Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1 Philosophia Antiqua A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy PreviousEditors J.H. Waszink† W.J. Verdenius† J.C.M. Van Winden Editedby K.A. Algra F.A.J. De Haas J. Mansfeld C.J. Rowe D.T. Runia Ch. Wildberg VOLUME123 Theophrastus of Eresus Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought and Influence Commentary Volume 6.1 Sources on Ethics Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1 Sources on Ethics by William W. Fortenbaugh, with Contributions on the Arabic Material by Dimitri Gutas LEIDEN•BOSTON 2011 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2007295680 ISSN: 0079-1687 ISBN: 9789004194229 Copyright2011byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. for HerwigGörgemanns Scholar,Betreuer,Friend CONTENTS Preface ................................................................. ix I.Introduction ......................................................... 1 II.TheSources ......................................................... 9 . AuthorsIncludingPseudonymiandAnonymiArranged Chronologically ................................................ 10 . Greek,LatinandItalianAnthologies,Gnomologiesand OtherCollections .............................................. 94 . Lexicographers................................................. 109 . Scholia.......................................................... 113 . CatalogueofBooks ............................................ 116 . ArabicSources ................................................. 118 III.TitlesofBooksno.–,no.,no.–, no.,no.– ................................................ 121 IV.TheTexts ........................................................... 235 . WritingsonEthics,no.,,, ........... 235 . Emotions,,–,,-,A–I,, –,A–B,A ...................................... 245 . VirtueandViceA–B,.,– .................... 297 . Education,ExhortationandCensure–A–B, –,–A–B,–............................. 351 . Happiness–,A–B, ............................ 377 . TheWiseManandMarriage–....................... 408 . FortuneandGoodsandEvilsoutsidetheSoul– ..... 418 . Fate,NatureandtheDeathofCallisthenes– ......... 458 . Wealth–,–,– ......................... 478 . Kindness,HonorandVengeance– ................... 505 . JusticeA–B, ........................................... 541 . NaturalRelationship,A–D ........................... 550 . Friendship– ........................................... 575 viii contents . Flattery–............................................... 631 . Pleasure– .............................................. 637 . Eros–,–,–A–B ....................... 660 . Wine–A–B,.–,–A–B .................. 706 V.Summary............................................................ 739 VI.BibliographyofModernLiterature ............................... 751 VII.IndicestotheTitlesandTexts.................................... 769 . ImportantWords............................................... 769 Greek ........................................................... 769 Latin............................................................ 785 Italian........................................................... 792 Arabic .......................................................... 792 . TitlesofBooks ................................................. 795 TheophrasteanGreek .......................................... 795 Latin............................................................ 796 Arabic .......................................................... 796 Non-TheophrasteanGreek .................................... 796 Latin............................................................ 796 . Gods,Persons,GroupsofPeopleandPlacesNamedor ReferredtoinGreek,LatinorArabicTexts................... 797 VIII.IndicestotheCommentary ..................................... 805 . PassagesCitedinChaptersII–V............................... 805 . SubjectsDiscussedinChaptersII–V.......................... 867 IX.CorrigendaandAddendaintheText-TranslationVolumes ..... 875 . The“Ethics”sectionandtextsreferredtofromthatsection.. 875 . Referencesintheindices....................................... 878 PREFACE WiththepublicationofthiscommentarymyworkonTheophrastushas comefullcircle.In,QuellenzurEthikTheophrastswaspublishedby Grüner Verlag as volume in the series Studien zur antiken Philoso- phie. The book contains a collection of the ethical fragments of Theo- phrastus(quotations,paraphrases,reportsetc.)togetherwithacommen- taryinGerman.Forthebriefesttime,IthoughtthatImightmoveonto entirely newchallenges; certainly Iwould notwritea secondcommen- tary on Theophrastus’ ethics. Of that idea I was quickly disabused, for havingorganizedateamofscholars,whowerecommittedtocollecting, translatingandcommentingonallthefragmentsofTheophrastus—often referredtoasProjectTheophrastus—itsoonbecameclearthatarational divisionoftaskswouldnotletmewalkawayfromethics.Tobesure,par- ticipationinthislargerprojectwouldleadmeintonewfields,inpartic- ular,rhetoricandpoetics,butatthesametimeIbecamethepersonpri- marilyresponsibleforrevisingtheethicalfragmentsthathadbeenpub- lishedinQuellen.Inaddition,itfelltometoprovideatranslation,which was missing in Quellen, and to write a commentary that took account of our new and fuller collection of fragments. Now some twenty-seven years after the publication of Quellen, I have no regrets, for fragments missing in Quellen have been identified and included, the apparatus of paralleltextshasbeenimproved,thesameistrueoftheapparatusofvari- antreadings,andafacingtranslation(Greek,LatinandArabictextson the left, English on the right) has been added. These improvements are nowavailableinthetwovolumeworkTheophrastusofEresus:Sourcesfor HisLife,Writings,ThoughtandInfluence(Brill,reprint). The present commentary is considerably longer than that found in Quellen.Thatishardlysurprising,giventheyearsthatseparatethetwo works. Texts not found in Quellen have been commented upon, new ideas set forth in the scholarly literature have been incorporated, and old ideas have been revised. Sometimes a comment has been dropped asmarginalandothertimesasmistaken.Inmakingthesestatements,I amnotrecommendingthatallcopiesofQuellenbedestroyed.Thereare timeswhenIfounditeconomicaltorefertoQuellenregardingmaterial