Alexander Aphrodisiensis, "De anima libri mantissa": A new edition of the Greek text with introduction and commentary

Alexander Aphrodisiensis

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Alexander Aphrodisiensis, "De anima libri mantissa"

A new edition of the Greek text with introduction and commentary

Alexander Aphrodisiensis
Edited by: Robert W. Sharples

Volume 21 in the series Peripatoi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110978995

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About this book

R. W. Sharples provides a new edition, with introduction and commentary in English, of the Greek text. The Mantissa is a collection of short discussions, transmitted as a supplement to the treatise On the Soul by the Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (c.200 AD). The collection includes discussion of a range of topics, among them the nature of soul and intellect, theories of how seeing takes place, issues in ethics, and the nature of fate. The text is based upon a new collation of the principal manuscript, the ninth century Venetus Marcianus graecus 258, and the apparatus corrects Bruns' misreportings of the principal manuscript and of the others that he used. Account has also been taken of the medieval Arabic and Latin versions of some of the sections which circulated independently, notably On Intellect which had a substantial influence on medieval philosophy. The introduction is chiefly concerned with the manuscripts and the relation between them. The commentary is based on the notes to the editor's English translation of the work (London: Duckworth and Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004); however, the commentary also takes into account more recent work on the collection by various scholars.

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Robert W. Sharples , University College London, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction
1. The Mantissa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Numbering of sections and within sections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. The Text: General Observations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
4. The Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
5. Relations between the Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
6. The Renaissance Correctors of a Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
7. This Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Sigla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Alexander, De anima libri mantissa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Commentary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
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Languages: Ancient Greek, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 269
Keywords: Alexander of Aphrodisias; Aristotelianism; Philosophy; Soul

eBook

Published: September 5, 2014
ISBN: 9783110978995

Hardcover

Published: May 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783110196443