Barlaam of Seminara on Stoic Ethics

Text, Translation, and Interpretative Essays
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-16-159527-1
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Latin, 238 Seiten, fadengeheftete Broschur, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Dieser Band enthält eine kritische Ausgabe und Übersetzung von Barlaam von Seminaras Traktat Ethik nach den Stoikern aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert sowie eine Reihe von interpretierenden Essays, die den Inhalt und den Kontext erläutern. Barlaams Traktat bietet eine radikal andere Darstellung der stoischen Theorie der Emotionen als sie bisher aus anderen Quellen bekannt war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barlaam

Hogg Jr., Charles R.

Sellars, John

Hogg, Charles R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Barlaam of Seminara
Southern Italy
Constantinople
Debates with Dominicans
The Hesychast Controversy
Diplomacy and Expulsion
Naples and Avignon
Gerace
2. The Ethica secundum Stoicos
The Text of ESS
Authorship
Sources
The Plan of the Work

I. Text and Translation
Note on the Text
Table of Chapter Headings
Text
Translation

II. Interpretative Essays
Charles R. Hogg Jr.: The Role of Bodily and External Goods for Happiness in Book 1
1. Introduction
2. Aristotle on External Goods and Happiness
3. Aristotle on Virtue, Emotions, and External Goods
4. Aristotle: Some Critical Comments
5. Barlaam on External Goods and Happiness
6. The Stoic Definition is Demonstrated (ESS 1.2-14)
7. The Peripatetic Definition is Refuted (ESS 1.15-25)
8. The Place of Advantages in the Happy Life (ESS 1.26-29)
9. Conclusion: Some Critical Thoughts

John Sellars: The Stoic Theory of Emotions in Book 2
1. The Stoic Soul (ESS 2.1)
2. Three Mental Traits (ESS 2.2)
3. Varieties of Will (ESS 2.3-4)
4. An Eightfold Division of Mental States (ESS 2.5-9)
5. The Standard Stoic Account of Emotions (ESS 2.10-11)
6. Two Fourfold Accounts Combined (ESS 2.11)
7. Constantia and e?p??e?a? (ESS 2.12)
8. The Full Account (ESS 2.13)
9. Comments on Theophrastus (ESS 2.13-14)
10. Overcoming Emotional Disturbances (ESS 2.15-16)

John Sellars: The Reception of Stoic Ethics in the Middle Ages
1. Stoic Ethics in Late Antiquity
2. Stoicism in Byzantium
3. The Latin Middle Ages
4. The Twelfth Century: Peter Abelard and William of Conches
5. The Thirteenth Century: Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas
6. The Fourteenth Century: Jean Buridan
7. Petrarch and Stoic Ethics

Über Autor(innen)

Sellars, John
Born 1971; Reader in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Hogg Jr., Charles R.
Born 1956; Senior Affiliate Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale (MI).