Theophrastus Metaphysics

With Introduction, Translation and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-04-09786-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 125, 676 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1338 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

This book has been written from the conviction that general statements about the philosophical position taken by Theophrastus in this small but extremely difficult treatise, can only be made on the basis of a detailed interpretation of each and every sentence of the text. This resulted in a full commentary, which evades no philological or philosophical question that should be asked in order to elicit from the text a maximum of information. The outcome is a cautious but nonetheless explicit and determinate characterization and evaluation of Theophrastean metaphysics as a biologist's metaphysics, which deserves the attention of philosophers in its own right.
The author has paid special attention to questions of Peripatetic idiom and terminology, thus increasing the value of this book to students of Peripatetic thought in general. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Theophrastus

Raalte, M van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Marlein van Raalte is a member of the Department of Greek in the University of Leiden. Her publications include Rhythm and Metre. Towards a Systematic Description of Greek Stichic Verse (1986).