Simplicius - (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Charles Brittain & Tad Brennan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published by Duckworth in 2002.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>'[Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted to direct the will, to purify the heart, and to confirm the understanding, by a just confidence in the nature both of God and man.'</i><br/>Edward Gibbon<br/><i></i><br/><i>'This book, written by a "pagan" philosopher, makes the most Christian impression conceivable. The betrayal of all reality through morality is here present in its fullest splendour - pitiful psychology, the philosopher is reduced to a country parson. And Plato is to blame for all of it! He remains Europe's greatest misfortune!'</i><br/>Fredrich Nietzsche <br/><br/>Of these two rival reactions the favourable one was most common. Epictetus' <i>Handbook</i> on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century. <br/>The commentary gives us a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas, adding Neoplatonist accounts of theology, theodicy, providence, free will and the problem of evil. <br/>This translation of the Commentary on the <i>Handbook</i>is published in two volumes. This is the first, covering chapters 1-26; the second covers chapters 27-53.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Charles Brittain is Associate Professor at the Department of Classics, Cornell University. <br>Tad Brennan is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Yale University.</p>
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