Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of
the fourth century BCE. When Aristotle died, having chosen
Theophrastus as his successor, Eudemus returned to Rhodes where it
appears he founded his own school. His contributions to logic were
significant: he took issue with Aristotle concerning the status of
the existential "is," and together with Theophrastus he made
important contributions to hypothetical syllogistic and modal
logic. He wrote at length on physics, largely following Aristotle,
and took an interest in animal behavior. His histories of geometry,
arithmetic, and astronomy were of great importance and are
responsible for much of what we know of these subjects in earlier
times.
Volume 11 in the series Rutgers Studies in Classical Humanities is
different in that it is composed entirely of articles that discuss
Eudemus from a variety of viewpoints. Sixteen scholars representing
seven nations have contributed essays to the volume. A special
essay by Dimitri Gutas brings together for the first time the
Arabic material relating to Eudemus. Other contributors and essays
are: Hans B. Gottschalk, "Eudemus and the Peripatos"; Tiziano
Dorandi, "Quale aspetto controverso della biografia di Eudemo di
Rodi"; William W. Fortenbaugh, "Eudemus' Work "On Expression"";
Pamela M. Huby, "Did Aristotle Reply to Eudemus and Theophrastus on
Some Logical Issues?"; Robert Sharples, "Eudemus "Physics" Change,
Place and Time"; Han Baltussen, "Wehrli's Edition of Eudemus of
Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius' "Commentary on
Aristotle's Physics""; Sylvia Berryman, ""Sumphues and Suneches"
Continuity and Coherence in Early Peripatetic Texts"; Istvn Bodnr,
"Eudemus' Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli"; Deborah K. W.
Modrak, "Phantasia, Thought and Science in Eudemus"; Stephen White,
"Eudemus the Naturalist"; Jrgen Mejer, "Eudemus and the History of
Science"; Leonid Zhmud, "Eudemus' History of Mathematics"; Alan C.
Bowen, "Eudemus' History of Early Greek Astronomy: Two Hypotheses";
Dmitri Panchenko, "Eudemus Fr. 145 Wehrli and the Ancient Theories
of Lunar Light"; and Gbor Betegh, "On Eudemus Fr. 150 Wehrli."
" "Eudemus of Rhodes"] marks a substantial progress in our
knowledge of Eurdemus. For it enlarges the scope of the information
available on this author, highlights the need of, and paves the way
to, a new critical edition of the Greek fragments of his works, and
provides a clearer view of his life, thought, sources and
influence. In all these respects, it represents a necessary
complement to Wehrli's edition of Eudemus' fragments." -Amos
Bertolacci, "The Classical Bulletin"
Istvn Bodnr is a member of the philosophy department at the Eotvos
University in Budapest, where he teaches and does research on
ancient philosophy. He has been a junior fellow at the Center for
Hellenic Studies and most recently has been an Alexander von
Humboldt Stipendiat in Berlin at the Max Plank Institut fr
Wissenschaftsgeschichte and at the Freie Universitt.
William W. Fortenbaugh is professor of classics at Rutgers
University. In addition to editing several books in this series, he
has written "Aristotle on Emotion" and "Quellen zur Ethik
Theophrastus." New is his edition of Theophrastus's treatise "On
Sweat."
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