Aëtiana Method And Intellectual Context Of A Doxographer Aëtiana I-iv Compendium Studies In The Doxographical Traditions Of Ancient Philosophy Papers Of The Melbourne Colloquium On Ancient Doxography Peri Tōn Areskontōn Philosophois Physikōn Dogmatōn. Boo

Aëtiana IV: Towards an Edition of the Aëtian Placita: Papers of the Melbourne Colloquium, 1–3 December 2015 provides a critical discussion from various angles by a plurality of authors of the reconstruction of the Placita and the relevance of the compendium for the history of Greek philosophy. "In 1879 the young German scholar Hermann Diels published his Doxographi Graeci in which the major doxographical works of antiquity are collected and analysed. Diels' results have been foundational for the study of ancient philosophy ever since." "In their ground-breaking study the authors focus on the doxographer Aetius, whose work Diels reconstructed from various later sources. First they examine the antecedents of Diel's Aetian hypothesis. Then Diel's theory and especially the philological techniques used in its formulation are subjected to detailed analysis. The remainder of the volume offers a fresh examination of the sources for our knowledge of Aetius. Diel's theory is revised and improved at significant points." --Book Jacket The articles collected here are based for the most part on papers read at the Colloquium "The Placita of Aëtius: Foundations for the Study of Ancient Philosophy," held in Melbourne in December 2015. The Placita , a first century CE collection of systematically organised tenets in natural philosophy ranging from first principles to human physiology is incompletely extant in several later sources. Its laborious reconstruction and the identity of its author are discussed from various angles. The text of the treatise is further elucidated by a novel statistical exploration of what is extant and what is missing. Its relation to various currents in the history of Greek philosophy and its reliability are also examined in some detail I. The Sources -- Ii (in Two Parts). The Compendium -- Iii. Studies In The Doxographical Traditions Of Ancient Philosophy -- Iv. Papers Of The Melbourne Colloquium On Ancient Doxography. [edited By] By J. Mansfeld And D.t. Runia. Volume 1 Has Subtitle: The Method And Intellectual Context Of A Doxographer. Volume 2, Part 2 Includes, Along With Extensive Commentary, The Reconstructed Greek Text (with Parallel English Translation) Of Book 2 Of The Placita Philosophorum, Also Known As The Compendium (greek Title: Peri Tōn Areskontōn Philosophois Physikōn Dogmatōn). Hermann Diels Used The Name Aëtius To Identify The Author Of This Work. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. __Aëtiana IV: Towards an Edition of the Aëtian Placita: Papers of the Melbourne Colloquium, 1–3 December 2015____Placita__