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

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Aspasius: On Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 1-4, 7-8
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Aspasius
Translated by David Konstan
SeriesAncient Commentators on Aristotle
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781472558138
ClassificationsDewey:170
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 10 April 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

David Konstan is John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University.