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Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics - Text, Translation, and Discussion (Paperback)
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Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics - Text, Translation, and Discussion (Paperback)
Series: Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
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This volume features a unique epitome (original summation) of
Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius
Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic thought on three
closely related areas: ethics, household management, and politics.
The quality of the epitome, which draws not only on the surviving
treatises of Aristotle, but also on works by later Peripatetics, is
excellent. In recent years the epitome has attracted increased
attention as an important document for the understanding of
Hellenistic philosophy. This new edition of the Greek text is much
needed; the most recent edition dates from 1884 and is seriously
faulty. This translation, provided by Georgia Tsouni, is based on
the oldest and best manuscripts and takes account of recent
discussions of difficult passages. In addition, an English
translation appears opposite the Greek text on facing pages. The
text-translation is followed by nine essays, which are written for
a wide audience-not only philosophers and classicists, but also
scholars interested in politics and social order. The essays also
consider issues of a more philological nature: Who in fact was the
author of the epitome? Is Theophrastus an important source? In
discussing political matters, is the author intending to defend the
practice of philosophy in Augustan Rome? Was there a second
epitome, perhaps with a different slant, that has been lost?
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