Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

This Anthology Of Philosophical Texts By Greek And Roman Authors Brings Together Works From The Late Fifth Century Bc To The Sixth Century Ad That Comment On Major Aesthetic Issues Such As The Perception Of Beauty And Harmony In Music And The Visual Arts, Structure And Style In Literature, And Aesthetic Judgement. It Includes Important Texts By Plato And Aristotle On The Status And The Role Of The Arts In Society And In Education, And Longinus' Reflections On The Sublime In Literature, In Addition To Less Well-known Writings By Philodemus, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine And Proclus. Most Of The Texts Have Been Newly Translated For This Volume, And Some Are Available In English For The First Time. A Detailed Introduction Traces The Development Of Classical Aesthetics From Its Roots In Platonism And Aristotelianism To Its Ultimate Form In Late Antiquity-- Gorgias : From Encomium Of Helen -- Plato : From Ion, Hippias Major, Symposium, Republic 2-3, 10, Phaedrus, Timaeus, Sophist -- Xenophon : From Memoirs Of Socrates -- Aristotle : From Poetics, Politics 8 -- Philodemus : From On Poems 5, On Music 4 -- Cicero : From On Rhetorical Invention, On The Ideal Orator, Orator, On Moral Ends, On The Nature Of The Gods, Tusculan Disputations, On Duties -- Seneca : From Letters To Lucilius, On The Award And Reception Of Favours -- Longinus : From On Sublimity -- Philostratus : From Life Of Apollonius Of Tyana, Pictures Preface -- Philostratus The Younger : From Pictures Preface -- Aristides Quintilianus : From On Music -- Plotinus : From Enneads -- Augustine : From On Order, On Music, On True Religion, On Free Choice Of The Will , Confessions, On The Trinity -- Proclus : From Commentary On The Timaeus, Commentary On The Republic -- From Anonymous Prolegomena To The Philosophy Of Plato. Translated And Edited By Oleg V. Bychkov [and] Anne Sheppard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half-title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Preface 11 Introduction 13 Ancient texts and modern aesthetics 13 Classical Greek aesthetics: Gorgias, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle 16 Aesthetics in Republican Rome: Philodemus, Cicero 22 Aesthetics under the Roman Empire: Seneca, Longinus, Philostratus, Philostratus the Younger, Aristides Quintilianus 26 Aesthetics in late antiquity: Plotinus, Augustine, Proclus, Anonymous Prolegomena 29 Chronology 33 Further Reading 36 Note on the texts and the translations 40 Kalon/honestum 42 To prepon/decorum 43 Mousike/musica 43 Eros 43 Mimesis 44 Nous 44 Techne 44 Numerosus 44 Ratio 44 Gorgias 47 Encomium of helen 47 8–14 47 Plato 49 Ion 49 533d–536d 49 Hippias Major 53 287e–298a 53 Symposium 66 206a–212a 66 Republic 2–3 70 2.376e–3.402a 70 Republic 10 96 10.595a–608b 96 Phaedrus 112 243e–251a 112 264c 114 Timaeus 115 28a–29b 115 Sophist 117 235c–236c 117 Xenophon 119 Memoirs of Socrates 119 3.10.1–8 119 Aristotle 123 Poetics 123 1.1447a–19.1456b 123 21.1457b 145 23.1459a–24.1460b 146 26.1461b–1462b 149 Politics 8 151 7.1341b–1342a 151 Philodemus 153 On Poems 5 153 X.21–XII.9 153 XIII.32–XV.17 153 XVI.28–XVII.31 154 XXXIII.24–XXXIV.33 155 On Music 4 156 Col. 78.3–45 156 Cols. 91.3–92.5 156 Cols. 115.44–117.35 157 Cols. 121.22–122.36 158 Col. 124.1–28 159 Cols. 136.27–137.13 159 Col. 142.1–35 160 Cicero 161 On rhetorical invention 161 2.1.1–3 161 On the Ideal Orator 163 3.25.96–26.101 163 3.45.178–46.181 164 3.50.195–51.198 165 Orator 168 2.7–3.10 168 21.70–22.74 169 51.173 170 53.177–8 170 55.183–4 171 On Moral Ends 172 2.14.45 172 2.14.47 172 On the Nature of the Gods 174 2.5.15 174 2.6.17 175 2.7.18–19 175 2.34.87 175 2.57.145–58.146 176 Tusculan Disputations 177 4.13.28–31 177 On Duties 179 1.4.14–15 179 1.27.93–9 180 1.35.126–36.130 182 1.40.145–41.146 183 Seneca 185 Letters to lucilius 185 Letter 65.2–10 185 On the Award and Reception of Favours 188 4.22.2 188 4.23.1–24.1 188 Longinus 191 On Sublimity 191 1–2 191 6–10 193 13–15 200 33–36 205 Philostratus 211 Life of Apollonius of Tyana 211 2.22 211 6.19 213 Pictures 214 Preface 214 Philostratus the younger 215 Pictures 215 Preface 3–7 215 Aristides Quintilianus 217 On Music 217 Book 1, chapter 1 217 Chapter 2 218 Chapter 3 219 Book 2, chapter 1 220 Chapter 2 220 Chapter 3 221 Chapter 4 222 Chapter 5 224 Chapter 6 225 Plotinus 229 Enneads 229 1.6 229 5.8.1–2 238 6.7.22.24–36 241 6.7.31–33 241 Augustine 245 On Order 245 2.11.32–19.51 245 On Music 250 6,2.3 – 13.38 250 On True Religion 263 29.52–41.77 263 On Free Choice of the Will 271 2.11.31–16.43 271 Confessions 275 3.2.2 275 7.17.23 275 On the Trinity 277 9.6.11 277 Procius 279 Commentary on the Timaeus 279 1, 265.18–26 279 Commentary on the Republic 280 1, 177.7–179.32 280 2, 107.14–108.16 282 Anonymous Prolegomena to the Philosophy of Plato 285 14.11–15.51 285 Index 288