Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics, 1999
By: Alberti, Antonina (Ed.), Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.)
Title Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 1999
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher de Gruyter
Series Peripatoi
Volume 17
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Alberti, Antonina , Sharples, Robert W.
Translator(s)
This book comprises essays on the nature of Aspasius’ commentary, his interpretation of Aristotle, and his own place in the history of thought. The contributions are in English or Italian. Aspasius’ commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics is the earliest ancient commentary on Aristotle of which extensive parts survive in their original form. It is important both for the history of commentary as a genre and for the history of philosophical thought in the first two centuries A.D.; it is also still valuable as what its author intended it to be, an aid in interpreting the Ethics. All three aspects are explored by the essays. The book is not formally a commentary on Aspasius’ commentary; but between them the essays consider the interpretation of numerous problematic or significant passages. Full indices will enable readers quickly to locate discussion of particular parts of Aspasius’ work. This volume of essays will form a natural complement to the first ever translation of Aspasius’ commentary into any modern language, currently in preparation by Paul Mercken.

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An Introduction to Aspasius, 1999
By: Barnes, Jonathan, Alberti, Antonina (Ed.), Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.)
Title An Introduction to Aspasius
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1999
Published in Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics
Pages 1-50
Categories no categories
Author(s) Barnes, Jonathan
Editor(s) Alberti, Antonina , Sharples, Robert W.
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 50]: This paper has (at length) an end, not a conclusion. Since it is customary to round things off with a final banality, here is one: Aspasius has baked a dry pie — but a probing thumb will pull out a plum or two.

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Counting Plato's Principles, 1995
By: Sharples, Robert W., Ayres, Lewis (Ed.)
Title Counting Plato's Principles
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1995
Published in The Passionate Intellect. Essays on the Transformation of Classical Tradition
Pages 67-82
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Ayres, Lewis
Translator(s)
The classification of physical theories by the number of principles involved goes back to Aristotle, Physics 1.2; in a less formal way to Plato, Sophist 242cd; and perhaps even further to the period of the Sophists.1 It is still echoed in modem text-books on the Presocratics. What is perhaps less familiar is that, naturally enough, this approach was not in antiquity confined to the Presocratics. The present paper is concerned with ancient attempts to apply such an analysis to one no­ table successor of the Presocratics, namely Plato. It is greatly indebted to the work of scholars expert in the field, notably John Dillon and Harold Tarrant; but I hope that it may present familiar material in a new perspective, and, even if its main conclusion is highly speculative, stimulate further thought and debate on a period of the history of philosophy which, with some notable exceptions, has been too little studied as yet in English-speaking countries at least. [pp. 67 f.]

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An Introduction to Aspasius, 1999
By: Barnes, Jonathan, Alberti, Antonina (Ed.), Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.)
Title An Introduction to Aspasius
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1999
Published in Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics
Pages 1-50
Categories no categories
Author(s) Barnes, Jonathan
Editor(s) Alberti, Antonina , Sharples, Robert W.
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 50]: This  paper  has  (at  length)  an  end,  not  a  conclusion.  Since  it  is  customary  
to  round  things  off  with  a  final  banality,  here  is  one:  Aspasius  has  baked  
a  dry  pie  —  but  a  probing  thumb  will  pull  out  a  plum  or  two.  

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Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics, 1999
By: Alberti, Antonina (Ed.), Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.)
Title Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 1999
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher de Gruyter
Series Peripatoi
Volume 17
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Alberti, Antonina , Sharples, Robert W.
Translator(s)
This book comprises essays on the nature of Aspasius’ commentary, his interpretation of Aristotle, and his own place in the history of thought. The contributions are in English or Italian.

Aspasius’ commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics is the earliest ancient commentary on Aristotle of which extensive parts survive in their original form. It is important both for the history of commentary as a genre and for the history of philosophical thought in the first two centuries A.D.; it is also still valuable as what its author intended it to be, an aid in interpreting the Ethics. All three aspects are explored by the essays.

The book is not formally a commentary on Aspasius’ commentary; but between them the essays consider the interpretation of numerous problematic or significant passages. Full indices will enable readers quickly to locate discussion of particular parts of Aspasius’ work. This volume of essays will form a natural complement to the first ever translation of Aspasius’ commentary into any modern language, currently in preparation by Paul Mercken.

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Counting Plato's Principles, 1995
By: Sharples, Robert W., Ayres, Lewis (Ed.)
Title Counting Plato's Principles
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1995
Published in The Passionate Intellect. Essays on the Transformation of Classical Tradition
Pages 67-82
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Ayres, Lewis
Translator(s)
The classification of physical theories by the number of principles 
involved goes back to Aristotle, Physics  1.2; in a less formal way to 
Plato, Sophist 242cd; and perhaps even further to the period of the 
Sophists.1 It is still echoed in modem text-books on the Presocratics. 
What is perhaps less familiar is that, naturally enough, this approach 
was not in antiquity confined to the Presocratics. The present paper is 
concerned with ancient attempts to apply such an analysis to one no­
table successor of the Presocratics, namely Plato. It is greatly indebted 
to the work of scholars expert in the field, notably John Dillon and 
Harold Tarrant; but I hope that it may present familiar material in a new 
perspective,  and, even if its main conclusion is highly speculative, 
stimulate further thought and debate on a period of the history of philosophy which, with some notable exceptions, has been too little studied 
as yet in English-speaking countries at least. [pp. 67 f.]

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The present paper is \r\nconcerned with ancient attempts to apply such an analysis to one no\u00ad\r\ntable successor of the Presocratics, namely Plato. It is greatly indebted \r\nto the work of scholars expert in the field, notably John Dillon and \r\nHarold Tarrant; but I hope that it may present familiar material in a new \r\nperspective, and, even if its main conclusion is highly speculative, \r\nstimulate further thought and debate on a period of the history of philosophy which, with some notable exceptions, has been too little studied \r\nas yet in English-speaking countries at least. 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Others deal with ancient literary theory, history, poetry, and drama. Most of the papers deal with their subjects at some length and are significant contributions in their own right. The contributors to this collection include key figures hi contemporary classical scholarship, including: C. Carey (London); C. J. Classen (Gottingen); J. Dillon (Dublin); K. J. Dover (St. Andrews); W. W. Fortenbaugh (Rutgers); H. M. Hine (St. Andrews); J. Mansfeld (Utrecht); R. Janko and R. Sharpies (London); and J. S. Richardson (Edinburgh). This book will be invaluable to philosophers, classicists, and cultural historians. 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