Priscian
by Huby, Pamela
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- The sixth century diffusion of Greek Neoplatonism -- Priscian and the Athenian philosophers' refuge with King Khosroes in Persia -- Khosroes' interest in Greek philosophy and freedom of discussion -- The Athenians' move from Khosroes in Ctesiphon -- The need for retrotranslation back to the original Greek from the surviving Latin translation -- Who was respo…
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- Full title :Priscian
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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- The sixth century diffusion of Greek Neoplatonism -- Priscian and the Athenian philosophers' refuge with King Khosroes in Persia -- Khosroes' interest in Greek philosophy and freedom of discussion -- The Athenians' move from Khosroes in Ctesiphon -- The need for retrotranslation back to the original Greek from the surviving Latin translation -- Who was responsible for the unintelligibilities in the Latin?
The contributors to overcoming the unintelligibilities of the Latin -- Notes -- Priscian Answers to King Khosroes of Persia Translation -- Preface -- Chapter 1 [About the Soul, and Especially the Human] -- Whether the soul is a substance or an accident? -- That the soul is incorporeal38 -- That the soul is separate from the body and turned to itself -- [Three closely connected arguments about the soul]63 -- [Differences among the souls] -- [In what way is the soul joined to the body and through what kind of conjunction?] -- Chapter 2 [On Sleep]108
Chapter 3 [On Dreams as a Source of Prophecy]142 -- Chapter 4 [Astronomy and Climate] -- [Why in every latitude there are four turning points in the solar year?]178 -- [On the five zones that are said by the wise of this time to occupy the earth 189] -- Chapter 5 [On the Efficacy of Contrary Medical Prescriptions]236 -- Chapter 6 [The Tides]254 -- Chapter 7 [How Elemental Bodies get Displaced Up and Down from their Natural Places]382 -- Chapter 8 [How Location Affects the Character of Living Things]449 -- Chapter 9 [Why do Things in a Good Universe Harm Each Other?]522
Chapter 10 [Of What is the Wind Made and Where Does its Motion Come From?]574 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Latin Glossary -- Latin-English Index -- Latin-Greek Index -- Subject and Name Index
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- Publication Date:2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 Online-Ressource (177 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781472584137, 1472584139
- oclc:on1020702419
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