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Placita
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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An ancient compendium of ancient philosophy. Placita (Tenets),
generally attributed to an author named Aëtius and dating from the
late first or early second century AD, was a compendium setting out
in summary fashion the principal doctrines and opinions of
philosophers and philosophical schools in response to questions and
topics in the domain of natural philosophy. Now lost, Placita can
be largely reconstructed from the work of three authors working in
the period from the second to the fifth century (Pseudo-Plutarch,
Stobaeus, and Theodoret) who quote from it extensively. Placita is
organized into five books: First Principles; Cosmology; Meteorology
and the Earth; Psychology; and Physiology. Each chapter contains a
list of short opinions or tenets, which are ascribed to an
individual philosopher and/or school and usually arranged in
sections that stress the variety and contrast of the teachings
concerned. Designed as a multi-purpose resource, Placita long
served as a manual of neatly packaged doxographic material on a
wide variety of topics, to be used for study, as an aide-mémoire,
for displays of erudition, for persuasion in rhetorical or
apologetic contexts, and for personal enlightenment, and it remains
a valuable source for our knowledge of Presocratic and Hellenistic
philosophy. This edition of Aëtius’ Placita offers a fresh
translation, ample annotation, and a text fully informed by the
latest scholarship.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Loeb Classical Library |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Aetius
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Editors: |
Jaap Mansfeld
• David Runia
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Dimensions: |
162 x 108mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
656 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-99759-2 |
Subtitles: |
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-674-99759-X |
Barcode: |
9780674997592 |
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