Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
About the Book Series
ADVISORY BOARD:
Han Baltussen, University of Adelaide, Australia
Tiziano Dorandi, CNRS, France
Myrto Hatzimichali, University of Cambridge
Oliver Hellmann, Trier University, Germany
Robert Mayhew, Seton Hall University, USA
Stefan Schorn, KU Leuven, Belgium
Georgia Tsouni, University of Crete, Greece
Stephen A. White, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Arnaud Zucker, Université Côte d’Azur, France
This series, often referred to by the acronym RUSCH, grew out of Project Theophrastus, an international undertaking, whose purpose has been to collect, edit and comment on the surviving works and fragments of Theophrastus of Eresus, Aristotle’s pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. To foster this endeavor a series of conferences were established that focused on subjects relevant to Theophrastus. The proceedings of these conferences were deemed worthwhile in their own right and under the direction of Professor William Fortenbaugh were published as volumes of RUSCH. Initially the volumes were closely related to work on Theophrastus, but in time the focus widened to included Theophrastus’ colleagues and successors in the Peripatos. Currently the volumes collect and edit the relevant texts, offer an English translation, and provide discussion of important issues. They contribute to our knowledge of philosophic developments within the Hellenistic Period, when the Academy and the Peripatos, the school of Aristotle, were challenged by the founding of new schools including the Stoics and the Epicureans.
Demetrius of Phalerum: Text, Translation and Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By William W. Fortenbaugh, Eckart Schütrumpf
February 05, 2018
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 ...
Eudemus of Rhodes
1st Edition
By István Bodnár, William W. Fortenbaugh
February 05, 2018
Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE. When Aristotle died, having chosen Theophrastus as his successor, Eudemus returned to Rhodes where it appears he founded his own school. His contributions to logic were significant: he took issue with Aristotle...
Heraclides of Pontus: Text and Translation
1st Edition
Edited
By Eckart Schutrumpf
February 05, 2018
Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea. He studied with Aristotle in Plato's Academy, and became a respected member of that school. During Plato's third trip to Sicily, Heraclides served as head of the Academy and was almost elected its head on the death of Speusippus. His ...
Lyco of Troas and Hieronymus of Rhodes: Text, Translation, and Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen White, William W. Fortenbaugh
February 05, 2018
Volume 12 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. It focuses on two Peripatetic philosophers who lived in the third century BCE, when Stoicism and Epicureanism flourished. Lyco of Troas was the third head of the Peripatos after Aristotle. Hieronymus of Rhodes ...
Heraclides of Pontus: Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By William W. Fortenbaugh, Elizabeth Pender
October 06, 2017
Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea. He studied with Aristotle in Plato's Academy, and became a respected member of that school. During Plato's third trip to Sicily, Heraclides served as head of the Academy and was almost elected its head on the death of ...
Aristoxenus of Tarentum: Texts and Discussion
1st Edition
By Carl Huffman
September 28, 2017
Aristoxenus of Tarentum was reported to have been bitterly disappointed when Theophrastus was chosen instead of him to succeed Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic School. He had a truly phenomenal output of some 453 volumes, most of which survive only in fragments. He was the most famous music...
Praxiphanes of Mytilene and Chamaeleon of Heraclea: Text, Translation, and Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrea Martano, Elisabetta Matelli, David C. Mirhady
September 28, 2017
This installment of the distinguished RUSCH series focuses on two Peripatetic philosophers of the fourth and third centuries BCE: namely, Chamaeleon and Praxiphanes, both of whom were associated with Theophrastus, Aristotle's successor as head of the Peripatetic School. Chamaeleon and Praxiphanes ...
Strato of Lampsacus: Text, Translation and Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By Marie-Laurence Desclos, William W. Fortenbaugh
September 28, 2017
Volume 16 of Transaction's acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle. The subject of this volume is Strato of Lampsacus in Mysia on the Hellespont. Strato was the third head of the Peripatetic School ...
Aristo of Ceos: Text, Translation, and Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By William W. Fortenbaugh, Stephen A. White
July 26, 2017
Volume 13 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. Volume 9 featured Demetrius of Phalerum, Volume 10, Dicaearchus of Messana, Volume 11, Eudemus of Rhodes, and Volume 12, both Lyco of Troas and Hieronymus of Rhodes. Now Volume 13 turns our attention to Aristo of...
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus
1st Edition
By William W. Fortenbaugh
July 30, 2002
Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics for classicists and philosophers. The authors provide careful textual analysis of ...