Aëtiana V: An Edition of the Reconstructed Text of the Placita with a Commentary and a Collection of Related Texts, Part 1. General Introduction, Book 1 Text and Commentary

Contents ‎Preface ‎Sigla and Abbreviations ‎General Introduction ‎1. Aim and Scope of the Edition ‎2. The Compendium and Its Transmission ‎2.1. The No Longer Extant Original Work ‎2.2. The Three Chief Witnesses ‎2.3. Ps.Plutarch and His Tradition ‎2.4. The Contribution of Stobaeus ‎2.5. The Crucial Role of Theodoret ‎2.6. The Name and Sitz im Leben of the Author/Compiler ‎2.7. The Extent of the Original Work ‎2.8. A Retrospective Glance at Aëtiana Volumes 1–2 ‎3. Reconstructing the Text ‎3.1. The Doxographi Graeci of Hermann Diels ‎3.2. A New Edition without Columns and with Commentary ‎3.3. Apologia for Our Method of Reconstruction ‎4. Introducing the Witnesses to the Text ‎4.1. A Taxonomy of Authors and Texts ‎4.2. The Primary Witnesses: The Epitome of Ps.Plutarch ‎4.2.1. The Papyrus and the Manuscripts ‎4.2.2. Eusebius ‎4.2.3. Ps.Justin ‎4.2.4. Ps.Galen ‎4.2.5. Julian the Arian ‎4.2.6. Cyril of Alexandria ‎4.2.7. Theodoret ‎4.2.8. Interpolations in Philo of Alexandria ‎4.2.9. Ioannes Lydus ‎4.2.10. Scholia ‎4.2.11. Qusṭā ibn Lūqā ‎4.2.12. Psellus ‎4.2.13. Symeon Seth ‎4.2.14. Ioannes Tzetzes ‎4.2.15. Modern Editions and Translations of the Epitome ‎4.3. The Primary Witnesses: Stobaeus ‎4.3.1. The Direct Transmission ‎4.3.2. The Laurentianus Manuscript ‎4.3.3. The Evidence of Photius ‎4.3.4. The Edition of Wachsmuth ‎4.4. The Primary Witnesses: Theodoret ‎4.5. The Secondary Witnesses ‎4.5.1. Athenagoras ‎4.5.2. Achilles and the Aratea ‎4.5.3. Hermias ‎4.5.4. Nemesius ‎4.5.5. Isidore of Pelusium ‎4.5.6. Scholia on the Hexaemeron of Basil ‎5. The Proximate Tradition, Further Parallels, and Sources ‎5.1. The Dialectical-Doxographical Tradition ‎5.2. Aristotle and Theophrastus ‎5.2.1. Aristotle ‎5.2.2. Theophrastus ‎6. The Edition’s Contents, Method and Layout ‎6.1. The Division into Four Parts ‎6.2. The Edition ‎6.3. The Commentary ‎6.4. Further Related Texts ‎6.5. Rationale for the Collection of Further Related Texts ‎6.6. English Translation ‎6.7. Editio minor ‎7. Appendices to the General Introduction ‎7.1. Appendix 1: Diels’ Theory of the Placita ‎7.2. Appendix 2: Mansfeld and Runia, the Tradition of the Aëtian Placita ‎7.3. Appendix 3: Statistical Overview ‎1. Contents of Books and Chapters ‎2. Distribution of Lemmata per Witness to Aëtius’ Compendium ‎7.4. Appendix 4: Introductory Discussions on General Topics ‎Aetius Placita Book 1 The Principles of Nature: Text and Commentary ‎Introduction to Book 1 ‎Liber 1 Titulus et index ‎Liber 1 ⟨Proœmium⟩ ‎Liber 1 Caput 1 ‎Liber 1 Caput 2 ‎Liber 1 Caput 3 ‎Liber 1 Caput 4 ‎Liber 1 Caput 5 ‎Liber 1 Caput 6 ‎Liber 1 Caput 7 ‎Liber 1 Caput 8 ‎Liber 1 Caput 9 ‎Liber 1 Caput 10 ‎Liber 1 Caput 11 ‎Liber 1 Caput 12 ‎Liber 1 Caput 13 ‎Liber 1 Caput 14 ‎Liber 1 Caput 15 ‎Liber 1 Caput 16 ‎Liber 1 Caput 17 ‎Liber 1 Caput 18 ‎Liber 1 Caput 19 ‎Liber 1 Caput 20 ‎Liber 1 Caput 21 ‎Liber 1 Caput 22 ‎Liber 1 Caput 23 ‎Liber 1 Caput 24 ‎Liber 1 Caput 25 ‎Liber 1 Caput 26 ‎Liber 1 Caput 27 ‎Liber 1 Caput 28 ‎Liber 1 Caput 29 ‎Liber 1 Caput 30 "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 A new reconstruction and text of the 'Placita' of Aëtius (ca. 50 CE), accompanied by a full commentary and an extensive collection of related texts. This compendium, arguably the most important doxographical text to survive from antiquity, is known through the intensive use made of it by authors in later antiquity and beyond. Covering the entire field of natural philosophy, it has long been mined as a source of information about ancient philosophers and their views. It now receives a thorough analysis as a remarkable work in its own right. This volume is the culmination of a five-volume set of studies on Aëtius (1996-2020)