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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155136203321

Autore

Baltussen Han.

Titolo

The peripatetics : Aristotle's heirs, 322 BCE-200 CE / / Han Baltussen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-51495-5

1-315-71909-6

1-317-51496-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Collana

Ancient philosophies

Disciplina

185

Soggetti

Peripatetics

Philosophy, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aristotle's heirs -- The natural world and its (hidden) foundations -- Things and words: language, logic, and reasoning -- Ethics and politics: on morality and citizenship -- Continuity and criticism in the Peripatos -- Intellectual context: rivals and devotees -- From Theophrastus to Alexander of Aphrodisias -- Known peripatetics 322 bce-250 ce -- Modern editions & commentaries on the peripatetics.

Sommario/riassunto

The Peripatetics explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with Hellenistic schools of thought, and the shift in focus among Greek philosophers in a changing political landscape. It is the first book of its kind to provide a survey of this important philosophical tradition.