School of Athens

Theory and History of Ontology

by Raul Corazzon - e-mail: raul.corazzon[at]formalontology.it

For an overview see the Index of the Pages, the SITE MAP or the Alphabetical Index of the Philosophers: A-F - G-O - P-Z; You can also download this page as Ontology in PDF format

Table of Contemporary Ontologists Ontology. Table of Ontologists (click on the image to see the PDF file)

The Ancient Catalogues of Aristotle's Writings and the Corpus Aristotelicum.

An annotated bibliography

 

Index of the Section: Metaphysics or Ontology? The Debate about the Subject Matter of First Philosophy

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THREE ANCIENT CATALOGUES OF ARISTOTLES' WRITINGS

See the "Catalogue of Titles of works attributed by Aristotle" (PDF) compiled by Monte Ransome Johnson for the Greek text and an English translation.

 

A) Diogenes Laërtius (III century): Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers - Book V.22-27 The Peripatetics.

See also: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. A bibliography

  1. Diogenes Laertii. Vitae Philosophorum. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1964.
    Critical edition of the Greek text by Herbert Strainge Long

     

  2. Diogenes Laertius. Vitae philosophorum. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner 1999.
    Critical edition by Miroslav Marcovich.
    Vol. I: Libri I - X ; Vol. II: Excerpta Byzantina et indices ; Vol III: Indices Hans Gärtner (2002).

     

  3. Diogenes Laërtius. Vitae philosophorum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010.
    New critical edition in two volumes by Tiziano Dorandi (not yet published).
    The first volume is in press and the second near to completion (Tiziano Dorandi, "Premessa" (February 2009) to Laertiana , Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2009 p. XI.

     

  4. Diogenes Laërtius. Lives of eminent philosophers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1925.
    Translated by R. D. Hicks with the Greek text facing.
    Reprint with an introduction by H. S. Long, 1972.

 

B) The Anonymous Catalogue known as Vita Menagiana or Vita Hesychii, sometimes attributed to Hesychius of Miletus (V century).

  1. Laertis Diogenis. De vitis, dogmatis et apophtegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt libri X. Londinii: Octavanum Pulleyn 1664.
    First edition Paris 1663. Reprint by John Pearson (1613-1686) of the Aldobrandinian edition of 1594 with Annotationes by Henri Estienne (Stephanis), Isaac and Méric Casaubon and Observationibus by Gilles Ménage (Aegidii Menagii, 1613-1692) that contains the first printed edition of an anonymous life of Aristotle (the so-called Vita Menagiana).

     

  2. Laertis Diogenis. De vitis, dogmatibus et apophtegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri X. Amstelædami: H. Wetstenium 1692.
    Greek and Latin text by Marc Meibom, with annotations to I. and M. Casaubon, T. Aldobrandini in two volumes.
    The second volume contains: Aegidii Menagii in Diogenem Observationes auctiores, ut et Joachimi Kühnii ad Diogenem Notas.

     

  3. Rose Valentine. Aristoteles pseudoepigraphus. Lipsia: Teubner 1863.
    Index Diogenis pp. 12-18; Index Hesychii (ex Aegidii Menagii observ. in Diog. Laert. p. 201 cum vitis omnibus accurate excriptus) pp. 18-20

     

  4. Rose Valentine. Aristotelis qui ferebantur librorum fragmenta. Lipsia: Teubner 1886.
    Reprint of the Vita Hesychii published in Aristoteles pseudepigraphus

     

  5. Düring Ingemar. Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1957.
    Reprinted New York, Garland, 1987.
    Diogenes Laertius (Catalogue) pp. 41-50; Hesychius (Catalogue) pp. 83-89; Ptolemy's Catalogue (English translation and Greek retroversion from Arabic) pp. 221-231

     

  6. Dorandi Tiziano, "La Vita Hesychii d'Aristote," Studi Classici e Orientali 52 (2006).

     

 

C) The Catalogue attributed to Ptolemy el-Garib (I century) and transmitted in two Arabic version by Ibn al-Qifti (ca. 1172-1248) and Ibn Abi Usaibia (1203-1270).

 

  1. Ibn An-Nadim. Kitab al-Fihrist, mit Anmerkungen. Leipzig: 1871.
    Two volumes: I edited by Gustav Flügel (1871); II: edited by Johannes Rödiger, August Müller (1872); written in the 10th century.
    On Ptolemy el-Garib see vol. I pp. 246-252.

    "We learn from the writer's own words that he has before him the Vita of Ptolemy-el-Garib; he gives us the title of it and says in (14) that his own notes are a brief epitome. Our conclusion is that before 950 there was in circulation in Baghdad an Arabic summary of Ptolemy's Vita, including a full translation of the Will. Since an-Nadim presents his classification of Aristotle's writings in roughly the same form as al-Yaqubi (...), Baumstark concluded that he had not seen the Arabic translation of Ptolemy's catalogue. But this is a weak argument, for he might have found Ptolemy's catalogue too detailed and technical and have preferred the classification based on the traditional prolegomena. Moreover we observe that, unlike al-Kindi and al-Yaqubi, an-Nadim regarded the De anima as one of the physical treatises." Düring, 1957 cit., p. 195.

    (14) About him [Aristotle] numerous stories are circulated of which we only have mentioned the essentials.

     

  2. Müller August. Das Arabische Verzeichniss der Aristotelischen Schriften. In Morgenländische Forschungen. Festschrift Herrn Professor Dr. H. L. Fleischer. Leipzig: Brockhaus 1875. pp. 1-32
    Verzeichniss der Aristotelischen Schriften aus dem Buche des Ptolomaeus an Gallus (first edition of Ptolemy's Catalog) pp. 19-22

     

  3. Ibn Abi Usaibi'a. Uyun al-anba fi tabaqat al-atibba (Lives of the physicians). Edited by Müller August. Königsberg: 1884.
    Vol. I pp. 54-69 (contains the Vita Aristotelis by Usaibi'a and the Catalogue by Ptolemy el-Garib) written 1245-1246.
    "Comments on Ptolemy's Catalogue. P. Moraux's valuable book, Les Listes anciennes des ouvrages d'Aristote, Louvain 1951, deals at length with Ptolemy's catalogue and gives full references to the earlier literature. I have learnt much from his discussion of the complicated problems, but I do not always agree with his conclusions; see my paper "Ariston or Hermippus?", in: Classica et mediaevalia, 17, 1956, pp. 11-21. M. Plezia De Andronici Rhodii studii aristotelicis closely follows Baumstark but contributes many good observations.
    My translation of the catalogue is based on Usaibia, but I have added al-Qifti's readings (...)
    A full critical apparatus is found in Steinschneider's edition, in the Berlin Academy edition of Aristotle, tom. V, pp. 1469-73. (...) Baumstark Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristoteles gives a complete translation of the two versions of the catalogue, pp. 61-7o, profuse comments and a bold reconstruction of the original catalogue of Andronicus, built on Littig's book on Andronicus. I am sceptical of these airy constructions. In my edition I have added ten sub-titles (Published works, etc.) to distinguish the sections of the catalogue." Düring, 1957 cit., pp. 241-242.

