Protrepticus (Aristotle)
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Protrepticus is the title of a work by Aristotle
that survives only in fragments. Since the 19th century, when inquiry was initiated by Jakob Bernays
(1863), several scholars have attempted to reconstruct the work. Attempted reconstructions include:
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
that survives only in fragments. Since the 19th century, when inquiry was initiated by Jakob Bernays
Jakob Bernays
Jakob Bernays was a German philologist and philosophical writer.-Life:Bernays was born in Hamburg to Jewish parents...
(1863), several scholars have attempted to reconstruct the work. Attempted reconstructions include:
- A 1961 book by Ingemar Düring
- A 1964 book by Anton-Hermann Chroust
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External links
- Downloadable reconstruction of Protrepticus (Hutchinson & Johnson)