Galen's De indolentia by Rothschild, Clare K.; Thompson, Trevor W.;

Essays on a Newly Discovered Letter

Series: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity; 88;

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Edition number 1
Publisher Mohr Siebeck
Date of Publication 1 August 2014

ISBN 9783161532153
Binding Paperback
No. of pages347 pages
Size 231x155x19 mm
Weight 536 g
Language English

Short description:

Im Jahr 2005 entdeckte ein französischer Doktorand Galens lange verlorene Abhandlung, De indolentia (Περὶ ἀλυπησίας / ἀλυπίας) oder Über die Vermeidung von Trauer in einer Klosterbibliothek in Thessaloniki. Dieser Band enthält eine völlig neue englische Übersetzung des Textes, eine Zusammenstellung aller Diskrepanzen der führenden kritischen Ausgaben des griechischen Textes und Beiträge von bedeutenden Wissenschaftlern zu den verschiedenen Aspekten des Textes. The recently discovered letter, De indolentia is a moral-philosophical treatise in which Galen describes his response to the fire in the city of Rome (192 CE) that destroyed a significant portion of his library and medicines. In addition to essays on important aspects of the text, this volume includes an English translation, a collation of leading critical editions, and an expansive bibliography.

Long description:

"Im Jahr 2005 entdeckte ein französischer Doktorand Galens lange verlorene Abhandlung, De indolentia (Περὶ ἀλυπησίας / ἀλυπίας) oder Über die Vermeidung von Trauer in einer Klosterbibliothek in Thessaloniki. De indolentia ist ein Brief an einen nicht genannten Empfänger, in dem Galen beschreibt, wie er auf das Feuer reagierte, das im Jahr 192 n.Chr. einen Großteil seiner Bibliothek sowie Medikamente zerstörte. Die Handschrift, im Kloster Vlatadon als Codex 14 katalogisiert, ist für Altertumswissenschaftler von unschätzbarem Wert. De indolentia wird Galens Schriften zur Moralphilosophie zugeordnet und liefert wichtige Hinweise auf die literarische Kultur des zweiten Jahrhunderts, darunter auch der Bibliothekskultur in der Antike. Er geht auch auf Themen ein, die von Interesse für Wissenschaftler auf dem Gebiet des antiken Christentums sind. Dieser Band enthält eine völlig neue englische Übersetzung des Textes, eine Zusammenstellung aller Diskrepanzen der führenden kritischen Ausgaben des griechischen Textes und Beiträge von bedeutenden Wissenschaftlern zu den verschiedenen Aspekten des Textes. In 2005 a French doctoral student discovered the long-lost treatise, De indolentia (Περὶ ἀλυπησίας/ἀλυπίας) or On the Avoidance of Distress in a monastic library in Thessalonica. De indolentia is a letter from Galen to an unspecified addressee in which he describes how he responded to the fire that destroyed much of his library and medicines in 192 CE. The manuscript, catalogued in the Vlatadon monastery as codex 14, is of unspeakable value to scholars of antiquity. Vivian Nutton characterizes the discovery as ""one of the most spectacular finds ever of ancient literature."" Scholarly consensus has established 192-193 CE as the most probable date of composition that,according to Galen, belonged to a group of writings he classified as moral philosophy. De indolentia provides important evidence for second-century literary culture covering a range of topics in this area of study, including Galen's aptitude for distinguishing genuine from false texts, his nuanced lexical debates with other physicians, and his prolific scholarly activity. The treatise also offers information about ancient library culture. Too often neglected in comparative studies of Early Christian literature, Galen's writings, particularly on moral philosophy, treat many of the same topics. Of particular interest to scholars of early Christian texts, De indolentia specifically addresses second-century use of parchment codices to preserve valuable texts, preserves some standard epistolary elements in the absence of others, has both private and publication aims in mind, and denotes a 'hermeneutics of self-interpretation' as crucial for understanding the text. This volume includes a brand new English translation of the text, a collation of all discrepancies among the leading critical editions of the Greek text, and essays by eminent Classicists and scholars in the field of early Christianity on different aspects of this fascinating new text."