     

  4. Baumstark Anton. Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristoteles. Syrische Kommentare zur Eisagoge des Porphyrios. Leipzig: Teubner 1900.
    Aristoteles bei den Syrern vom V. - VIII. Jahrhundert
    Syrische texte herausgegeben, übersetzt und untersucht von Dr. A. Baumstark. Erster Band.
    Reprint: Aachen, Scientia Verlag, 1975.
    German translation of the two versions of Ptolemy's Catalogue (by IBN al-Qifti and by Ibn Abi Usaibi'a) pp. 61-70).

     

  5. Al-Qifti Gamaladdin. Tabaqat al-hukama (Schools of Wise Men). Edited by Lippert Julius. Leipzig: 1903.
    Contains the Catalogue by Ptolemy el-Garib; Latin translation of the Catalogue by Moritz Steinschneider in: Aristotelis - Opera Omnia - vol. V, Berlin, 1870, p. 1469.
    "s. v. Ptolemy-el-Garib:
    'This scholar was during his lifetime a philosopher in the country of the Greeks, and he is not identical with the author of the Almagest. He was a friend of Aristotle whom he loved and defended from his enemies, and he transmitted his doctrines to everybody who was eager to acquire knowledge about them from him. On account of this he was a highly reputed and honoured scholar during his lifetime.
    Many kings and scholars are known under the name of Ptolemy. They distinguished them from one another by adding a special name, so that we can know them under this name.
    In order to show his solicitude concerning Aristotle this scholar wrote a book On the life of Aristotle, his death, and the classification of his books.'
    Comment: The Fihrist says (19): "Ptolemy-el-Garib who was an adherent of Aristotle and spread knowledge about his merits; he is the author of a book On ... books". - Usaibia, in the introduction to his biography, says: "Thus speaks Ptolemy in his book to Gallus on the life and history of Aristotle, his Will and the list of his famous writings."
    Apart from the fact that his name is mentioned several times in the biographies, this is all information we have on Ptolemy in Arabic sources. Almost identical is the title given by Elias, In Cat. CIAG XVIII 1 p. 3.
    Al-Qifti's work is a biographic handbook with about one hundred articles on Greek authors, arranged in alphabetical order, written between 1230 and 1235. The original, now lost, was used by Usaibia, Abu-l-Farag, and Abu-l-Fida; what is left is an epitome and several extracts. Steinschneider, Lippert and Baumstark characterize the work as a compilation of earlier works, partly lost, partly extant. Steinschneider Al-Farabi. Des arabischen Philosophen Leben und Schriften (1869), pp. 187-191 gives a general survey of his biographical article on Aristotle; some additional notes by Baumstark Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristoteles p. 15, and by Lippert Studien auf dem Gebiete der greich-arab. Übersetzungslitteratur, Braunschweig, 1894, in his comments on Mubashir. Latin translation of the catalogue by Steinschneider, in: Aristotelis Opera Omnia, V, Berlin 1870, p. 1469.
    On the special problem of identifying our Ptolemy a great many scholars have expressed opinions; a good survey of the literature in P. Moraux, Listes anciennes des ouvrages d' Aristote, pp. 289-294. It was W. Christ and J. Lippert who simultaneously suggested that our Ptolemy is identical with the rather obscure Ptolemaios Chennos, writing in the last half of the first century A. D.
    It is important to realize that the presentation of Ptolemy in our three sources is nothing but an elaboration of the title of his book. Everything in this note is obviously based on the book itself as the only source. Lippert interpreted the sentence "They distinguished - under this name" as implying: "and this is why Ptolemy-el-Garib also has a special name, given to him by the Greeks". Susemihl, in his review of Lippert, op. cit. (Berl. Phil. Wochenschrift 15, 15, p. 1130) added the following remark: "dass diese Bezeichnung "der Fremde" nicht erst von den Arabern herriihrt, erhellt aus der nachdrucklichen Angabe von Qifti". Unfortunately this is not so; Usaibia's statement is not at all so definite and unambiguous." Düring, 1957 cit., pp. 208-209

     

  6. Düring Ingemar. Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1957.
    Reprinted New York, Garland, 1987.
    Ptolemy's Catalogue (English translation and Greek retroversion from Arabic) pp. 221-231

     

  7. Düring Ingemar. Ptolemy's Vita Aristotelis rediscovered. In Philomathes. Studies and essays in the humanities in memory of Philip Merlan. Edited by Palmer Robert B. and Hamerton-Kelly Robert. La Haye: Nijhoff 1971. pp. 264-269
    Contains the English translation, by Bernhard Lewin, of the dedicatory letter to Gallus found in an Arabic manuscript (codex Ayasofya 4833, Istanbul, folios 10a-18a) of the Vita Aristotelis by Ptolemy el-Garib.

     

  8. Hein Christel. Definition und Einteilung der Philosophie. Von der spätantiken Einleitungsliteratur zur arabischen Enzyklopädie. New York: Peter Lang 1985.
    Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung 1; 1. Einleitungen in dir Gesamtphilosophie 34; 2. Einletungen in die Philosophie des Aristoteles 238; 3. Schriftenverzeichnisse zu Aristoteles (Pinakes) 388; Anhang zu Teil 3: Ms. Ayasofia 4833 fol. 10b-11a, 14b-18a 415; Zusammenfassung 440; Siglen 445; Abkuzungen 446; Literatuvzeichnis 447-482.

    Contains the Arabic transcription of the Catalogue of Aristotle's writings ascribed to Ptolemy el-Garib and a German translation of the dedication to Gallus, according to the new Arabic manuscript discovered in the Aya Sofia Library in Istanbul by Hellmut Ritter, "Philologika XIII. Arabische Handschriften in Anatolian and Istanbul" in: Oriens 2, 1949, pp. 236-314; 3, 1950, pp. 31-107.

     

  9. Aristotle. The complete works of Aristotle. The revised Oxford translation. Edited by Barnes Jonathan. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1984.
    Vol. II: Catalogue of Aristotle's writings: Diogenes Laertius V, 22-27; Appendix: (A) Titles found in the Vita Menagiana but not in Diogenes; (B) Titles in the Life of Ptolemy but neither in Diogenes not in the Vita Menagiana (pp. 2386-2388).

     

  10. Aristotle. Aristotelis Opera (ex recensione I. Bekkeri, ed. 2) III: Librorum Deperditorum Fragmenta. Edited by Gigon Olof. Berlin: de Gruyter 1987.
    Diogenes Laërtius' Catalogue pp. 22-24; Vita Hesychii (Vita Menagiana) pp. 26-28; Ptolemy el-Garib pp. 38-45 (from the English translation by I. Düring: "Novam translationem Anglicam, quae gratissimo animo usus sum, confecit I. Düring, Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition, Göteborg 1957 pp. 221-231" note by O. Gigon).

