Description
Book SynopsisEudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE. When Aristotle died, having chosen Theophrastus as his successor, Eudemus returned to Rhodes where it appears he founded his own school. His contributions to logic were significant: he took issue with Aristotle concerning the status of the existential is, and together with Theophrastus he made important contributions to hypothetical syllogistic and modal logic. He wrote at length on physics, largely following Aristotle, and took an interest in animal behavior. His histories of geometry, arithmetic, and astronomy were of great importance and are responsible for much of what we know of these subjects in earlier times.Volume 11 in the series Rutgers Studies in Classical Humanities is different in that it is composed entirely of articles that discuss Eudemus from a variety of viewpoints. Sixteen scholars representing seven nations have contributed essays to the volume. A special essay by Dimitri Gut
Table of Contents
1: Eudemus in the Arabic Tradition 1; 2: Eudemus and the Peripatos; 3: Qualche Aspetto Controverso della Biografia di Eudemo di Rodi; 4: Eudemus’ Work On Expression; 5: Did Aristotle Reply to Eudemus and Theophrastus on Some Logical Issues?; 6: Eudemus’ Physics: Change, Place and Time; 7: Wehrli’s Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius ‘Commentary On Aristotle’s Physics; 8: Continuity and Coherence in Early Peripatetic Texts; 9: Eudemus’ Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121–123b Wehrli; 10: Phantasia, Thought and Science in Eudemus; 11: Eudemus the Naturalist; 12: Eudemus and the History of Science; 13: Eudemus’ History of Mathematics; 14: Eudemus’ History of Early Greek Astronomy: Two Hypotheses; 15: Eudemus Fr. 145 Wehrli and the Ancient Theories of Lunar Light; 16: On Eudemus Fr. 150 (Wehrli)
