Revisiting Aristotle’s Fragments : : New Essays on the Fragments of Aristotle’s Lost Works / / ed. by António Pedro Mesquita, Simon Noriega-Olmos, Christopher John Ignatius Shields.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Falcon, Andrea,; Hildebrandt, Ronja,; Mayhew, Robert,; Megino, Carlos,; Moore, Christopher,; Pedro Mesquita, António,; Petrova, Maya,; Rheins, Jason G.,; Shields, Christopher,; Verhasselt, Gertjan,
• HerausgeberIn: Mesquita, António Pedro,; Noriega-Olmos, Simon,; Shields, Christopher John Ignatius,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde , 388
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 304 p.)

The philosophical and philological study of Aristotle fragments and lost works has fallen somewhat into the background since the 1960’s. This is regrettable considering the different and innovative directions the study of Aristotle has taken in the last decades. This collection of new peer-reviewed essays applies the latest developments and trends of analysis, criticism, and methodology to the study of Aristotle’s fragments. The individual essays use the fragments as tools of interpretation, shed new light on different areas of Aristotle philosophy, and lay bridges between Aristotle’s lost and extant works. The first part shows how Aristotle frames parts of his own understanding of Philosophy in his published, 'popular' work. The second part deals with issues of philosophical interpretation in Aristotle’s extant works which can be illuminated by fragments of his lost works. The philosophical issues treated in this section range from Theology to Natural Science, Psychology, Politics, and Poetics. As a whole, the book articulates a new approach to Aristotle’s lost works, by providing a reassessment and new methodological explorations of the fragments.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. Philosophy and Philosophical Perspectives in Aristotle’s Fragments -- What is Philosophy in the Protrepticus? -- Aristotle’s Philosophêmata -- On the Role of the Platonic Interlocutor in Aristotle’s Dialogue On Philosophy -- Aristotle on Wine and Intoxication -- II. Philosophical Problems in Light of Aristotle’s Fragments -- The Lost On Philosophy and Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy -- Athenaeus’ Deipnosophistae 7 and Aristotle’s Lost Zoïka or On Fish -- In Dialogue about Harmony -- The Spurious Fragments of a Supposed Aristotelian Argument from Design -- Aristotle’s Lost Dialogue On Good Birth and Kingship as the Best Regime -- Did Homer Nod Off? Aristotle and Homeric Problem-Solving -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Index of Names