On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus [Paperback]

Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics for classicists and philosophers. The authors provide careful textual analysis of important passages by this synthesizer of the major schools of Greek thought. Essays include translations of major passages.Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics for classicists and philosophersI: General Papers; 1: Arius as a Doxographer; 2: The Diaeretic Method and the Purpose of Arius Doxography; II: Papers on Arius Treatment of Stoic Ethics; 3: Arius Didymus and the Exposition of Stoic Ethics; Comments on Professor Longs Paper; 4: On The Stoic Goods in Stobaeus, Eclogae 2; Comments on Professor Reesors Paper; 5: Two Problems Concerning Impulses; Comments on Professor Kerferds Paper; 6: Euempt?sia -Proneness to Disease; Comments on Professor Kidds Paper; III: Papers on Arius Treatment of Peripatetic Ethics; 7: Peripatetic Definitions of Happiness; Comments on Mrs. Hubys Paper; 8: The Peripatetic Classification of Goods; Comments on Dr. Sharpies Paper; 9: Oikei?sis in Arius Didymus; Comments on Professor G?rgemanns Paper; 10: Arius, Theophrastus, and the Eudemian Ethics; Comments on Professor Fortenbaughs Paper With Special Attention to PathosUS? 1983 Taylor & Francis