     

CRITICAL EDITION OF THE THREE CATALOGUES

  1. Aristotle. Aristotelis Opera (ex recensione I. Bekkeri, ed. 2) III: Librorum Deperditorum Fragmenta. Edited by Gigon Olof. Berlin: de Gruyter 1987.
    Diogenes Laërtius' Catalogue pp. 22-24; Vita Hesychii (Vita Menagiana) pp. 26-28; Ptolemy el-Garib pp. 38-45 (from the English translation by I. Düring: "Novam translationem Anglicam, quae gratissimo animo usus sum, confecit I. Düring, Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition, Göteborg 1957 pp. 221-231" note by O. Gigon).

     

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CATALOGUES

  1. Aristotle. The complete works of Aristotle. The revised Oxford translation. Edited by Barnes Jonathan. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1984.
    Vol. II: Catalogue of Aristotle's writings: Diogenes Laertius V, 22-27; Appendix: (A) Titles found in the Vita Menagiana but not in Diogenes; (B) Titles in the Life of Ptolemy but neither in Diogenes not in the Vita Menagiana (pp. 2386-2388).


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE ANCIENT CATALOGUES OF ARISTOTLE'S WRITINGS AND THE CORPUS ARISTOTELICUM

See also: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. A bibliography

  1. La scuola dei filosofi. Scienza e organizzazione istituzionale della scuola di Aristotele. Edited by Natali Carlo. L'Aquila: Japadre 1981.
    Indice: C. Natali: Introduzione 7; U. v. Wilamowitz-Moelledorff: Le scuole filosofiche e la politica. La posizione giuridica delle scuole filosofiche 29; H. Jackson: L'aula di Aristotele e le sue lezioni 47; W. Jaeger: La pubblicazione dei trattati 55; F. Wehrli: Il Peripato fino al I sec. a.C. Panorama generale 69; I. Düring: Breve sommario di commenti e conclusioni 97; J. P. Lynch: Il Liceo al tempo di Aristotele 107; H. B. Gottschalk: Note sui testamenti degli scolarchi peripatetici 129;
    Appendice: 1) Il Liceo: ambiente fisico 145; 2) Filosofi e teatro 146; 3) La legge di Sofocle di Sunio 149; 4) La scuola di Aristotele. Alcuni dati 152; Aristotele e la sua biblioteca 152; Iscrizioni onorifiche per Aristotele 154; Notizie sull'organizzazione della scuola dopo Aristotele 154; 5) Le polemiche contro Aristotele 157; 6) Brani dalle opere di Aristotele 163-169

     

  2. Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Edited by Goulet Richard. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1989.
    Vol. I: d' Abam(m)on à Axiothéa (1989); II: de Babélyca d'Argos à Dyscolius (1994); III: d'Eccélos à Juvénal (2000); IV: de Labeo à Ovidius (2005); V: P - R (en préparation); VI: S - Z (en préparation).
    Voir les notices sur: Andronicus de Rhodes (Richard Goulet=R.G.) pp. I, 200-2002; Apellicon de Téos (R. G.) pp.I, 266-267; Aristote de Stagire: Prosopographie. La version arabe (intégrale?) de la Vie d'Aristote écrite par Ptolomée (Maroun Aouad) pp. I, 415-417; L'oeuvre d'Aristote (R.G.) pp. I, 424-443; Hermippe de Smyrne (Jean-Pierre Schneider= J.-P. S.) III, pp. 655-658; Néleus de Scepsis (J.-P. S.) IV, pp. 617-620

     

  3. Baffioni Carmela, "Antiche liste arabe delle opere di Aristotele," Rassegna di Scienze Filosofiche 29: 83-114 (1976).

     

  4. Barnes Jonathan. Roman Aristotle. In Philosophia togata II. Plato and Aristotle at Rome. Edited by Barnes Jonathan and Griffin Miriam. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997. pp. 1-69
    Reprinted in: Gregory Nagy (ed.) - Greek Literature in the Roman Period and in Late Antiquity - (Greek literature, Vol. 8) - New York, Routledge, 2001 pp. 119-187.

    "When Theophrastus died, his library, which included the library of Aristotle, was carried off to the Troad. His successors found nothing much to read; the Lyceum sank into a decline; and Peripatetic ideas had little influence on the course of Hellenistic philosophy. It was only with the rediscovery of the library that Aristotelianism revived-and it revived in Italy. For the library went from the Troad to Athens -- whence, as part of Sulla's war-booty, to Rome. There Andronicus of Rhodes produced the 'Roman edition' of the corpus Aristotelicum. It was the first complete and systematic version of Aristotle's works, the first publication in their full form of the technical treatises, the first genuinely critical edition of the text. Andronicus' Roman edition caused a sensation. It revitalised the languishing Peripatetics. It set off an explosion of Aristotelian studies. It laid the foundation for all subsequent editions of Aristotle's works, including our modern texts. When we read Aristotle we should pour a libation to Andronicus -- and to Sulla." p. 1

     

  5. Baumstark Anton. Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristoteles. Syrische Kommentare zur Eisagoge des Porphyrios. Leipzig: Teubner 1900.
    Aristoteles bei den Syrern vom V. - VIII. Jahrhundert
    Syrische texte herausgegeben, übersetzt und untersucht von Dr. A. Baumstark. Erster Band.
    Reprint: Aachen, Scientia Verlag, 1975.
    Inhalt: Vorrede V-XIV. Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristoteles 1; 1. Ptolemaios Chennos 13; A. Die Lebensgeschichte und das Testament 15; B. Das Schriftenverzeichnis 53; 2. Der Anonymus des Ishaq ibn Hunain 105; 3. Der Anonymus des al-Räzi 126;
    Syrische Commentare zur Eisagogé des Porphyrios 133. 1. Der Commentar des Pröbä 139; 1. Der Commentar des Ioannes Philoponos 156; A. Die Fragmente des cod. Vat. Syr. 158 171; B. Stephanos von Alexandreia in den Dialogen des Severus bar Sakkü 181; C. Der liber deftnitionum des Bäzüd 210; 3. Der Commentar des Anonymus Vaticanus 223; Syrische Texte (68 Seiten)

     

  6. Bidez Joseph. Un singulier naufrage littéraire dans l'antiquité. A la recherche des épaves de l'Aristote perdu. Bruxelles: Office de publicité 1943.

