Peripatetic Philosophy, 200 BC to Ad 200: An Introduction and Collection of Sources in Translation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521884808)

A collection of sources, many of them fragmentary and previously scattered and hard to access, for the development of Peripatetic philosophy in the later Hellenistic period and the early Roman empire. This book provides the background against which the first commentator on Aristotle from whom extensive material survives, Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. AD 200) developed his interpretations which continue to be influential even today. Many of the passages are here translated into English for the first time, including the whole of the summary of Peripatetic ethics attributed to 'Arius Didymus'.

Author: R. W. Sharples
ISBN-10: 0521884802
ISBN-13: 9780521884808
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2010
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2011