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";
Istvbn Bodnbr, "Eudemus' Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b
Wehrli"; Deborah K. W. Modrak, "Phantasia, Thought and Science in
Eudemus"; Stephen White, "Eudemus the Naturalist"; J orgen 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 Gbbor
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 BulletinIstvbn Bodnbr
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 for
Wissenschaftsgeschichte and at the Freie Universitot.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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