Comments or Commentary? Zeno of Citium and Hesiod's Theogonia

Algra, Keimpe

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“…1012), Demetrius of Laconia, a well-known Epicurean (ca. 100 BCE), discussed difficult passages (cruces) in important works by Epicurus (Sedley 1998: 70). poetry by Hesiod (Algra 2001), Homer (Long 1992) A more advanced stage can be seen in Peripatetic discussions of their philosophical predecessors. Aristotle's approach in preliminary passages of his Metaphysics A, On the Soul A, and Physics A, criticizing anterior views on the subject, seems to represent early attempts at interpreting the ideas of others within the systematic context of his own argument.…”

Section: From Exegesis To Commentarymentioning

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From Polemic to Exegesis: The Ancient Philosophical Commentary

Baltussen¹

2007

Poetics Today

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Commentary was an important vehicle for philosophical debate in late antiquity. Its antecedents lie in the rise of rational argumentation, polemical rivalry, literacy, and the canonization of texts. This essay aims to give a historical and typological outline of philosophical exegesis in antiquity, from the earliest allegorizing readings of Homer to the full-blown "running commentary" in the Platonic tradition (fourth to sixth centuries CE). Running commentaries are mostly on authoritative thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. Yet they are never mere scholarly enterprises but, rather, springboards for syncretistic clarification, elaboration, and creative interpretation. Two case studies (Galen 129-219 CE, Simplicius ca. 530 CE) will illustrate the range of exegetical tools available at the end of a long tradition in medical science and in reading Aristotle through Neoplatonic eyes, respectively.

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Section: From Exegesis To Commentarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…See Hadot 1987, Mansfeld 1994 53. Aristotle had already indicated the sequence in which to conduct the study of nature in his Meteorology A.1 (see Hadot 1987, Algra 1995. 54.…”

Section: Simplicius's Use Of Alexander Of Aphrodisiasmentioning

confidence: 99%