Demetrius of Phalerum: Text, Translation and Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume IX

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Routledge, 1999

0765800179 / 9780765800176

Serie: Buch 4 von 12 - Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities

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Black cloth to boards with white lettering to spine. Very good dust jacket has a scratch to the rear lower lefthand corner. Twenty pages has marginalia in pencil from the late Professor Peter Green. Includes concordances, index of Demetrian texts, index of passages sited and an index of names. 464 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 355-280BCE) of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman. He studied in the Peripatos under Theophrastus and subsequently used his political influence to help his teacher acquire property for the Peripatetic school. As overseer of Athens, his governance was characterized by a decade of domestic peace. Exiled to Alexandria in Egypt, he became the adviser of Ptolemy. He is said to have been in charge of legislation, and it is likely that he influenced the founding of the Museum and the Library. This edition of the fragments of Demetrius of Phalerum reflects the growing interest in the Hellenistic period and the philosophical schools of that age. As a philosopher-statesman, Demetrius appears to have combined theory and practice. For example, in the work On Behalf of the Politeia, he almost certainly explained his own legislation and governance by appealing to the Aristotelian notion of politeia, that is, a constitution in which democratic and oligarchic elements are combined. In On Peace, he may have defended his subservience to Macedon by appealing to Aristotle, who repeatedly recognized the importance of peace over war; and in On Fortune, he will have followed Theophrastus, emphasizing the way fortune can determine the success or failure of sound policy. Whatever the case concerning any one title, we can well understand why Cicero regarded Demetrius as a unique individual: the educated statesman who was able to bring learning out of the shadows of erudition into the light of political conflict, and that despite an oratorical style more suited to the shadows of the Peripatos then to political combat. The new edition of secondary reports by Stork, van Ophuijsen, and Dorandi brings together the evidence for these and other judgments. The facing translation which accompanies the Greek and Latin texts opens up the material to readers who lack the ancient languages, and the accompanying essays introduce us to important issues. The volume will be of interest to those interested in Greek literature, Hellenistic philosophy, Hellenistic history, and generally to persons captivated by the notion of philosopher-statesman.

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Titel
Demetrius of Phalerum: Text, Translation and Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume IX
Autor
William W. Fortenbaugh (Editor), Eckart Schütrumpf (Editor)
Verlag
Routledge
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1999
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Very good
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Very good
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0765800179
ISBN-13
9780765800176
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Buch 4 von 12: Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
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