Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, On Dizziness and on Fatigue

William Fortenbaugh, Robert Sharples, Michael Sollenberger (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2002
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-12890-3 (ISBN)

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Three treatises on human physiology by Artistotle's pupil Theophrastus are newly edited and translated. A commentary accompanies each treatise, as do indices of words and subjects. Thre treatises relate to the medical and philosophical literature of the period.

This volume contains modern editions of three physiological treatises by Theophrastus of Eresus, who was Artistotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School.
The treatises are concerned with human phenomena of sweat, dizziness and fatigue, and exhibit close ties to the contemporary medical literature.
The Greek text of each treatise is based on a new reading of the principal manuscripts. The text is accompanied by an apparatus of parallel text and variant readings. The excerpts of Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, are printed below the Theophrastean text in order to facilitate comparison. An English translation appears opposite the Greek text. There are brief notes to the translation, and a fuller commentary follows. Indices of important words and topics and a selective bibliography complete each edition.

William W. Fortenbaugh, Ph.D. (1964) in Classics, University of Pennsylvania, is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Rutges University. He has published on various Peripatetic topics including Artistotle on Emotion (1975), founded Project Theophrastus and written Quellen zur Ethik Theophrasts (1984). Robert W. Sharples, Ph.D. (1978) in Classics, University of Cambridge, is Professor of Classics at University College London. He has published commentaries on works by Plato, Cicero, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Boethius. He has also published commentaries on Theophrastean biology (1995) and physics (1998). Michael G. Sollenberger, Ph.D. (1984) in Classics, Rutgers University, is Professor of Foreign Languages at Mount St. Mary's College, Maryland. He has published on the Peripatetic Lives of Diogenes Laertius and was the primary contributor to the vita section of the Theophrastean Source book (1992).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2002
Reihe/Serie	Theophrastus of Eresus ; 93
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	653 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	90-04-12890-5 / 9004128905
ISBN-13	978-90-04-12890-3 / 9789004128903
Zustand	Neuware