L'oeuvre de David l'Invincible et la transmission de la pensée grecque dans la tradition arménienne et syriaque
L'oeuvre de David l'Invincible et la transmission de la pensée grecque dans la tradition arménienne et syriaque

Author: J. R. Barnes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9004160477

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David, a member of the Platonic school in Alexandria in the sixth century, is credited with several commentaries on Aristotle s logic: those commentaries, and their Armenian translations, form the subject of this book. An introduction, which discusses David and his place in the Greek and the Armenian traditions, is followed by a series of studies of the relations between the Greek texts and their Armenian translations: the aims are, first, to assess the value of the translations for the constitution of the original Greek, and secondly, to consider the ways in which the Armenian translations adapted the texts to suit their new readership. More generally, the book is concerned with the ways in which Greek thought was exported abroad to Armenia and to Syria: it is required reading for anyone who is interested in the circulation of ideas between east and west. Contributors include: Sen Arevshatyan, Jonathan Barnes, Valentina Calzolari, Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Gohar Muradyan, Michael Papazian, Manea Shirinian, Clive Sweeting, Albert Stepanyan, Aram Topchyan.

Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus in Context
Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus in Context

Author: Robbert Maarten van den Berg

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9004163794

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This book explores the various views on language and its relation to philosophy in the Platonic tradition by examening the reception of Plato's Cratylus in antiquity in general, and the commentary of the Neoplatonist Proclus in particular.

Iamblichus' De Anima
Iamblichus' De Anima

Author: John Finamore

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 9047401425

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Iamblichus (245-325), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, brought a new religiosity to Neoplatonism. His theory of the soul is at the heart of his philosophical system. For Iamblichus, the human soul is so far inferior to the divine that its salvation depends not on philosophy alone (as it did for Plotinus) but on the aid of the gods and other divinities. This edition of the fragments of Iamblichus' major work on the soul, De Anima, is accompanied by the first English translation of the work and a commentary which explains the philosophical background and Iamblichus' doctrine of the soul. Included too are excerpts from the Pseudo-Simplicius and Priscianus (also translated with commentary) that shed further light on Iamblichus' treatise.

The Sceptical Road
The Sceptical Road

Author: Roberto Polito

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2004-02-01

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 9047413237

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The revival of Scepticism in the first century B.C. is due to Aenesidemus of Cnossus. Nonetheless, very little is known of him, and much of it seems to suggest that his thought tended more towards Dogmatism, and Heraclitean philosophy in particular. The puzzle has set the scene for a long-term debate, but, as yet, no agreed solution has been propounded. The present book provides a close examination of ancient evidence as well as of critical literature, and arrives at the conclusion that Aenesidemus merely intended to offer a Sceptical interpretation of Heraclitus, and that the ideas which are incorporated in it voice distinctive features of his Scepticism.

Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]
Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]

Author: Pamela M. Huby

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 9004152989

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In the present volume, the focus is on natural philosophy, apart from the study of living things. Topics covered include the principles of scientific enquiry, place, time, motion, the heavens, the sublunary world, meteorology and the study of materials.

Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric
Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric

Author: David C. Mirhady

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9004156682

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Each paper explores the influences on different parts of Peripatetic rhetoric, its discussion of character, emotion, reason, and style, its relationships with other texts, including those of Theodectes and the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and its relationship with the oratory of the 4th century BC.