Medieval Greek commentaries on the Nicomachean ethics / / edited by Charles Barber, David Jenkins.

• TeilnehmendeR: Barber, Charles, 1964-; Jenkins, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters 101.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Given the enduring importance of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics , it is remarkable to find that there is no extensive surviving commentary on this text from the period between the second century and the twelfth century. This volume is focused on the first of the medieval commentaries, that produced in the early twelfth century by Eustratios of Nicaea, Michael of Ephesus, and an anonymous author in Constantinople. This endeavor was to have a significant impact on the reception of the Nicomachean Ethics in Latin and Catholic Europe. For, in the mid-thirteenth century, Robert Grosseteste translated into Latin a manuscript that contained these Byzantine commentators. Both Albertus Magnus and Bonaventure then used this translation as a basis for their discussions of Aristotle's book. Contributors are George Arabatzis, Charles Barber, Linos Benakis, Elizabeth Fisher, Peter Frankopan, Katerina Ierodiakonou, David Jenkins, Anthony Kaldellis and Michele Trizio.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / C.E. Barber and D. Jenkins -- Classical Scholarship In Twelfth-Century Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis -- The Literary, Cultural And Political Context For The Twelfth-Century Commentary On The Nicomachean Ethics / Peter Frankopan -- Aristotelian Ethics In Byzantium / Linos G. Benakis -- Neoplatonic Source-Material In Eustratios Of Nicaea’s Commentary On Book VI Of The Nicomachean Ethics / Michele Trizio -- Eustratios Of Nicaea’s ‘Definition Of Being’ Revisited / David Jenkins -- Eustratios Of Nicaea On The Separation Of Art And Theology / Charles Barber -- The Anonymous Commentary On Nicomachean Ethics VII: Language, Style And Implications / Elizabeth A. Fisher -- Michael Of Ephesus On The Empirical Man, The Scientist And The Educated Man (In Ethica Nicomachea X And In De Partibus Animalium I) / George Arabatzis -- Some Observations On Michael Of Ephesus’ Comments On Nicomachean Ethics X / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- Bibliography / C.E. Barber and D. Jenkins -- Index / C.E. Barber and D. Jenkins.