Commentary and Tradition: Aristotelianism, Platonism, and Post-Hellenistic Philosophy (Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca Et Byzantina) (English, French and Italian Edition)

Table of Contents Introduction by Mauro Bonazzi and Robert W. Sharples Acknowledgments ARISTOTLE AND THE ARISTOTELIAN TRADITION Il libro Lambda della Metafisica e la nascita della filosofia prima Mimesis tragique et apprentissage de la phronesis Cause, volontarietà e decisione in Aristotele, Rhet. I 10-15 (unpublished) Aristotele, De motu animalium 701a7 Alessandro e i metodi dell'esegesi filosofica L'objet de la Métaphysique selon Alexandre d'Aphrodise in Alessandro di Afrodisia Alexander's De fato. Problems of Coherence Doti naturali, abitudini e carattere nel De fato di Alessandro (with Paolo Accattino) Alessandro di Afrodisia De an. 90, 23 sqq., a proposito del Senarco, Alessandro e Simplicio su movimenti e grandezze semplici nel De caelo La giustizia nel medioplatonismo, in Aspasio e in Apuleio PLATONISM AND POST-HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY The History of the Concept of Eclecticism Testi e commenti, manuali e insegnamento: la forma sistematica e i metodi della filosofia in età postellenistica Medioplatonismo e filosofi medioplatonici. Una raccolta di studi Le fonti medioplatoniche di Seneca: Antioco, la conoscenza e le idee Plutarco, Ammonio e l'Academia Science and Metaphysics: Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism in Plutarch's On the Face in the Moon I fondamenti della fisica e la teoria delle cause in Plutarco Platone e Aristotele nella tradizione pitagorica secondo Plutarco L'eredità academica e i fondamenti del platonismo in Plutarco Il De genio Socratis di Plutarco: i limiti del dogmatismo e quelli dello "scetticismo" (unpublished) La connaissance de dieu et la hiérarchie divine chez Albinos Sokrates und sein Dämon im Platonismus des 1. und 2. Jahrhunderts n.Chr.Table of Contents 6 A Bibliography of Pierluigi Donini's Works 453 Index 459 2 Often referred to as Aspasius' commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics: but while Aspasius includes the "common books" (Nicomachean Ethics 5-7 = Eudemian Ethics 4-6) in his commentary on the former, it is not clear that he regarded them as actually belonging to the Nicomachean Ethics, and in fact there are indications that he did not do so. See J. Barnes, An introduction to Aspasius, in A. Alberti-R.W. Sharples (eds.), Aspasius: the Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics, Berlin 1999, pp. 1-50, at p. 21. 3 More in general, The History of the Concept of Eclecticism correctly argues against the adoption of this category by showing that it seriously hinders an adequate understanding of Post-Hellenistic philosophy. Table of Contents 5 Introduction by Mauro Bonazzi and Robert W. Sharples 7 Acknowledgments 13 ARISTOTLE AND THE ARISTOTELIAN TRADITION 15 Il libro Lambda della Metafisica e la nascita della filosofia prima 17 Mimesis tragique et apprentissage de la phronesis 37 Cause, volontarietà e decisione in Aristotele, Rhet. I 10-15 (unpublished) 53 Aristotele, De motu animalium 701a7 85 Alessandro e i metodi dell’esegesi filosofica 87 L’objet de la Métaphysique selon Alexandre d’Aphrodise 107 Qeîa, dôva/Aiç in Alessandro di Afrodisia 125 Alexander’s De fato. Problems of Coherence 139 Doti naturali, abitudini e carattere nel De fato di Alessandro 155 (with Paolo Accattino) Alessandro di Afrodisia De an. 90, 23 sqq., a pro- posito del 169 Senarco, Alessandro e Simplicio su movimenti e grandezze semplici nel De caelo 173 La giustizia nel medioplatonismo, in Aspasio e in Apuleio 179 PLATONISM AND POST-HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY 195 The History of the Concept of Eclecticism 197 Testi e commenti, manuali e insegnamento: la forma sistematica e i metodi della filosofia in età postellenistica 211 Medioplatonismo e filosofi medioplatonici. Una raccolta di studi 283 Le fonti medioplatoniche di Seneca: Antioco, la conoscenza e le idee 297 Plutarco, Ammonio e l’Academia 315 Science and Metaphysics: Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism in Plutarch’s On the Face in the Moon 327 I fondamenti della fisica e la teoria delle cause in Plutarco 341 Platone e Aristotele nella tradizione pitagorica secondo Plutarco 359 L’eredità academica e i fondamenti del platonismo in Plutarco 375 Il De genio Socratis di Plutarco: i limiti del dogmatismo e quelli dello “scetticismo” (unpublished) 403 La connaissance de dieu et la hiérarchie divine chez Albinos 423 Sokrates und sein Dämon im Platonismus des 1. und 2. Jahrhunderts n.Chr. 437 A Bibliography of Pierluigi Donini’s Works 453 Index 459

The volume collects the most important papers Pierluigi Donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of post-hellenistic philosophy. The philosophical relevance of post-hellenistic philosophy is now widely (though not yet universally) recognized. Yet much remains to be done. The common practice of focusing each single school in itself detracts from a balanced assessment of the strategies exploited by many philosophers of the period. On the assumption that debates among schools play a major role in the philosophy of the commentators, Donini concentrates on the interaction between leading Aristotelians and Platonists and demonstrates that the developments of both systems of thought were heavily influenced by a continuous confrontation between the two schools.And whereas in cases such as Alcinous and Aspasius this is basically uncontroversial, for other authors such us Alexander, Antiochus and Plutarch the pioneering work of Donini paves the way for a better understanding of their doctrines and definitely confirms the intellectual importance of the first imperial age, when the foundations were laid of versions of both Aristotelianism and Platonism which were bound to influence the whole history of European thought, from Late Antiquity onwards.

The volume collects the most important papers Pierluigi Donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of post-hellenistic philosophy. The philosophical relevance of post-hellenistic philosophy is now widely (though not yet universally) recognized. Yet much remains to be done. The common practice of focusing each single school in itself detracts from a balanced assessment of the strategies exploited by many philosophers of the period. On the assumption that debates among schools play a major role in the philosophy of the commentators, Donini concentrates on the interaction between leading Aristotelians and Platonists and demonstrates that the developments of both systems of thought were heavily influenced by a continuous confrontation between the two schools. And whereas in cases such as Alcinous and Aspasius this is basically uncontroversial, for other authors such us Alexander, Antiochus and Plutarch the pioneering work of Donini paves the way for a better understanding of their doctrines and definitely confirms the intellectual importance of the first imperial age, when the foundations were laid of versions of both Aristotelianism and Platonism which were bound to influence the whole history of European thought, from Late Antiquity onwards. The volume collects the most important papers Pierluigi Donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of post-hellenistic philosophy. By focusing on the mutual confrontation with Plato's and Aristotle's texts for the development of both Aristotelianism and Platonism, Donini's papers provide the readers with an overall account of the philosophy of the commentators and argue for its importance for the history of the European thought.