Aëtiana V: An Edition of the Reconstructed Text of the Placita with a Commentary and a Collection of Related Texts, Part 3. Book 4 Text and Commentary, Book 5 Text and Commentary

In 1879 The Young German Scholar Hermann Diels Published His Doxographi Graeci In Which The Major Doxographical Works Of Antiquity Are Collected And Analysed. Diels' Results Have Been Foundational For The Study Of Ancient Philosophy Ever Since. In Their Ground-breaking Study The Authors Focus On The Doxographer Aetius, Whose Work Diels Reconstructed From Various Later Sources. First They Examine The Antecedents Of Diel's Aetian Hypothesis. Then Diel's Theory And Especially The Philological Techniques Used In Its Formulation Are Subjected To Detailed Analysis. The Remainder Of The Volume Offers A Fresh Examination Of The Sources For Our Knowledge Of Aetius. Diel's Theory Is Revised And Improved At Significant Points. --book Jacket. I. The Sources : The Method And Intellectual Context Of A Doxographer -- Ii (in Two Parts). The Compendium -- Iii. Studies In The Doxographical Traditions Of Ancient Philosophy -- Iv. Papers Of The Melbourne Colloquium On Ancient Doxography -- V. An Edition Of The Reconstructed Text Of The Placita With A Commentary And A Collection Of Related Texts. Part 1. General Introduction ; Book 1. Text And Commentary. Part 2. Book 2. Text And Commentary. Book 3. Text And Commentary. Part 3. Book 4. Text And Commentary. Book 5. Text And Commentary. Part 4. English Translation ; Bibliography ; Indices. [edited] By J. Mansfeld And D. T. Runia. Volume 2, Part 2 Includes, Along With Extensive Commentary, The Reconstructed Greek Text (with Parallel English Translation) Of Book 2 Of The Placita Philosophorum, Also Known As The Compendium (greek Title: Peri Tōn Areskontōn Philosophois Physikōn Dogmatōn). Hermann Diels Used The Name Aëtius To Identify The Author Of This Work. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.