On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus

by David Riesman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351501903
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/12/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David Riesman

Table of Contents

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