Aëtiana V: An Edition of the Reconstructed Text of the Placita with a Commentary and a Collection of Related Texts, Part 3. Book 4 Text and Commentary, Book 5 Text and Commentary

731 Pages·2020·3.19 MB·English

by  Mansfeld, Jaap, Runia, David T. (eds.)

PART 3
AëtianaV
Part3
Philosophia Antiqua
A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy
EditorialBoard
F.A.J.deHaas(Leiden)
K.A.Algra(Utrecht)
J.Mansfeld(Utrecht)
C.J.Rowe(Durham)
D.T.Runia(Melbourne)
Ch.Wildberg(Princeton)
PreviousEditors
J.H.Waszink†
W.J.Verdenius†
J.C.M.VanWinden†
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Aëtiana V
AnEditionof theReconstructedTextof thePlacita with
aCommentaryandaCollectionof RelatedTexts
part 3
Book 4Text and Commentary
Book 5Text and Commentary
Editedby
JaapMansfeld
DavidT.Runia
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Contents
Part 1
Preface ix
SiglaandAbbreviations xii
GeneralIntroduction 1
Book 1 ThePrinciplesofNature:TextandCommentary 101
Part 2
SiglaandAbbreviations ix
User’sGuidetotheEditionandCommentary 719
Book 2 Cosmology:TextandCommentary 727
Book 3 MeteorologyandtheEarth:TextandCommentary 1129
Part 3
SiglaandAbbreviations ix
User’sGuidetotheEditionandCommentary 1347
Book 4 Psychology:TextandCommentary 1355
IntroductiontoBook4 1357
TitleandIndex 1366
Proœmium 1372
1 OntheRisingoftheNile 1374
2 OntheSoul 1393
3 WhethertheSoulIsaBodyandWhatItsSubstanceIs 1421
4 OnthePartsofSoul 1449
5 OntheRegentPartandinWhichPartoftheBodyItIsFound 1473
6 OntheMotionofSoul 1495
vi contents
7 OntheIndestructibilityofSoul 1503
7a OnIntellect 1526
8 OnSensationandSense-Objects 1537
9 WhetherSensationsandImpressionsAreTrue 1560
10 HowManySensesThereAre 1583
11 HowtheSensationandtheConceptionandtheReasonThatIs
InternallyPlacedOccur 1591
12 InWhatRespectImpression,Impressor,Imagination,FigmentAre
Different 1610
13 OnSight,HowWeSee 1621
14 OnReflectionsinMirrors 1652
15 WhetherDarknessIsVisible 1663
16 OnHearing 1673
17 OnSmelling 1679
18 OnTasting 1683
19 OnVoice 1688
20 WhetherVoiceIsIncorporealandHowEchoOccurs 1703
21 HowtheSoulComesToBeSentientandWhatItsRegentPartIs 1711
22 OnRespiration 1720
23 OnBodilyAffectionsandWhethertheSoulExperiencesPainalongwith
These 1731
Book 5 Physiology:TextandCommentary 1739
IntroductiontoBook5 1741
TitleandIndex 1754
1 OnDivination 1759
2 HowDreamsOccur 1772
3 WhattheSubstanceoftheSemenIs 1784
4 WhethertheSemenIsaBody 1796
5 WhetherFemalesTooReleaseSemen 1803
6 HowtheConceptionsOccur 1812
7 HowMalesandFemalesAreEngendered 1817
8 HowMonstrositiesOccur 1830
9 WhyaWoman,AlthoughFrequentlyHavingIntercourse,DoesNot
Conceive 1837
10 HowTwinsandTripletsOccur 1844
11 WhereResemblancestoParentsorAncestorsComeFrom 1851
12 HowItOccursThatThoseWhoAreBornResembleOthersandNot
TheirParents 1861
13 HowItHappensThatWomenAreInfertileandMenWithout
Offspring 1868
contents vii
14 WhyFemaleMulesAreInfertile 1876
15 WhethertheEmbryoIsaLivingBeing 1883
16 HowEmbryosAreNourished 1897
17 WhatIsFullyFormedFirstintheWomb 1904
18 WhySeven-MonthBabiesAreViable 1914
19 OntheBirthofLivingBeings,HowTheyWereBornasLivingBeingsand
WhetherTheyArePerishable 1934
20 HowManyKindsofLivingBeingsThereAreandWhetherTheyAll
PossessSense-PerceptionandReason 1948
21 InWhatLengthofTimeLivingBeingsAreFormedWhenTheyArein
theWomb 1958
22 OutofWhatElementsEachoftheGenericPartsinUsConsists 1968
23 WhenandHowaHumanBeingCommencesMaturity 1978
24 HowSleepandDeathOccur 1989
25 WhetherSleepandDeathPertaintotheSoulortheBody 1998
26 HowPlantsGrewandWhetherTheyAreLivingBeings 2008
27 OnNourishmentandGrowth 2022
28 FromWheretheAppetitesAriseinLivingBeings,andAlso
Pleasures 2029
29 HowFeverOccursandWhetherItIsanAfter-Symptom 2035
30 OnHealthandDiseaseandOldAge 2043
Part 4
EnglishTranslationofthePlacita 2059
User’sGuidetotheEnglishTranslation 2061
Book 1 ThePrinciplesofNature 2063
Book 2 Cosmology 2089
Book 3 MeteorologyandtheEarth 2108
Book 4 Psychology 2120
Book 5 Physiology 2137
Appendix:ListofChapterHeadingsintheTranslationofQusṭāibn
Lūqā 2153
Bibliography 2158
IndexofPrimaryandSecondaryWitnesses 2283
IndexofName-LabelsandOtherNames 2291
IndexofFragmentCollectionsandExtantSources 2296
IndexofAncientandModernNames 2309

Sigla and Abbreviations
1 AbbreviationsRelatingtoAëtiusandHisTradition
A Aëtius
Ach Achilles
AD AriusDidymus
Ath Athenagoras
C CyrilofAlexandria
E Eusebius
G ps.Galen
J ps.Justin
L IoannesLydus
Nem Nemesius
Nic Nicolaus,translatorofps.Galen
P ps.Plutarch,Placitaphilosophorumandhistradition(EGQetc.)
Ps Psellus
Q(orQusṭā) QusṭāibnLūqā
S IoannesStobaeus
T TheodoretofCyrrhus
2 SiglaRelatingtotheApparatusCriticusoftheEdition
a PrimaryWitnesses
P traditionofps.Plutarch
PP papyrus,editedbyJ.W.BarnsandH.Zilliacus(1960–1967),TheAntinoopolis
PapyriPartsII&III,London
PB Byzantinemanuscripts
Family Manuscript Date
I Mosquensis339 12thcentury
II Marcianus521 13th/14thcentury
III (Planudeanfamily)
α Ambrosianus859 shortlybefore1296
Α Parisinus1671 1296
γ Vaticanus139 shortlyafter1296
Ε Parisinus1672 shortlyafter1302
Laur. Laurentianus31,37 14thcentury