Alexander of Aphrodisias on fate text, translation, and commentary R.W. Sharples.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, of Aphrodisias, author.

Contributor:

Sharples, R. W., editor.

Standardized Title:

On fate. English & Greek

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fate and fatalism--Early works to 1800.

Fate and fatalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 310 pages)

Other Title:

On fate.

Place of Publication:

London Duckworth 1983.

Summary:

The problem of free will, human responsibility, and determinism is one that has fascinated philosophers and laymen alike from antiquity to the present day, and which is far from settled yet. The treatise To the Emperors on Fate and Responsibility by Alexander of Aphrodisias (c. 200 AD) is perhaps the most comprehensive discussion of this complex issue surviving from antiquity. After an introduction outlining the earlier history of the problem, it is here presented in a new English translation with a detailed commentary; a Greek text and an updated critical apparatus. Also included are a number of shorter discussions dealing with related topics selected from the body of writings attributed to Alexander.

Contents:

Preface

Note on abbreviations

Introduction

1. The problem before Alexander

2. Alexander and the De Fato

3. The Text

Analysis of the argument

TRANSLATION

De Fato

De Anima libri mantissa, XXII-XXV

Qyaestiones II.4, II.S, III.13, and passages from Alexander's commentary on Aristotle's Topics

COMMENTARY

GREEK TEXT

Sigla

Notes on the Text

Select Bibliography

Index of passages cited

General index

Notes:

English and Greek

Includes indexes

Bibliography: pages [282]-288

ISBN:

9781472598295

1472598296

OCLC:

1138657205