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Author:
Searby, Denis M. (Uppsala University, Department of Classical Philology)
Title:
Aristotle in the Greek gnomological tradition
Department:
Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Languages, Department of Classical Philology
Publication type:
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Language:
English
Place of publ.:
Uppsala
Publisher:
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
Pages:
314
Series:
Studia Graeca Upsaliensia, ISSN 0562-2743; 19
Year of publ.:
1998
URI:
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155
Permanent link:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155
ISBN:
91-554-4167-X
Subject category:
Classical philology
Research subject:
Greek
Keywords(en) :
Classical philology - general, anthology, apophthegm, Aristotle, chreia, Chreiae of Aristotle, CorpusParisinum, Diogenes Laertius, florilegium, gnome, gnomology, Gnomologium Parisinum Ineditum, Gnomologium Vaticanum, Greek gnomological tradition, LociCommunes, maxim, ps.-Maximus, Stobaeus, wise sayings
Keywords(sv) :
Klassiska språk - allmänt
Abstract(en) :

This dissertation consists of a new collection of maxims and apophthegms associatedwith Aristotle in the Greek gnomologies along with an introduction to the sources and acommentary on the content of the sayings. The major sources have been DiogenesLaertius, the anthology of Stobaeus, Gnomologium Vaticanum and related collections,cod. Par. gr. 1168 (Corpus Parisinum) and cod. Bodl. Digby 6, the Loci Communes ofps.-Maximus the Confessor and related anthologies, the Florilegium Atheniense, and thegnomology of Joannes Georgides. The introductory chapters concern the definition andhistory of the gnomological tradition, the investigation of the extant sources, the problemof multiple attributions, possible explanations for the title The Chreiae of Aristotle foundin Stobaeus, and the different ways Aristotle makes his appearance in the tradition. Thecollection of sayings is based on Greek sources alone, but frequent references are made tothe Latin and Arabic traditions, and Appendices I and IV offer a sampling of the material to be found in these traditions. Appendix VI shows the sources of the so-calledGnomologium Parisinum Ineditum. The commentary dwells primarily on the attributionto Aristotle and the possible Aristotelian content of the sayings while at the same timerelating the sayings to the gnomological tradition as a whole.

Public defence:
1998-05-19, Lecture hall 1, Ekonomikum, Uppsala, Uppsala, 10:15
Degree:
degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Available from:
1998-04-28
Created:
2006-03-19
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