Commentary on Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Critical Edition with Introduction and Translation (Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca Et Byzantina, 7)

The Greek commentary tradition devoted to explicating Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (NE) was extensive. It began in antiquity with Aspasius and reached a point of immense sophistication in the twelfth century with the commentaries of Eustratius of Nicaea and Michael of Ephesus, which primarily served educational purposes. The use of Aristotle's ethics in the classroom continued into the late Byzantine period, but until recently scholastic use of the NE was known mostly through George Pachymeres' epitome of the NE (Book 11 of his Philosophia). This volume radically changes the landscape by providing the editio princeps of the last surviving exegetical commentary on the NE stricto sensu, also penned by Pachymeres. This represents a new witness to the importance of Aristotelian studies in the cultural revival of late Byzantium. The editio princeps is accompanied by an English translation and a thorough introduction, which offers an informed reading of the commentary's genre and layout, relationship to its sources, exegetical strategies, and philosophical originality. This book also includes the edition of diagrams and scholia accompanying Pachymeres' exegesis, whose paratextual function is key to a full understanding of the work.

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Im Programm der Reihe sind u. a. Editionen von Kommentartexten des Alexander von Aphrodisias, Simplikios, Ioannes Philoponos, Michael von Ephesos, Nikephoros Blemmydes, Georgios Pachymeres, Theodoros Metochites, Georgios Scholarios und Bessarion vorgesehen. Die Reihe steht jedoch auch für Voruntersuchungen zu Editionen und begleitende Abhandlungen offen.

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Preface Contents Bibliography Note to the reader Part I Introduction 1 George Pachymeres: His life and work 2 The Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics 3 The manuscript tradition 4 Paratextual elements 5 Editorial principles 6 Language 7 A note on the translation 8 Images 9 Sigla Part II Τοῦ δικαιοφύλακος καὶ πρωτεκδίκου παράφρασις ἠκριβωμένη τοῦ Παχυμέρη Text and Translation Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Appendix of Supplementary Notes Part III Indices General Index Index of Parallel Passages Index of Greek Terms This volume includes the first critical edition of George Pachymeres' Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. An English translation of the Byzantine text and an extensive introduction on philosophical and philological matters relating to the contextualisation, interpretation and textual transmission of the work are also provided. In addition, the book encompasses the edition of diagrams and scholia accompanying Pachymeres' exegesis