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Simplicius the Neoplatonist in Light of Contemporary Research : A Critical Review
Cover -- A. Biography -- I. Name -- II. Simplicius's origins and where he studied -- III. The philosophical and religious atmosphere in Alexandria during Simplicius's stay -- IV. Date of Simplicius's departure for Athens -- V. Date of departure for Persia and reasons for exile -- VI....
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baden-Baden
: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Academia Philosophical Studies
v.67 |
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| Summary: | Cover -- A. Biography -- I. Name -- II. Simplicius's origins and where he studied -- III. The philosophical and religious atmosphere in Alexandria during Simplicius's stay -- IV. Date of Simplicius's departure for Athens -- V. Date of departure for Persia and reasons for exile -- VI. The stay in Persia -- VII. Where did Simplicius and the other philosophers go after their stay in Persia? -- 1. Older hypotheses: The seven philosophers, or at least Simplicius, returned to Athens or Alexandria -- 2. The hypothesis that some or all of the seven philosophers settled in Ḥarrān (Carrhae) -- a) Simplicius's conversation with a Manichaean -- b) Where did Simplicius found the famous school of mathematics which continued after him? -- c) In the tenth century, the Arab historian al-Masʿūdī visited a Platonist school in Ḥarrān, a city on the frontier with Persia which had remained largely pagan. -- d) Evidence supporting the theory that Neoplatonism survived in Ḥarrān between the sixth and tenth centuries -- aa) Late sixth to early seventh century -- bb) Second half of the eighth century -- cc) The ninth century: The pagan Neoplatonists of Ḥarrān adopt the name "Ṣābians" -- (1) The prophets of the Ṣābians -- (2) the Qurʾānic Ṣābians -- (3) The god of Abraham as seen by Muslims, Neoplatonists, and Ṣābians -- dd) Four Arabic accounts of the role of Ḥarrān in the transmission of Greek thought to the Arabs -- ee) The "temples" of Ḥarrān: astrological-philosophical terminology -- 3. Additional arguments in favour of Tardieu's theory -- a) Simplicius's observation on the river Aboras (Khābūr) in Mesopotamia -- b) The Syrian goddess Atargatis (Simplicius, In Phys., 641.33 - 35 Diels) -- c) The calendars in use in Ḥarrān -- d) The addressee of a commentary by Simplicius on Aristotle's De anima according to the Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm (d. 995): by Philippe Vallat. VIII. Conclusions -- IX. Some additional remarks -- X. Three epigrams on Simplicius -- B. The surviving works (except In Phys. and In De caelo) -- I. General introduction -- 1. The method of composition of Neoplatonist commentaries -- 2. The importance of the prefaces for interpreting the Neoplatonist commentaries -- a) The Aristotelian curriculum as preparation for the Platonic curriculum -- b) The superiority of Plato over Aristotle -- c) The assertion that the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato are complementary but related hierarchically -- II. The commentary on the Encheiridion of Epictetus -- 1. Editions -- 2. Translations -- 3. The place of the commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion in the Neoplatonist programme of studies -- 4. The kind of people to whom the Encheiridion was directed (its usefulness: an essential point in the second introductory outline in six points) -- 5. Dating and philosophical orientation -- a) Praechter's hypothesis -- b) Alan Cameron's hypothesis -- c) Merlan's hypothesis -- 6. The doctrinal orientation of the commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion -- 7. The reception of Stoic doctrines by Simplicius in his commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion -- 8. The survival of the Encheiridion commentary -- a) An unidentified abridgement of Simplicius's commentary on Epictetus -- b) A Christian commentary on the Paraphrasis Christiana -- c) The influence of the commentary on the humanists -- d) Traces of the Encheiridion commentary in Arabic sources? -- III. The commentary on Aristotle's De anima -- 1. Editions -- 2. Translations -- 3. The place of the commentary on the De anima in the Neoplatonist curriculum -- 4. Atā Wālīs (or ʾIta Wālīs, according to Michel Tardieu), the dedicatee of the De anima commentary -- 5. The sources and the philosophical orientation of the De anima commentary. 6. The authenticity of the commentary traditionally attributed to Simplicius -- a) Conclusion concerning the authenticity of the De anima commentary attributed to Simplicius by the manuscript tradition -- 7. The dating of the De anima commentary -- 8. The purpose (σκοπός) of the De anima commentary -- 9. The survival of the De anima commentary -- a) Traces of the De anima commentary in Arabic philosophical literature -- b) The survival of the commentary in the Renaissance -- IV. The commentary on Aristotle's Categories -- 1. Editions -- 2. Translations -- 3. An epigram from Ambrosianus 306 (E 99 sup.) -- 4. Simplicius's sources in his Categories commentary -- 5. The filiation of the five late Neoplatonist commentaries on the Categories -- 6. The place, purpose, and usefulness of the commentary on the Categories in the Aristotelian curriculum of the Neoplatonists -- 7. The dating of the Categories commentary and additional bibliography -- 8. The posterity of Simplicius's commentary on the Categories -- a) The posterity of Simplicius's Categories commentary in Arabic according to the Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm: by Philippe Vallat -- b) The survival of the Categories commentary in the Byzantine era and the Latin Middle Ages -- C. Lost and partially lost works -- I. Simplicius's commentary on Euclid's Elements -- II. Lost works known from self-citations or other sources -- 1. A commentary on a dialogue of Plato -- 2. The Epitome of Theophrastus's Physics -- 3. The commentary on the Metaphysics -- 4. A lost commentary by Simplicius on Iamblichus's On the Pythagorean Way of Life in three books -- 5. A commentary by Simplicius on Aristotle's Meteorologica -- 6. A commentary by Simplicius on the Art of Rhetoric of Hermogenes -- 7. A treatise on syllogisms? -- III. A false attribution -- D. Epilogue -- Bibliography. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (262 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783896658951 |
