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LCL · Greek

Placita

by Aetius the Doxographer

The doxographical handbook summarising the opinions of the Greek philosophers on nature, the source behind much of what later antiquity knew of them.

The Edition

Original language
Greek

Publication

Series volume
555
Date published
2023-12-12
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
624 pages
ISBN-13
9780674997592

Reference

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Contents

  • PREFACE
  • GENERAL INTRODUCTION
    • 1. The Compendium
      • 1.1 The Lost Original and Its Author
      • 1.2 Reconstruction of the Original Text
      • 1.3 Title, Structure, and Contents
      • 1.4 Chapters and Lemmata: The Role of Dialectic
      • 1.5 Origins and Anterior Traditions
      • 1.6 Purpose, Contemporary Context, and Later Reception
    • 2. History and Reconstruction of the Text
      • 2.1 The Witnesses to the Text
        • 2.1.1 Ps.-Plutarch and His Tradition
        • 2.1.2 Stobaeus
        • 2.1.3 Theodoret and Other Witnesses
      • 2.2 Previous Editions
        • 2.2.1 Diels’ Doxographi graeci
        • 2.2.2 Mansfeld and Runia Aëtiana V
    • 3. Guide to the Present Edition lix
      • 3.1 Introductions to Books I–V
      • 3.2 Text
      • 3.3 Translation
      • 3.4 Schematic Overview of the Tradition of the Placita
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • AETIUS, PLACITA
    • BOOK I: FIRST PRINCIPLES
      • Introduction
      • Text and Translation
    • BOOK II: COSMOLOGY
      • Introduction
      • Text and Translation
    • BOOK III: METEOROLOGY AND THE EARTH
      • Introduction
      • Text and Translation
    • BOOK IV: PSYCHOLOGY
      • Introduction
      • Text and Translation
    • BOOK V: PHYSIOLOGY
      • Introduction
      • Text and Translation
  • APPENDIX I: LIST OF CHANGES TO THE TEXT IN THIS EDITION
  • APPENDIX II: ADDITIONAL NOTES TO THE TEXT
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • INDEX OF NAME-LABELS AND OTHER NAMES