     

  7. Bignone Ettore. L'Aristotele perduto e la formazione filosofica di Epicuro. Firenze : La Nuova Italia 1936.
    Presentazione di Vittorio Enzo Alfieri.
    Ristampa Milano, Bompiani, 2007

     

  8. Blum Rudolf. Kallimachos. The Alexandrian Library and the origins of bibliography. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1991.
    Translated by Hans H. Wellisch from the German: Kallimachos und die Literaturvezeichung bei den Griechen. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Biobibliographie - Frankfurt am Main, Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1977.
    "This work deals with the beginnings of bibliography. Kallimachos of Kyrene, a Hellenistic scholar and a famous poet, created about 260 B.C. a fundamental list of Greek authors with biographical and bibliographical data, the first national author bibliography, based on the holdings of the Alexandrian library. But what he, his predecessors, and successors achieved in the field of bibliography, that staging area for the history of literature, is almost unknown outside the circle of experts. In addition, there are some important related issues which are still in need of clarification.
    The investigations which I have undertaken for this purpose pertain to questions in the history of ancient scholarship and librarianship. But I endeavored to write in such a manner that not only students of Classical Antiquity will be able to follow me. Therefore, I inserted explanations of issues pertaining to Antiquity wherever I deemed them to be appropriate. Greek quotations are rendered in translation. Greek titles of books, typical Greek expressions, and shorter sayings of Greek scholars are always transliterated. Some passages in the footnotes are also given in the original Greek." (From the Preface)

    On Aristotle see Chapter 2: Forerunners: Aristotle, his predecessors and pupils 14-94 (in particular 2.6 The Library of Aristotle pp. 52-94)

     

  9. Bodéüs Richard, "Contribution à l'histoire des oeuvres morales d'Aristote: les Testimonia," Revue Philosophique de Louvain 71: 451-467 (1973).

     

  10. Bollansée Jan. Hermippos of Smyrna and his biographical writings. A reappraisal. Leuven: Peeters 1999.
    See Appendix 1. Translations of selected Testimonia and the biographical fragments pp. 189-226 and 3. Hermippos and the authorship of Diogenes Laertios' Catalogue of Aristotle's writings (5.22-27) pp. 233-243

     

  11. Bos Abraham P. Cosmic and meta-cosmic theology in Aristotle's lost dialogues. Leiden: Brill 1989.
    See Chapter X. The relation between Aristotle's lost writings and the surviving Corpus Aristotelicum pp. 97-112 and Chapter XI. Exoterikoi logoi and enklikoi logoi in the Corpus Aristotelicum and the origin of the idea of the enkyklios paideia pp. 113-152

     

  12. Brink Karl Oskar. Peripatos. In Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft (Pauly-Wissowa). Suppl. VII. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche 1940. pp. 899-949

     

  13. Chroust Anton-Hermann, "The miraculous disappearance and recovery of the Corpus Aristotelicum," Classica et Mediaevalia 23: 50-67 (1962).

     

  14. Chroust Anton-Hermann. Aristotle. New light on his life and on some of his lost works. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973.
    Vol. I: Some novel interpretations of the man and his life.
    See the following chapters: I. A brief account of the (lost) Vita Aristotelis of Hermippus and of the (lost) Vita Aristotelis of Ptolemy (el-Garib) 1-15; III. An analysis of the Vita Aristotelis of Diogenes Laertius (DL V. 1-16); 25-53; IV. A summary of the Syriac and Arabic Vitae Aristotelis 54-72.

    "This book, which consists of two distinct volumes, essentially is a collection of papers which I wrote between 1963 and 1968, when I became interested in the historical Aristotle -- the Aristotle revealed not merely in the highly problematic Corpus Aristotelicum, but also in the ancient biographical tradition and in the 'lost works' of the young Stagirite. Some of the papers collected and edited here owe their origin to classroom discussions and lectures which I offered while on leave from the Notre Dame Law School. They have previously been published in various journals, both in the United States and elsewhere. When re-editing these papers for this book, I made some far-reaching alterations, important additions, incisive corrections and, it is hoped, some worthwhile improvements." (from the Preface, IX)

    "Aside from a more general and rather sweeping discussion of the several Vitae Aristotelis in Chapter I, only the Vita (or Chronologia) Aristotelis of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the Vita of Diogenes Laertius And the Vitae of the Syriac and Arabic biographers are treated in this book with any detail. The Vita Aristotelis Marciana, which was recently edited by O. Gigon, the Vita Hesychii (Vita Menagii or Vita Menagiana), the Vita Vulgata, the Vita Latina and the brief biographical sketches found in the Neo-Platonic commentaries to the works of Aristotle, on the other hand, have not received special treatment, although frequent reference is made to them. Chapter I also makes an attempt to reconstruct the essential content of the lost Vita Aristotelis of Hermippus of Smyrna as well as that of the likewise lost Vita Aristotelis of Ptolemy (-el-Garib). These two Vitae, it is claimed, constitute the most important sources or intermediary authorities for the majority of the subsequent Vitae. Chapter II, which discusses the Vita Aristotelis of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, indicates that this Vita is actually a brief chronology which offers little detailed information, except some valuable and apparently accurate biographical data. The Vita Aristotelis of Diogenes Laertius, which is analyzed in Chapter III, poses many vexing problems, some of which are almost impossible to resolve. Especially difficult to determine are the sources used by Diogenes Laertius. There can be little doubt, however, that this Vita, as we shall see in Chapter I, draws heavily on the Vita of Hermippus. Chapter IV, again, presents a general survey and discussion of the Syriac and Arabic Vitae Aristotelis without entering into a detailed analysis of each individual Vita. This particular chapter is primarily an attempt to illustrate the peculiar biographical trend introduced (?) by the Neo-Platonic biographers and by Ptolemy (-el-Garib) in particular. Of necessity no less than by design, the expository and analytical discussions of all these Vitae Aristotelis are at times repetitious in that certain statements found in one Vita are referred to or restated again and again.
    (...)
    The somewhat arbitrary selection of these biographical sources was made on the basis of the following considerations: The lost Vita Aristotelis of Hermippus and the lost Vita Aristotelis of Ptolemy (-el-Garib), it is widely and probably correctly held, constitute what appear to be the two main biographical trends. The Vita of Diogenes Laertius, in particular, to a fairly large extent, though not exclusively, relies on the Vita of Hermippus (as does the Vita Aristotelis of Hesychius) and, hence, at least in part, may be considered an 'epitome' or 'derivative' of the latter. The Syriac and Arabic Vitae, in turn, are primarily based on the Vita of Ptolemy (-el Garib) -- as are the Vita Marciana, the Vita Vulgata and the Vita Latina -- and, hence, may be called 'epitomes' or 'derivatives' of Ptolemy's biography. The Vita Aristotelis of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, which is largely based on what appear to be independent investigations, seems to follow a course of inquiry all its own." (Introduction, pp. XIX-XX, notes omitted).

     

  15. Desideri Paolo. Strabone e la cultura asiana. In Strabone e l'Asia Minore. Edited by Biraschi Anna Maria and Salmeri Giovanni. Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane 2000. pp. 25-44

     

  16. Dihle Albrecht, "Der Platoniker Ptolemaios," Hermes 85: 314-325 (1957).
    Reprinted in A. Dihle - Antike und Orient. Gesammelte Aufsätze - edited bt Viktor Pöschl und Hubert Petersmann - Heidelberg,: C. Winter Universitätsverlag, 1984, pp. 9-20.

     

  17. Drossart Lulofs Henrik Joan. Neleus of Scepsis and the fate of the Library of the Peripatos. In Tradition et traduction. Les textes philosophiques et scientifiques grecs au Moyen Age latin. Hommage à Fernand Bossier. Edited by Beyers Rita et al. Leuven: Leuven University Press 1999. pp. 9-24
    Text prepared for publication and completed after the death of author by A. M. I. van Oppenraay.

