Placita

Aëtius' Placita (ca. AD 100) is a reconstructed compendium summarizing the principal doctrines and opinions of the Greek philosophers, which served as a multi-purpose manual both for study and for personal enlightenment and which remains a valuable source for our knowledge of Presocratic and Hellenistic philosophy.

About the author

Jaap Mansfeld is Professor Emeritus of the History of Ancient and Patristic Philosophy, Utrecht University.David T. Runia is Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne.

Summary

Aëtius’ Placita (ca. AD 100) is a reconstructed compendium summarizing the principal doctrines and opinions of the Greek philosophers, which served as a multi-purpose manual both for study and for personal enlightenment and which remains a valuable source for our knowledge of Presocratic and Hellenistic philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Aetius
• Assisted by: Jaap Mansfeld (Editor and translation), David Runia (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2023
• EAN: 9780674997592
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99759-2
• No. of pages: 624
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500