William W Fortenbaugh
Biographic Data
| ID | 987657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William W Fortenbaugh |
| GIVEN NAMES | William W |
| FAMILY NAME | Fortenbaugh |
| SIGNATURE | FORTENBAUGH W W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Theophrastus on Delivery
“For the doctrine of delivery (hypokrisis) the work of Theophrastus was epoch-making.” This is the judgment of Kroll in his article on rhetoric, 1 and from one point of view it is certainly correct. Earlier work on the subject was neither plentiful nor inclusive. Prior to Aristotle, delivery had been ignored by rhetoricians (Arist. Rhet. 1403b21), 2 and while the subject had lately become part of dramatic and rhapsodic art (Rhet. 3.1 1403b22-23),…
Theophrastus of Eresus
Cicero’s Knowledge of the Rhetorical Treatises of Aristotle and Theophrastus
This chapter discusses whether the prose rhythm contained in the Omtor exhibits a significant improvement in Cicero’s knowledge of Aristotelian and Theophrastean treatises. The De oratore was written in 55 B.C., as much as thirty-five years after the De inventione. It is a dialogue, not a treatise. It is longer, far more carefully written and generally regarded as Cicero’s major contribution to rhetorical studies. Yet in regard to Aristotle and T…
Cicero's Knowledge of the Peripatos
Cicero is best known for his political speeches. His Catilinarian orations are regularly studied in third or fourth year Latin; his self-proclaimed role as savior of the Republic is much discussed in courses on Roman history. But, however fascinating such material may be, there is another side to Cicero which is equally important and only now receiving the attention it deserves. This is Cicero's interest in Hellenistic thought. As a young man he …
Theophrastus
Demetrius of Phalerum
"Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 355-280BCE) of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman. He studied in the Peripatos under Theophrastus and subsequently used his political influence to help his teacher acquire property for the Peripatetic school. As overseer of Athens, his governance was characterized by a decade of domestic peace. Exiled to Alexandria in Egypt, he became the adviser of Ptolemy. He is said to have been in charge of legislation, and it is …
Eudemus of Rhodes
Aristo of Ceos
Dicaearchus of Messana
"Dicaearchus of Messana (fl. c. 320 b.c.) was a peripatetic philosopher. Like Theophrastus of Eresus, he was a pupil of Aristotle. Dicaearchus's life is not well documented. There is no biography by Diogenes Laertius, and what the Suda offers is meager. However, it can be ascertained that a close friendship existed between Aristoxenus and Dicaearchus as both are mentioned as personal students of Aristotle. Dicaearchus lived for a time in the Pele…
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics
Arius Didymus on Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics
Preface Contributors 1 Didymus' Epitome of Peripatetic Ethics, Household Management, and Politics: An Edition with Translation Georgia Tsouni 2 The Quest for an Author David E. Hahm 3 Moral in Didymus' Epitome of Peripatetic Ethics William W. Fortenbaugh 4 Intrinsic Worth of Others in the Peripatetic Epitome, Doxography C Stephen A. White 5 Two Conceptions of Primary Acts of Virtue in Doxography C Jan Szaif 6 Bodily and External Goods in Relation…
Theophrastus of Eresus, Commentary Volume 9.2
This volume concerns Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. The focus is twofold. First, it deals with discoveries and inventions, both useful and pleasurable, and more generally changes that transformed the way people live. Theophrastus wrote a work entitled On Discoveries, which may be regarded as cultural history. Second, the volume focuses on proverbs: familiar sayings containing useful truths that ha…
Theophrastus of Eresus, Commentary
Cicero's Letter to Atticus 2.16
In Ad Atticum 2.16, Cicero speaks of a great controversy between Theophrastus and Dicaearchus. Consideration of context (literary and political) makes clear that the controversy is the creation of Cicero
Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1
Interest in Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School, has increased considerably since the 1992 publication of Theophastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Works, Thought and Life. Now comes an extensive commentary on the ethical sources. It considers Theophrastus in relation to Aristotle, to other members of the Peripatos and to the Stoic philosophers who became Theophrastus' rivals. Special attention is gi…
Biography and the Aristotelian Peripatos
Cicero, De finibus 5.86
All editors from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day have deemed De finibus 5.86 corrupt. In particular, they have transposed the words ut ait Theophrastus, and done so without good reason. Left in place, the words recall a turning point in a Theophrastean dialogue (On Happiness) similar to that in which they occur in Cicero's De finibus
Aristotle’s Platonic Attitude Toward Delivery
In his introduction to Book 3 of the Rhetoric, Aristotle touches briefly on delivery (hypokrisis). He recognizes its power (1403b21), says that the subject belongs as much to rhetoric as to poetics (1403b21-27) and makes special mention of voice. Good delivery, he explains, is a matter of using one's voice correctly in regard to different emotions: using a loud, soft, or in-between voice, a high, low, or intermediate pitch, and various rhythms (1…
Aristotle and Theophrastus on the Emotions
Fortenbaugh here revisits his 1975 study, Aristotle on Emotion, incorporating the contributions of Theophrastus to the Peripatetic synthesis of analyses of the emotions. He modifies earlier views, adding new analyses and illustrative material, replying to criticisms of his positions. A.P.