     

  18. Düring Ingemar, "Notes on the history of the transmission of Aristotle's writings," Acta Universitatis Gotoburgensis: 37-70 (1950).
    Reprinted as second study in: Aristotle and his influence: two studies - New York Garland, 1987 (1. Hans Kurfess: Zur Geschichte der Erklärung der aristotelischen Lehre vom sog. Nous poietikos und pathetikos (1911) pp.1-61; 2. pp. 37-70).

     

  19. Düring Ingemar, "Ariston or Hermippus? A note on the Catalogue of Aristotle's writings," Classica et Mediaevalia 17: 11-21 (1956).
    According to P. Moraux the catalogue by Diogenes Laertius is based on the Peripatetic philosopher Aristo of Ceos; according to I. Düring on Hermippus of Smyrna.

     

  20. Düring Ingemar. Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1957.
    Reprinted New York, Garland, 1987.

    Contents: Preface 7; Part I. Editions of the Ancient Vitae Aristotelis. 1. Diogenes Laertius 13; 2. Hesychius 80; 3. Vita Marciana 94; 4. Vita vulgata 120; 5. Vita Lascaris 140, 6. Vita Latina 142, 7. Medieval Vitae Aristotelis 164; Part: II. The Syriac and Arabic tradition on Aristotle's life and writings 183; Part III. Fragments of the ancient biographical tradition. I. Chronology of Aristotle's life 249; II. Descent and family 263; III. Hermias of Atarneus 272; IV. Relationship with Philip and Alexander 284; V. Aristoteles and Isocrates 299; VI. Aristotle and Plato 315; VII. Aristotle's library 337; VIII. Aristotle honoured by the Delphic Amphyctions 339; IX. Aristotle's dicta on leaving Athens 341; X. Aristotle's apology 343; XI. Aristotle's death 345; XII. Appearance and personal qualities 349; XIII. Some ancient verdicts 353; XIV. Indirect evidence from Aristotle's own writings 366; XV. Early invectives against Aristotle 373; Comments on ch. XV 374; XVI. Characteristic sayings. Bon-mots. Anedoctes 396; XVII: The words peripatos, peripatein, peripatetikos 404; XVIII. The Roman edition of Aristotle's works 412; XIX. Exoterichoi logoi 426; XX. The neoplatonic introductions to the study of Aristotle 444; Part IV. From Hermippus to Ptolemy. A brief summary of results and conclusions 459; Index testimoniorum 479-490.

    See Chapter VII. Aristotle's library 337-338, XV. Early invectives against Aristotle. § Apellicon 382-384, Comments on Chapter XV. § Apellicon 392-395, XVIII. The Roman edition of Aristotle's works. Tyrannion 412; Andronicus 413; Comments 420-425.

    "This book has a long history. It was begun as an investigation of the passages in which Plutarch speaks of Aristotle. Detached from their context some of these passages lent themselves to different interpretations and I found too that they were used as evidence for quite different opinions. It soon became apparent that the scattered fragments of the biographical tradition could not be fully understood and properly interpreted unless on the basis of an examination of all the material. The aim of this book is to present this material and the result of my examination of it and to trace the development of the biographical tradition concerning Aristotle's life and writings.
    Part I contains critical editions of all ancient Vitae Aristotelis, based on fresh collations of all manuscripts known to me. To the very last I hoped to find another manuscript of the Vita Marciana, now preserved only in Marcianus 257, which is today almost indecipherable, but my hope failed. The editions of the Vitae pose problems which I have set forth in the introductions. To each text I have added testimonia, a running commentary, and a short chapter with a general evaluation. In this part of the book I have also included a brief survey of some of the late medieval Vitae.
    Part II contains a survey of the Syriac and Arabic tradition. My chief object has been to present readable translations of the most important Vitae Aristotelis and to discuss the problems raised by these texts. This material has been hard to deal with for a non-orientalist, and it would have been impossible for me to give an account of it, had I not received kind and generous assistance from my orientalist colleagues, Professors Oscar Löfgren and Bernhard Lewin, Göteborg University, and Dr. Richard Walzer, Oxford University. I wish to emphasize, however, that I am alone responsible for all shortcomings in this chapter.
    Part III contains about four hundred passages from ancient and medieval writers, selected from a large collection of excerpts and arranged according to subject-matter. I have experimented with several types of arrangement and finally decided upon the one chosen here. This arrangement of the material inevitably leads to certain repetitions for which I ask the reader's indulgence. I hope that the frequent cross-references and the Index testimoniorum will help the reader to find what he wants to find.
    In most cases each passage or cluster of passages is provided with a commentary. In my comments and interpretations I have followed the simple method applied in every critical treatment of sources and authorities. Each statement has first been examined separately, with due consideration given to textual problems, language, context, mode of transmission, the writer's personality (if known), time and tendency, and so forth. It has then been compared with related texts and further analysed and interpreted with the ultimate aim of finding out as much as possible about trends and tendency in that branch of the biographical tradition to which the passage belongs. Certain facts recorded in the biographical tradition are of such a nature that we can never prove whether they are true or not. But we may advance a step nearer the truth if we can prove that the author (or his source) is biassed and find out something about his prejudices or tendency. In most cases it is possible to evince that he follows a certain tradition whose general character we are able to determine. However, everybody familiar with the ancient biographical tradition knows that the material is fragile and often open to different interpretations. I have honestly tried to make a clear distinction between facts and hypotheses and left many questions open with a non liquet. But I am fully aware how complicated and difficult the problems are and how evasive the truth is. The reader will find that my conclusions are often qualified by an additional "probably" or subject to other reservations.
    It is my hope that the editions of the Vitae Aristotelis together with the large collection of testimonia will prove useful as a source book for the purpose of reference, quite irrespective of the appended comments.
    Part IV contains a brief outline of the development of the biographical tradition from Hermippus to Ptolemy-el-Garib.
    I have of course had a great mass of material to draw upon in the works of the many scholars who have written on the life of Aristotle: Brandis, Stahr, Blakesley, Zeller, Bywater, Shute, Busse, Baumstark, Praechter, Jaeger, Mulvany, Wormell, Hubbell, Moraux, and many others cited or referred to in my notes and comments. My separate debts to predecessors I have tried to acknowledge in all cases where they were contracted; I may sometimes have put down, from ignorance or forgetfulness, as my own, what ought to have been credited to another. Let me say, however, that without the diligent and careful work done by generations of scholars towards clarifying obscure passages and hidden rapports in the biographical tradition, this presentation and, if I may be allowed to say so, this tidying-up of the entire material, could not have been achieved." (from the Preface, pp. 7-9)

     

  21. Düring Ingemar. Aristoteles. Darstellung und Interpretation seines Denkens. Heidelberg: Winter 1966.
    Translated in Italian by Pierluigi Donini as: Aristotele Milano, Mursia, 1976

     

  22. Düring Ingemar. Aristoteles. In Paulys Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Suppl. XI. München: Druckenmüller 1968. pp. 159-336

