Aristotle's Eudemus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Buren-Penev, Franziska.

Series:

Philosophia Antiqua Series

Philosophia Antiqua Series ; v.177

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

Aristotle's Eudemus presents a radically new view of the content of Aristotle's lost Eudemus, by both reassessing standardly accepted fragments and collecting many as yet overlooked--particularly those found in the writings of the Church Fathers.

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Acknowledgements

‎Figures and Tables

‎Introduction

‎Commentary

‎Chapter 1. Myths, Narratives, and the Dramatic Frame

‎1. Aristotle and "Orphism"

‎2. The Dream of Eudemus and the Problem of Dating the Dialogue

‎3. Midas and Silenus in Macedonia

‎3.1. Introductory Remarks

‎3.2. Interpreting the Myth

‎4. Etruscan (?) Pirates (?)

‎5. A Saturn Who Dreams

‎Chapter 2. Central Philosophical Themes and Arguments

‎1. Harmony of the Soul

‎2. Ἐνδελέχεια and/or Ἐντελέχεια

‎2.1. Establishing Terminology

‎2.2. Ἐνδελέχεια / Συνέχεια as a Non-Spatial Activity

‎2.3. Ἐνδελέχεια and Physical Body

‎3. Nous or Psyche: A First Glance

‎4. A Division between Ruling Nous and Psyche

‎Conclusion

‎Fragments and Translations

‎1. Narratives and Myths

‎Fragment 1: The Dream of Eudemus of Cyprus

‎a. Cic. de Div. 1.53

‎b. Plut. Dion. 22.5.5-6

‎Fragment 2: Midas and Silenus

‎a. Plut. Consolat. ad Apoll. 115B1-E9

‎b. Cic. Tusc. 1.114

‎Fragment 3: Libations to and Swearing by the Departed

‎Elias in Cat. 114.25-115.12

‎Fragment 4: Timon's Grandmother

‎Plut. Qu. Conv. 733C5-8

‎Fragment 5: Binding the Living and the Dead

‎a. Iambl. Protr. 8.47.21-48.13

‎b. August. Con. Iul. Pelag. 4.15.78

‎c. Clem. Al. Protr. 1.7.4.3-6.1

‎Fragment 6: The Dreaming Saturn

‎Tert. de An. 46.10

‎Fragment 7: Noesis Is like Light

Mystic Vision

‎Plut. Mor. (De Is. et Osir.) 382D4-E2

‎Fragment 8: Metempsychosis

‎Serv. in Aen. 6.448

‎2. Arguments against the Soul as a Harmony

‎Fragment 9: Arguments against the Soul as a Harmony

‎a. Ion. Philop. in de An. 141.22-147.9

‎b. Ps-Simpl. in de An. 53.1-4

‎c. Them. in de An. 24.13-30.

‎d. Damasc. in Phaed. 383.1-386.1

‎3. Central Philosophical Themes and Arguments

‎Fragment 10: Soul Is Immortal

‎Procl. in Tim. 3. 323.16-324.4

‎Fragment 11: Intellect Is Immortal

‎Themist. in de An. 106.29-107.5

‎Fragment 12: Intellect Is a Form

‎Ps-Simpl. in de An. 221.20-33

‎Fragment 13: Soul and Ἐνδελέχεια

‎a. Cic. Tusc. 1.22

‎b. Ambros. Medio. de Noe 25.92, p. 478

‎c. Philo Al. de Som. 1.30-31

‎d. Epiphan. Adv. Haer. 3.508.4-10

‎e. Iambl. de An. 9.1-5

‎f. Ar. Didy. Phys. Frag. 3.1-9

‎Fragment 14: Intellect, the Divine, Separate, and Immortal

‎a. Tert. de An. 12.3-6

‎b. Origen. Con. Celc. 3.80.14-23

‎c. Clem. Al. Strom. 5.13.87.4-88.2

‎d. Iambl. Protr. 7.41.27-42.4

‎Fragment 15: "Ruling" Intellect

‎a. Origen. Comment. Joan. 1.25.160-61

‎b. Origen. Hom. I in Ps. 36, p. 124.3-6

‎c. Tert. de An. 14.2-3

‎d. Tert. de An. 15.1-3

‎e. Ion. Philop. in de An. 195.10-11

‎Bibliography

‎Index Locorum Fortiorum (Only Quoted Passages)

‎Index Nominum et Rerum

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-75382-6

9789004753822

OCLC:

1583171733