Peripatetic philosophy, 200 BC to AD 200: an introduction and collection of sources in translation

Abstract

Introduction 1. People 2. The rediscovery of Aristotle's works? 3. A Hellenistic account of Aristotle's philosophy 4. Philosophy and rhetoric 5. The starting-point and parts of philosophy 6. Commentaries: logic and ontology 7. The categories: (i) placement and title 8. The categories: (ii) words or things or words as signifying things? 9. The categories: (iii) per se and relative: ten categories or two? 10. The categories: (iv) time and place 11. On interpretation 12. Ontology: form and matter 13. Logic 14. Theory of knowledge. Ethics 15. An account of Peripatetic ethics: Stobaeus, 'doxography C' 16. Emotions 17. The primary natural things: oikeiosis 18. Bodily and external goods and happiness. Physics 19. The nature of time and place 20. The eternity of the world 21. The heavens 22. God and providence 23. Fate, choice and what depends on us 24. Soul 25. Generation 26. Sensation 27. Intellect Bibliography Index of sources Index of passages cited Index of personal names (ancient) General index.