     

  23. Düring Ingemar. Ptolemy's Vita Aristotelis rediscovered. In Philomathes. Studies and essays in the humanities in memory of Philip Merlan. Edited by Palmer Robert B. and Hamerton-Kelly Robert. La Haye: Nijhoff 1971. pp. 264-269

     

  24. Earl Donald. Prologue-form in ancient historiography. In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, vol. I. 2. Edited by Haase Wolfgang and Temporini Hildegard. Berlin: de Gruyter 1972. pp. 842-856

     

  25. Georgi Dieter. Die Aristoteles- und Theophrastusausgabe des Andronikos von Rhodos. Ein Beitrag zur Kanonsproblematik. In Konsequente Traditionsgeschichte. Festschrift für Klaus Baltzer zum 65. Geburstag. Edited by Rüdiger Bartelmus, Krüger Thomas, and Utzschneider Helmut. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1993. pp. 45-78

     

  26. Gigon Olof, "Interpretationen zu den Antiken Aristoteles-Viten," Museum Helveticum 15: 147-193 (1958).

     

  27. Gottschalk Hans B., "Notes on the wills of the Peripatetic scholarchs," Hermes 100: 314-342 (1972).

     

  28. Gottschalk Hans B. Aristotelian philosophy in the Roman world from the time of Cicero to the end of the Second century AD. In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, vol. 36: Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. II. Teilband: Philosophie (Platonismus, [Forts.]; Aristotelismus). Edited by Haase Wolfgang. Berlin: de Gruyter 1987. pp. 1079-1174
    Revised reprint in: R. Sorabji (ed.) - Aristotle transformed. The Ancient Commentators and their Influence (London, Duckworth, 1990), pp. 55-81.

     

  29. Grayeff Felix. Aristotle and his School. An inquiry into the history of the Peripatos. With a commentary on Metaphysics Zeta, Eta, Lambda and Theta. London: Duckworth 974.
    Contents: Preface 7; List of abbreviations 8; Introduction 9; Part One. 1. Life of Aristotle 13; 2. The Peripatos after Aristotle's death 49; 3. The emergence of new philosophical Schools during the Fourth and Third centuries B.C. 57; 4. The Library of the Peripatos and its history 69; Part Two. 5. The structure of Metaphysics Zeta 89; 6. Peripatetic ontology according to Metaphysics Eta 127; 7. Peripatetic ontology according to Metaphysics Lambda 143; 8. A volume on potentiality and actuality: Metaphysics Theta 187; Select bibliography 213; Index of passages quoted in text 219; General index 225-230

     

  30. Grayeff Felix, "The problem of the genesis of Aristotle's text," Phronesis 1: 105-122 (1956).
    "Strabo and Plutarch tell us that Aristotle's writings disappeared for at least 150 years and were then first published in Rome in the second half of the first century B.C.E. by Andronicus of Rhodes, about 275 years after Aristotle's death. There are several facets of this story that conflict with what we know from other sources. In particular, there is much testimony of the influence of Peripatetic teaching in the period when the manuscripts were supposed to have been lost. Grayeff, therefore, suggests that Andronicus may have claimed to have the sole genuinely Aristotelian manuscript. The question is raised of what could have happened to Aristotle's writings once they were completed and deposited in the Peripatos. Grayeff floats the hypothesis that the Corpus Aristotelicum is the result of many additions and corrections made by various Aristotelians; that it is in fact a Corpus Peripateticum. To support this suggestion, he analyses passages from a variety of works."

     

  31. Gutas Dimitri. The spurious and the authentic in the Arabic Lives of Aristotle. In Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages: the Theology and other texts. Edited by Ryan William Francis, Kraye Jill, and Schmitt Charles Bernard. London: Warburg Institute. University of London 1986. pp. 15-36
    Reprinted as Chapter VI in D. Gutas - Greek philosophers in the Arabic tradition - Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000.

    "The study of the Arabic lives of Aristotle is an old and tired subject; it can fairly lay claim to the distinction of being the first area of sustained scholarly concentration in Graeco-Arabic studies. I would not undertake an extensive treatment anew in a volume on Pseudo-Aristotle were it not for the fact that, despite considerable discussion for more than a century now, much light can still be shed on the scope and nature of this material from the vantage point of an examination of the spurious and the authentic in it, and for the rather ironic state of affairs that the secondary literature has itself generated its own share of the spurious. A review of the whole subject, then, that would list in detail the sources and remark on the ways of analysing them, remove the incrustations of outdated or misguided scholarship, and put the tasks of future research in perspective would seem to be in order.
    For the purposes of the present discussion, all the Arabic biographical material on Aristotle can be conveniently categorized under the following six headings:

    1) Reports in Arabic biographies of scholars;
    2) Information in Arabic histories and chronographies, in so far as it does not derive from No. 1;
    3) The story of young Aristotle, the precocious orphan, in Hunayn's Nawâdir al-falasifa ('Anecdotes of the Philosophers');
    4) The story of Aristotle's death in The Book of the Apple;
    5) Various scattered reports, the Aristotelian adespota;
    6) The voluminous material on Aristotle in his relation with Alexander: anecdotes, stories, correspondence, the 'legend' of Aristotle.

    In this paper I shall concentrate mainly on No. 1, deal very briefly with Nos. 2 to 5, and omit altogether No. 6 which, in addition to being biographical only peripherally, clearly requires a volume -- if not volumes -- of its own."

     

  32. Hecquet-Devienne Myriam, "A legacy from the Library of the Lyceum? Inquiry into the joint transmission of Theophrastus' and Aristotle's Metaphysics based on evidence provided by manuscripts E and J," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 102: 171-189 (2004).
    "A scholium in Paris, BNF, gr. 1853, fol. 312r, provides evidence for the tradition of the Aristotelian corpus. The scholium reveals that Theophrastus' Metaphysics was not on early lists of Theophrastus' works. It also reveals that Nicolaus of Damascus in his study of Aristotle's Metaphysics (*) identified the author of the work as Theophrastus. The transmission of Theophrastus' Metaphysics is thus closely linked to that of the Aristotelian corpus. Conclusions are: that both Book L of Aristotle's Metaphysics and Theophrastus' Metaphysics were written before the central books of Aristotle's treatise as it is known to us; and that Theophrastus' Metaphysics could have provoked, in response, Aristotle' writing of De partibus animalium and De generatione animalium."

    (*) Nicolaus Damascenus on the philosophy of Aristotle - Edited by H. J. Drossart Lulofs - Leiden, Brill, 1965 (reprint with additions and corrections 1969)

     

  33. Hein Christel. Definition und Einteilung der Philosophie. Von der spätantiken Einleitungsliteratur zur arabischen Enzyklopädie. New York: Peter Lang 1985.
    Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung 1; 1. Einleitungen in dir Gesamtphilosophie 34; 2. Einletungen in die Philosophie des Aristoteles 238; 3. Schriftenverzeichnisse zu Aristoteles (Pinakes) 388; Anhang zu Teil 3: Ms. Ayasofia 4833 fol. 10b-11a, 14b-18a 415; Zusammenfassung 440; Siglen 445; Abkuzungen 446; Literatuvzeichnis 447-482.

