Aëtiana V

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Aëtiana V is written by Jaap Mansfeld and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004428356 (ISBN 10) and 9789004428355 (ISBN 13).

A new reconstruction and text of the 'Placita' of Aëtius (ca. 50 CE), accompanied by a full commentary and an extensive collection of related texts. This compendium, arguably the most important doxographical text to survive from antiquity, is known through the intensive use made of it by authors in later antiquity and beyond. Covering the entire field of natural philosophy, it has long been mined as a source of information about ancient philosophers and their views. It now receives a thorough analysis as a remarkable work in its own right. This volume is the culmination of a five-volume set of studies on Aëtius (1996-2020).