Clearchus of Soli: Text, Translation, and Discussion (Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities)

ISBN 10: 0367706814 / ISBN 13: 9780367706814

Published by Routledge, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clearchus of Soli: Text, Translation, and Discussion (Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367706814
• ISBN 13: 9780367706814
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 35 ounces

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Synopsis

This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new studies examining key aspects of Clearchus’ thought.

Clearchus, from Soli on the island of Cyprus, was an Aristotelian philosopher and cultural historian active in the later fourth and early third centuries BCE. A versatile thinker and prolific author, he wrote on a wide range of subjects. Although none of his works survive, he is cited extensively by later authors. Topics addressed in this volume include his accounts of souls during sleep, educational traditions, forms of love, luxurious living, sage maxims and other traditional sayings, aquatic wildlife, lunar phenomena, and his relation to Plato and Platonism.

Clearchus of Soli will interest both students and scholars of ancient Greek history, philosophy and science, and especially anyone interested in Aristotle and his circle, Hellenistic literature and culture, or Greek cultural history generally.

About the Author

Robert Mayhew is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Seton Hall University.

David C. Mirhady is Professor in the Department of Humanities at Simon Fraser University.

Tiziano Dorandi is Director of Research at the Centre Jean Pépin, Centre National de la Recherche CNRS/ENS/PSL Villejuif/Paris.

Stephen White is Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.