     

  34. Hoffmann Philippe. La problématique du titre des tratés d'Aristote selon les commentateurs grecs. Quelques exemples. In Titres et articulations du texte dans les oeuvres antiques. Actes du Colloque International de Chantilly 13-15 décembre 1994. Edited by Fredouille Jean-Claude et al. Paris: Institut d'Études Augustiniennes 1997. pp. 75-103

     

  35. Huby Pamela M., "The transmission of Aristotle's writings and the places where copies of his works existed," Classica et Mediaevalia 30: 241-257 (1969).

     

  36. Irigoin Jean. Les éditions de textes. In La philologie grecque à l'époque hellénistique et romaine. Sept exposés suivis de discussions. Edited by Montanari Franco. Genève: Fondation Hardt 1994. pp. 39-82

     

  37. Keaney John J., "Two notes on the tradition of Aristotle's writings," American Journal of Philology 84: 52-63 (1963).
    "In recent years, scholars have taken up anew the problem of the knowledge of Aristotle's works, most particularly his school treatises, in the period from Theophrastus to Andronicus, and the question of the sources of the catalogues of Aristotle's writings, especially of that preserved by Diogenes Laertius (V, 22-7). The names of Paul Moraux and Ingemar Düring have been prominent in this activity.(1) In the present paper, I propose to deal with two of the many points raised by these scholars." p. 52

    (1) P. Moraux, Les listes anciennes des ouvrages d'Aristote (Louvain, 1951); I. Düring, "Notes on the history of the transmission of Aristotle's writings," Goteborgs Hogskolas Araskrift, LVI (1950), pp. 35-70.

     

  38. Kurfess Hans and Düring Ingemar. Aristotle and his influence. Two studies. New York: Garland 1987.
    Contents: Hans Kurfess: Zur Geschichte der Erklarung der aristotelischen Lehre vom sog. Nous Poietikos und Pathetikos (original edition: Tubingen : Schnurlen, 1911); Ingemar Düring: Notes on the history of the transmission of Aristotles writings (original edition: Acta Universitatis Gotoburgensis, 56, 1950, pp. 3-70)

     

  39. Lindsay Hugh, "Strabo on Apellicon's Library," Rheinische Museum 140: 290-298 (1997).

     

  40. Littig Friedrich. Andronikos von Rodhos: I. Das Leben des Andronikos und seine Anordnung der Aristotelischen Schriften. München: Buchdruckerei von F. Straub 1890.
    Inhalt: Das Leben des Andronikos 1; Die Andronikosausgabe der aristotelischen Schriften 8; Anhang I: Das Verzeichnis der aristotelischen Schriften nach Ptolemäos Chennos 37; Anhang II: Die Disposition der aristotelischen Schriften nach den griechischen Erklärern des V. Jahrhunderts 43-58.
    Vol. II: Erlangen, 1894; Vol. III. ERlangen 1895.

     

  41. Lord Carnes, "On the early history of the Aristotelian Corpus," American Journal of Philology 107: 137-161 (1986).

     

  42. Lynch John Patrick. Aristotle's School. A study of a Greek educational institution. Berkeley: University of California Press 1972.
    See Chapter V. The Athenian Peripatos and its decline among the successors of Aristotle and Theophrastus, in particular pp. 146-154

     

  43. Masellis Vito, "Tradizione e cataloghi delle opere aristoteliche," Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 34: 337-363 (1956).

     

  44. Menn Stephen, "The editors of the Metaphysics," Phronesis.A Journal for Ancient Philosophy 40: 202-208 (1995).

     

  45. Moraux Paul, "Une nouvelle trace de l'Aristote perdu," Études Classiques 16: 89-91 (1948).

     

  46. Moraux Paul. Les listes anciennes des ouvrages d'Aristote. Louvain: Éditions universitaires de Louvain 1951.
    Table des matières: Préface par Augustin Mansion V; Avant-propos IX--X; Chapitre I. Problèmes et méthodes 1.Le sort des ouvrages scolaires d'Aristote avant l'époque des commentateurs, 1. Utilisation des listes anciennes comme moyen d'information sur le sort des ouvrages d'Aristote 6; Difficultés rencontrées dans l'identification des ouvrages catalogués 8; Recherche du principe d'ordre appliqué dans les listes 11; Enquète sur l'origine et la destination des listes 13.Chapitre II. Le Catalogue conservé par Diogene Laërce 15. § 1. État de la question 15; § 2. Texte du catalogue 21; § 3. Contenu du catalogue 27. Dialogues, exhortations, études platoniciennes 27; Logique, 44; Politique 95; Rhétorique et poètique 96; Physique 104; Mathématique 111; Problèmes et ouvrages hypomnèmatiques 114; Collections 122; Lettres 133 Poèmes, 144. § 4. Ordonnance du catalogue 145. Le catalogue et la division néoplatonicienne du corpus aristotélicien 145; Ouvrages particuliers, ouvrages intermèdiaires, ouvrages généraux, 150; Écrits hypomnématiques et ouvrages syntagmatiques 153; Dialogues et traités 167; Logique, pratique, poétique et théorie 177; Ouvrages théorétiques, 184; § 5. Accidents survenus au cours de la transmission du catalogue 186.Chapitre III. Le catalogue anonyme 195. § 1. Contenu du catalogue 195; § 2. Ordonnance du catalogue 204; § 3. Rapports entre le catalogue anonyme et celui de Diogène 206.Chapitre IV. La source de Diogène et de l'Anonyme 211. § 1.État de la question 211; § 2. Multiplicité des sources pinacographiques de Diogène 216; § 3. L'attribution à Hermippe 221; § 4. L'attribution à Andronicus 233; § 5. L'origine du catalogue 237;Chapitre V. L'appendice du catalogue anonyme 249. § 1. Contenu de l'appendice 250; La première partie 250; Les pseudépigraphes 265; § 2. Ordonnance de l'appendice 267; § 3. Origine de l'appendice 271; Multiplicité des sources 271; Rapports avec le catalogue 272; Age des différents tronçons 277; Rattachement de l'appendice à la liste anonyme 284.Chapitre VI. La catalogue de Ptolémée 289. § 1. L'auteur du catalogue 289; § 2. Contenu du catalogue 294; § 3. Ordonnance du catalogue 299; § 4. Modèles et sources de Ptolémée 306; Chapitre VII. Premières conclusions sur le sort des ouvrages scolaires d'Aristote 311; Les traités connus à Athènes vers 200 avant J.-C. 312; Le cas de la Métaphysique 314; Appartenance de certains traités omis par Ariston à la dernière période de l'activité d 'Aristote 315; Les catalogues, témoins du groupement progressif d'études apparentés, mais primitivement indépendantes, 320.Appendice. Notes sur la chronologie de quelques ouvrages d'Aristote 323;Bibliographie 347;Index 361; I. Aristote, ouvrages conservés 361; II. Aristote, ouvrages perdus et titres 368; III. Commentateurs d'Aristote 371; IV. Autres auteurs 374; V. Noms et matières 376; Errata et Addenda 385; Tables des matières 389-391.

