The So-Called Eighth Stromateus by Clement of Alexandria

Early Christian reception of Greek scientific methodology

Matyáš Havrda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

388 Seiten

2016
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-31008-7 (ISBN)

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The so-called eighth Stromateus is a series of excerpts on inquiry, demonstration, scepticism, and causal theory, made or adopted by Clement of Alexandria. This book provides a translation and commentary of the text and a study of its origin and purpose.

The so-called eighth Stromateus (‘liber logicus’) by Clement of Alexandria (d. before 221 C.E.) is an understudied source for ancient philosophy, particularly the tradition of the Aristotelian methodology of science, scepticism, and the theories of causation. A series of capitula dealing with inquiry and demonstration, it bears but few traces of Christian interests.

In this volume, Matyáš Havrda provides a new edition, translation, and lemmatic commentary of the text. The vexing question of the origin of this material and its place within Clement’s oeuvre is also addressed. Defending the view of ‘liber logicus’ as a collection of excerpts made or adopted by Clement for his own (apologetic and exegetical) use, Havrda argues that its source could be Galen’s lost treatise On Demonstration.

Matyáš Havrda, Ph.D. (2000), Charles University Prague, is a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has published studies on Clement of Alexandria and Galen and edited the collection of essays The Seventh Book of The Stromateis (Brill, 2012).

Contents

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction. The Riddle of the ‘Eighth Stromateus’: Questions and Solutions
Ancient and Byzantine Testimonies
Composition and Contents
Modern Interpretations
Liber logicus

The So-Called Eighth Stromateus (‘Liber logicus’) by Clement of Alexandria: Greek Text, Translation, and Commentary
Prefatory Note to the Greek Text and Translation
Greek Text and Translation
Commentary
(i) 1, 1–2, 5: ‘Seek and You Will Find’
(ii) 3, 1–(iii) 8, 3: Teaching on Demonstration
(iii) 8, 4–(v) 15, 1: Method of Discovery
(v) 15, 2–16 3: Suspension of Judgement i
(vi) 17, 1–21, 6: Division and Definition
(vii) 22, 1–4: Suspension of Judgement ii
(viii) 23, 1–24, 9: Categories
(ix) 25, 1–33, 9: Causes

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects and Names
Index of Sources

Erscheinungsdatum	13.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Philosophia Antiqua ; 144
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch; Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-31008-8 / 9004310088
ISBN-13	978-90-04-31008-7 / 9789004310087
Zustand	Neuware