1st Edition

On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics The Work of Arius Didymus

By William Fortenbaugh Copyright 2002
    266 Pages
    by Routledge

    258 Pages
    by Routledge

    Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics for classicists and philosophers. The authors provide careful textual analysis of important passages by this synthesizer of the major schools of Greek thought. Essays include translations of major passages.

    I: General Papers; 1: Arius as a Doxographer; 2: The Diaeretic Method and the Purpose of Arius’ Doxography; II: Papers on Arius’ Treatment of Stoic Ethics; 3: Arius Didymus and the Exposition of Stoic Ethics; Comments on Professor Long’s Paper; 4: On The Stoic Goods in Stobaeus, Eclogae 2; Comments on Professor Reesor’s Paper; 5: Two Problems Concerning Impulses; Comments on Professor Kerferd’s Paper; 6: Euemptösia -Proneness to Disease; Comments on Professor Kidd’s Paper; III: Papers on Arius’ Treatment of Peripatetic Ethics; 7: Peripatetic Definitions of Happiness; Comments on Mrs. Huby’s Paper; 8: The Peripatetic Classification of Goods; Comments on Dr. Sharpies’ Paper; 9: Oikei?sis in Arius Didymus; Comments on Professor Görgemanns’ Paper; 10: Arius, Theophrastus, and the Eudemian Ethics; Comments on Professor Fortenbaugh’s Paper With Special Attention to Pathos

    Biography

    David Riesman