A Battle Against Pain? Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Physiologoi in Aspasius, on Nicomachean Ethics 156.14-20

Cheng, W.; Cheng, W

doi:10.1163/15685284-12341334

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A Battle Against Pain? Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Physiologoi in Aspasius, on Nicomachean Ethics 156.14-20

Cheng, W.

Phronesis 62(4): 392-416

2017

ISSN/ISBN: 0031-8868

DOI: 10.1163/15685284-12341334
Accession: 080948146

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Aspasius, In en 156.14-22, commenting on en 7.14, 1154b7-9, reports that Theophrastus joins Aristotle's battle against the so-called physiologoi in trying to disprove their belief in the ubiquity of pain. I argue that there are theoretical and exegetical difficulties in Aspasius' comment which have not been noticed by scholars and cannot be fixed by textual emendation. In fact, In en 156.14-22 can be regarded neither as a reliable interpretation of Aristotle, nor as an authentic source for Theophrastus' thought.

A Battle Against Pain? Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Physiologoi in Aspasius, on Nicomachean Ethics 156.14-20

Cheng, W.

Phronesis 62(4): 392-416

2017

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