Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
The Reception of Aristotle in Antiquity / A. Falcon - In: Oxford Online Handbooks[s.l] : Oxford University Press, 2015. - ISBN 9780199935314. - pp. 1-13 [10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935314.013.54]
Abstract:
This essay offers an overview of the fortune of Aristotle’s philosophy in antiquity. It argues that the reception of Aristotle can be divided into a Hellenistic and a post-Hellenistic period. It also argues that the post-Hellenistic period, which begins in the first century BC, is characterized by a critical engagement with the text of Aristotle’s writings. This engagement took different forms, including that of the philosophical commentary. And yet even after the so-called return to Aristotle, certain aspects of his philosophy (most notably, his biology) remained at the margins of the philosophical tradition. For a full appreciation of these aspects, we have to go beyond antiquity.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Aristotle; Aristotelian; Peripatetic; Hellenistic; post-Hellenistic; physics; biology
Elenco autori:
A. Falcon
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Titolo del libro:
Oxford Online Handbooks