The Peripatetics: Aristotle's Heirs 322 BCE - 200 CE

The Peripatetics: Aristotle's Heirs 322 BCE - 200 CE
ISBN-10
1317514955
ISBN-13
9781317514954
Category
History
Pages
190
Language
English
Published
2016-12-08
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Han Baltussen

Description

The Peripatetics explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or whether there was a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with Hellenistic schools of thought, and the shift in focus among Greek philosophers in a changing political landscape. It is the first book of its kind to provide a survey of this important philosophical tradition.

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