Author: SIMPLICIUS Title: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26
Description: London, Bloomsbury, 2014. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. viii, 184pp. Fine. Pristine first softbound edition of this volume in the "Ancient Commentators on Aristotle" series, covering the first half (a second volume, not included, covers 27-53). Notes rear wrapper, "Epictetus' 'Handbook' on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century." Simplicius of Cilicia (c. 480-c. 540 CE) was one of the last great Neoplatonists and most of his writings consist of commentaries on Aristotle's writings. .
Keywords: Religion Philosophy
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 51168
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