Aristotle's Practical Side
Aristotle
Aristotle's Practical Side
"This volume focuses on Aristotle's practical philosophy. His analysis of emotional response takes pride of place. It is followed by discussion of his moral psychology: the division of the human soul into emotional and deliberative parts. Moral virtue is studied in relation to emotion, and animals are shown to lack both emotion and virtue. Different kinds of friendship are analyzed, and the effects of vehemence, i.e., temperament are given specia…
Cicero as a Reporter of Aristotelian and Theophrastean Rhetorical Doctrine
This article is based on a general principle: the study of a fragmentary author should begin with a study of the sources. The particular subject is Cicero as a source for Theophrastus' rhetorical doctrine. The works On Invention, On the Orator andOrator are considered one after the other. The reliability of Cicero is tested by comparing what is said about Aristotle with what we read in the existingRhetoric. Grounds for caution will be found. In t…
Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 8
This volume is a commentary on the rhetorical and poetic texts collected in the second volume of Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought, and Influence. The commentary begins with a discussion of the ancient and medieval sources from which the texts are drawn. Next comes discussion of the titles of Theophrastus' works on rhetoric and poetics. After that each text is discussed individually. In sum, Theophrastus is shown to …
Cicero, On Invention 1.51–77
In On Invention, Cicero discusses both induction and deduction. In regard to the latter, Cicero presents a controversy between those who advocate a five-part analysis of deductive reasoning and those who prefer three parts. The issue is not practical or pedagogical, but conceptual in nature. Cicero himself prefers analysis into five parts, and rather confusingly he presents the argument of the advocates of five parts as if it were his own. The ar…
Cicero's Knowledge of the Peripatos
Cicero is best known for his political speeches. His Catilinarian orations are regularly studied in third or fourth year Latin; his self-proclaimed role as savior of the Republic is much discussed in courses on Roman history. But, however fascinating such material may be, there is another side to Cicero which is equally important and only now receiving the attention it deserves. This is Cicero's interest in Hellenistic thought. As a young man he …
Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 8
This volume is a commentary on the rhetorical and poetic texts collected in the second volume of Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought, and Influence. The commentary begins with a discussion of the ancient and medieval sources from which the texts are drawn. Next comes discussion of the titles of Theophrastus' works on rhetoric and poetics. After that each text is discussed individually. In sum, Theophrastus is shown to …
Cicero's Letter to Atticus 2.16
In Ad Atticum 2.16, Cicero speaks of a great controversy between Theophrastus and Dicaearchus. Consideration of context (literary and political) makes clear that the controversy is the creation of Cicero
Aristotle's Analysis of Friendship
Both the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics discuss friendship (philia) in detail and both recognize several kinds of friendship: the association of morally good men, the association of pleasure seekers and the association of men seeking their own advantage. Furthermore, both ethical treatises are quite clear that this difference in kind is not to be explained in terms of simple, unmitigated equivocity. Friendships are not like capes whic…
"Menander's "Perikeiromene
Tά πρòς τò τελoς and Syllogistic Vocabulary in Aristotle's Ethics1
The Philosophers of Greece
Aristotle's Categories and De Interpretatione. With Notes
Plato Phaedrus 235C3
Nicomachean Ethics, I, 1096 b 26-29
Aristoteles, Ueber Die Tugend
Aristoteles, Eudemische Ethik
Aristote, Du ciel
Recent Scholarship on the Psychology of Aristotle
A Note on De Anima 412b19-20
Moral Knowledge and Its Methodology in Aristotle
Can the right to private property be claimed as one of the rights of mankind? This is the central question of this critical examination of the subject of private property. Jeremy Waldron contrasts two types of arguments about rights: those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property to freedom. He provides a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's Second Treatise and Hegel's Philosophy o…
Aristotle's Poetics
This reissue of Golden's highly regarded translation of Aristotle's Poetics, with commentary by O.B. Harrison, provides a comprehensive account of the principles of the Poetics and of the critical debates they have engendered. This volume was designed to meet the needs of students who are not proficient in Greek. (Literture Classics & Criticism)
Aristotle’s Rhetork on Emotions
Sokrates
"Menander's "Perikeiromene
Aristotle on Emotion
When on Emotion was first published it showed how discussion within Plato's Academy led to a better understanding of emotional response, and how that understanding influenced Aristotle's work in rhetoric, poetics, politics and ethics. The subject has been much discussed since then: there are numerous articles, anthologies and large portions of books on emotion and related topics. In a new epilogue to this second edition, W.W. Fortenbaugh takes ac…
Aristotle's Analysis of Friendship
Both the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics discuss friendship (philia) in detail and both recognize several kinds of friendship: the association of morally good men, the association of pleasure seekers and the association of men seeking their own advantage. Furthermore, both ethical treatises are quite clear that this difference in kind is not to be explained in terms of simple, unmitigated equivocity. Friendships are not like capes whic…
Aristotle on Prior and Posterior, Correct and Mistaken Constitutions
Der Lustbegriff in der Nikomachischen Ethik des Aristoteles
The Thirty-First Character Sketch
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics
Aristotle on Political Reasoning
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics
Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and ethics for classicists and philosophers. authors provide careful textual analysis of important passages by this synthesizer of the major schools of Greek thought. Essays include translations of major passages. Contents and Contributors: Charles H. Kahn, Arius as …
Protagoras and Logos
Why a study of Protagoras? -- Interpreting ancient fragments -- Toward an understanding of sophistic theories of rhetoric -- The two-logoi fragment -- The stronger and weaker logoi fragment -- The human-measure fragment -- The impossible to contradict fragment -- Protagoras and fifth-century education -- Protagoras versus Plato and Aristotle -- Protagoras' legacy to rhetorical theory.
Theophrastus of Eresus
As part of Project Theophrastus this volume covers the material related to Theophrastus’ work on logic. As Aristotle’s pupil, he largely followed his master, but made important changes in modal logic, and some of his innovations passed into medieval logic.
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