Strato of Lampsacus: Text, Translation and Discussion (Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities)

Volume 16 of Transaction's acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle. The subject of this volume is Strato of Lampsacus in Mysia on the Hellespont. Strato was the third head of the Peripatetic School after Aristotle and Theophrastus. He succeeded the latter in c. 286 BCE and was in turn succeeded by Lyco of Troas in c. 268. Diogenes Laertius describes Strato as a distinguished person who became known as "the physicist," because more than anyone else he devoted himself to the careful study of nature. Strato's concern with the physical world is well attested by the titles of his books: On the Void , On the Heaven, and On the Wind . His other books point to a keen interest in human physiology, animal life and diseases. But it would be a mistake to think that Strato was uninterested in other areas of philosophic concern. Indeed, he wrote works on logic, first principles, theology, politics and ethics. None of this work survives intact, but the reports that have come down to us reveal much of present-day interest. Included is a new and complete edition of the ancient sources, together with a critical apparatus to the ancient texts, an English translation, and notes to the translation. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 10 Contributors 12 1. Une introduction à Straton de Lampsaque 14 2. Strato of Lampsacus: The Sources, Texts and Translations 18 3. Sur deux passages difficiles de la Vie de Straton de Diogène Laërce 244 4. La physique de Straton de Lampsaque: Dans la lignée de Georges Rodier 252 5. Strato on “Microvoid” 276 6. The Evidence for Strato in Hero of Alexandria’s Pneumatics 290 7. Elemental Qualities in Flux: A Reconstruction of Strato’s Theory of Elements 306 8. Straton sur le poids: Fragments 49 et 50A, B, C, D Sharples 326 9. Straton et la question du temps comme nombre du mouvement 366 10. Sensation et transport: Straton, fragments 64-65 Sharples 380 11. Physicalism in Strato’s Psychology 396 12. Theophrastus and Strato on Animal Intelligence 412 13. Strato’s Aporiai on Plato’s Phaedo 426 14. The Pseudo-Aristotelian Mechanics: The Attribution to Strato 456 15. Nachleben 470 Index of Ancient Sources for Chapters 3-15 474 Text, Translation and Discussion