Aspasius: On Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 1-4, 7-8

Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Aspasius'' commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics , of which six books have come down to us, is the oldest surviving Greek commentary on any of Aristotle''s works, dating to the middle of the second century AD. It offers precious insight into the thinking and pedagogical methods of the Peripatetic school in the early Roman Empire, and provides illuminating discussions of numerous technical points in Aristotle''s treatise, along with valuable excursuses on such topics as the nature of the emotions. This is the first complete translation of Aspasius'' work in any modern language.>

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Textual Emendations
TRANSLATION
Notes
Bibliography English-Greek
Glossary Greek-English Index
Index of Passages Cited
Subject
Index

Summary

Aspasius' commentary on the "Nicomachean Ethics"is one of the oldest surviving Greek commentary on any of Aristotle's works, dating to the middle of the second century AD. It offers insight into the thinking and pedagogical methods of the Peripatetic school in the early Roman Empire. This work is a translation of Aspasius' work.

Foreword

One of the oldest surviving Greek commentary on any of Aristotle's works, this work offers insight into the thinking and pedagogical methods of the Peripatetic school.

Product details

• Authors: Aspasius, David Konstan, Richard Sorabji
• Assisted by: David Konstan (Editor), Richard Sorabji (Editor), Sorabji Richard (Editor), David Konstan (Translation), Konstan David (Translation), Richard Sorabji (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2007
• EAN: 9780715635735
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3573-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristo; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Ancient Commentators on Aristo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500