     

  47. Moraux Paul. From the Protrepticus to the dialogue On Justice. In Aristotle and Plato in the Mid-Fourth century. Edited by Düring Ingemar and Owen Gwilym Ellis Lane. Göteborg: Studia Graeca et Latina Gothoburgensia 1960. pp. 113-132

     

  48. Moraux Paul. Der Aristotelismus bei den Griechen, Von Andronikos bis Alexander von Aphrodisias. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 1973.
    Vol. I: Die Renaissance des Aristotelismus im I. Jh.v. Chr. (1973)
    Vol. II: Der Aristotelismus im I. und II. Jh.n. Chr. (1984)
    Vol. III: Alexander von Aphrodisias (2001) - Edited by Jürgen Wiesner, with a chapter on Ethics by Robert W. Sharples

    The first two volumes are translated in Italian as: L'Aristotelismo presso I Greci.
    Vol. I: La rinascita dell'Aristotelismo nel I secolo a. C.; vol. II/1: Gli Aristotelici nei secoli I e II d.C.; vol. II/2: L'Aristotelismo nei non-Aristotelici nei secoli I e II d.C. - Milano, Vita e pensiero, 2000.

    "This is the first volume of a work which will comprise three. In that work Moraux proposes to study the history of the Aristotelian tradition from Andronicus of Rhodes (first cent. B.C.) to Alexander of Aphrodisias (latter part of the second cent. A.D.). The book under review covers the first cent. B.C. It contains five parts: The first is devoted to the fate of Aristotle's scholarly treatises up to and including Andronicus' edition and catalogue. The second deals with the earliest Aristotelian commentators, Andronicus himself, the Peripatetic Boethus of Sidon, and Ariston of Alexandria. The third is concerned with Xenarchus of Seleuceia, a Peripatetic who criticized some of Aristotle's central doctrines. The fourth discusses Staseas of Naples and Cratippus of Pergarnum, two authors Moraux characterizes as offshoots of Hellenistic Aristotelianism. The fifth and final part is devoted to complete expositions and summaries of Aristotelian and/or Peripatetic philosophy. The two authors discussed are Arius Didymus and Nicolaus of Damascus. The main purpose of Moraux's work is to investigate that part of the Aristotelian tradition whose main concern was the study and interpretation of Aristotle's works and doctrines, especially of his scholarly treatises. Therefore, his decision to include both authors who perhaps cannot be regarded as "orthodox" Peripatetics, e.g. Xenarchus, and Stoics such as Arius Didymus seems to be justified." (from tthe article-review by Leonardo Tarán - Aristotelianism in the First century B.C. - Gnomon, 1981, 53, pp. 721-750)

     

  49. Moraux Paul. Les débuts de la philologie aristotélicienne. In Storiografia e dossografia nella filosofia antica. Edited by Cambiano Giuseppe. Torino: Tirrenia 1986. pp. 127-147
    "Il est temps de résumer rapidement nos observations. Bien avant la renaissance des études aristotéliciennes au premier siècle avant J.-C., plusieurs savants se sont efforcés, en partie avec un succès indéniable, de préciser la chronologie de la vie d'Aristote et de laver le philosophe des calomnies dont l'avaient accablé ses détracteurs. - Il est possible, mais non certain, que la plus ancienne liste conservée des ouvrages d'Aristote ait été élaborée par un savant alexandrin; si tel est bien le cas, celui-ci devait se fonder en partie sur un classement, d'origine péripatéticienne, des écrits du philosophe. - L'édition et les pinakes d'Andronicus de Rhodes marquent un tournant dans l'étude de l'aristotélisme. - Avec Andronicus commence l'époque des commentaires; ceux-ci ne sont pas, en tant que tels, des créations ex nihilo; ils ont comme modèles lointains les commentaires à divers auteurs, dont Homère, conçus et réalisés par les grands philologues alexandrins. - Les méthodes proprement philologiques, également créées par l'érudition alexandrine, ont été appliquées par les commentateurs au texte d'Aristote. Dès avant Alexandre d'Aphrodise, ceux-ci pratiquaient ce que nous appelons aujourd'hui la critique des textes; ils mentionnaient et interprétaient les leçons de plusieurs manuscrits; le cas échéant, ils s'efforçaient d'améliorer, par des conjectures diverses, un énoncé qu'ils trouvaient fautif ou peu satisfaisant. - Enfin, la critique dite supérieure a laissé des traces assez nombreuses dans l'oeuvre des commentateurs. Nous apprenons ainsi que l'authenticité de plusieurs livres avait été contestée, surtout en raison de prétendues divergences doctrinales avec l'aristotélisme authentique. L'hypothèse a aussi été avancée que tel livre ne serait pas à sa place là où nous le trouvons, qu'il n'aurait pas été terminé par Aristote ou nous serait arrivé incomplet. Dans leur ensemble, les commentateurs que nous lisons se montrent très conservateurs et rejettent unanimement ces vues souvent hypercritiques. Parfois, ils se fondent sur des points de doctrine assez précis pour montrer qu'une athétèse était sans fondement. Il leur arrive aussi, à l'occasion, d'exploiter les renvois d'un livre à un autre. Mais la plupart du temps, ils se contentent de constatations générales assez subjectives et dépourvues de preuves concrètes: la teneur d'un livre et son style en montreraient bien l'origine aristotélicienne. Sans aucun doute, l'oeuvre d'Aristote leur était familière, et leur intuition ne les trompait pas. Il n'empêche que nous aurions aimé qu'ils nous fournissent plus de précisions sur ce que, par exemple, ils tenaient pour caractéristique du style aristotélicien. A cet égard, nous restons sur notre faim, et c'est assez dommage." (pp. 143-144)

     

  50. Moraux Paul, "Diogène Laërce et le Peripatos," Elenchos.Rivista di Studi sul Pensiero Antico 7: 245-294 (1986).

     

  51. Moreau Joseph. Aristote et son école. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1962.

     

  52. Pfeiffer Rudolf. History of classical scholarship. I. From the beginnings to the end of the Hellenistic age. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1968.

     

  53. Plezia Marian. De Andronici Rhodii studii aristotelicis. Krakow: Polska Akademia 1946.

     

  54. Plezia Marian. De Hermippi Vita Aristotelis. In Charisteria Thaddaeo Sinko quinquaginta abhinc annos amplissimis in philosophia honoribus ornato ab amicis collegis discipulis oblata. Edited by Kumaniecki Kazimierz. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne 1951. pp. 271-287

     

  55. Plezia Marian, "Supplementary remarks on Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition," Eos.Commentarii Societatis Philologue Polonorum 51: 241-249 (1961).

     

  56. Plezia Marian, "De Ptolemaeo pinacographo," Eos.Commentarii Societatis Philologue Polonorum 63: 37-42 (1975).

     

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