The Best (including Quite the Worst) of Didymus

The Best (including Quite the Worst) of Didymus

Author: John Moat

Publisher: Uit Cambridge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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For thirty years, John Moatís Resurgence brief has been to contribute levity to the magazineís serious business of imprinting a green complexion on what planet earth claims as consciousness. The sustainability of the Didymus column has served as keynote for the entire alternative movement. But had the movement followed the exemplar more closely it might by now have startled itself with its own sparkle, its contrary vision, its range of questionable authority, its self-constructive irreverence and its capacity to approach what is serious and urgent by way of the utterly ridiculous. Just such a kaleidoscope is reflected in this collection of thirty-six tracts from the Didymus compendium. Guaranteed to crack a smile on the face of even the most jaded cynic; this beautifully-crafted book, with never a word in excess or a story simply told is full of multi-layered meanderings brimful of insight, humour and candour. A joy to read ñ this book will be savoured and revisited, like a favourite view or a good local pub.


Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics

Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics

Author: William W Fortenbaugh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 135133672X

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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?


The Didymus Contingency

The Didymus Contingency

Author: Jeremy Robinson

Publisher: Variance LLC

Published: 2007-02

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0978655168

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If you could go back in time...and witness any event...where would you go? When Dr. Tom Greenbaum faces that question after successfully discovering the secret to time travel, he knows the time, place and event he will witness: the death and failed resurrection of Jesus Christ. Dr. David Goodman, Tom's colleague and closest friend follows Tom into the past, attempting to avert a time-space catastrophe, but forces beyond their control toss them into a dangerous end game where they are tempted by evil characters, betrayed by friends, pursued by an assassin from the future and haunted by a demon that cannot be killed. Visit the author at www.jeremyrobinsononline.com.


Echo of Love

Echo of Love

Author: Carol Jean Cooper

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-06-23

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1499011644

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When you really want something, does it sometimes seem that it will never happen? Do life, and people, and situations that you cant control get in the way? Theodora (Dora) wants nothing more than to do her charity work in the slums of Alexandria, Egypt. Didymus wants only to do his duty to the Roman army and stay out trouble. A loud and violent disturbance in the slums forces their paths to cross. Doras mission to give the slum dwellers edible food for their bodies and spiritual food for their souls must stop when she is seriously injured. Didymus plan to stay out of trouble ends when he is thrown into prison because he abandoned his post to calm the disturbance. Getting out of this mess will be a real challenge for both of them.