudemus of Rhodes and his life after the death of Aristotle. Eudemus’s contributions to logic were significant: he took issue with Aristotle concerning the status of…
This volume contains a study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. It elucidates stoic and perpatetic ethics for…
Each paper explores the influences on different parts of Peripatetic rhetoric, its discussion of character, emotion, reason, and style, its relationships with other texts, including those of Theodectes and the…
Volume 13 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle
As a young man he studied philosophy in Greece; throughout his life he maintained a keen interest in intellectual history; and during periods of political inactivity - especially in his…
Volume 12 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle
William Fortenbaugh,Dimitri Gutas
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…
Volume 12 in the ‘Rusch’ series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. It focuses on two Peripatetic philosophers who lived in the third century BCE, when Stoicism…
Turns our attention to Aristo of Iulis on Ceos - confused with the like-named Stoic philosopher from Chios - who was active in the last quarter of the third century…
Cicero is best known for his political speeches
Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE
The present book focuses on a twenty-eight-foot wooden Catboat called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats unique to Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. The class originated in 1922…
This volume features a unique epitome of Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic on three areas: ethics, household management, and…
This book tells of a wooden catboat, called Ghost, which is 28 feet long and carries a 47 foot mast. The author collaborates with the builders at Beaton’s Boat Yard…
The present book focuses on a twenty-eight foot wooden
Catboot called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats
unique to Bornegat Boy in New Jersey. The class
originated in…
William W. Fortenbaugh
This text focusses on the central issue of how Aristotle conceived of emotional response. Among other matters, it considers laughter, emotion in relation to belief and appearance, the effect of…
Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic School. He is best known for a humorous collection of character sketches, but his importance in antiquity and for…
Three treatises on human physiology by Artistotle’s pupil Theophrastus are newly edited and translated. A commentary accompanies each treatise, as do indices of words and subjects. Thre treatises relate to…
Demetrius of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman, he became the advisor of Ptolemy. He is said to have been in charge of legislation and he probably influenced the founding of the…
A study of Dicaearchus of Messana, a peripatetic philosopher who, like Theophrastus of Eresus, was a pupil of Aristotle. His interest in good and bad lifestyles found expression in works…
William W. Fortenbaugh,Dimitri Gutas
This volume concerns Aristotle’s pupil Theophrastus. It focuses on his interest in cultural history, including discoveries and inventions that transformed the way people live. It also deals with proverbs containing…
Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 355-280BCE) of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman. He studied in the Peripatos under Theophrastus and subsequently used his political influence to help his teacher acquire property for…
The volume contains new editions of two brief scientific essays-On Fish and Afeteoro/o^y-accompanied by translations and commentary.
Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle’s pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School
Elizabeth Pender
Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea
This tenth volume in the series Rutgers Studies in Classical Humanities includes a facing translation of the Greek and Latin texts, making the material accessible to readers who lack the…
Contents: Stephen White: Opuscula and Opera in the Catalogue of Theophrastus’ Works Han Baltussen: Theophrastean Echoes? The De Sensibus in the Platonic and Aristotelian Tradition Pamela M. Huby: Arabic Evidence…
A two-volume collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophratus (c. 270-288/5 B.C.), presenting the texts, critical apparatus and English translation.
