Scrinium Classical Antiquity

DUBBINK, J.H., Studia Plotiniana. Onderzoek naar enige grondgedachten van het stelsel van Plotinus. Muusses, Purmerend, 1943. XI,99p. Theses. Sewn. Head back bit worn. Diss. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. € 31.50 (Antiquarian)

DUNS SCOTUS, J., Abhandlung über das erste Prinzip. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von W. Kluxen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1974. XXV,261p. Paperback. Hand written to spine: Kluxen. Some small pen underlinings on pp.19-23, 136,163-66, 191-92, and 256. Series: Texte zur Forschung, Band 20. Im vorliegenden Traktat gibt Johannes Duns Scotus (ca.1265-1308) die abschließende systematische Darstellung seiner philosophischen Gotteslehre. Dabei handelt es sich nicht nur um den vielleicht bedeutendsten Beitrag eines scholastischen Theologen zum Problem des Gottesbeweises, sondern vor allem um die Entfaltung eines historisch neuen Ansatzes der Metaphysik, der in der Geschichte dieser Disziplin Epoche gemacht hat. Das Verständnis des Textes, dessen wissenschaftliche Technizität besondere Schwierigkeiten macht, sucht der Herausgeber durch eine Übersetzung und einen ausführlichen philosophische-didaktischen Kommentar zu erschließen. (Publisher's information). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

DÜRING, I., Aristoteles. Darstellung und Interpretation seines Denkens. Winter, Heidelberg, 1966. XV,679p. Cloth. Gilt stamped. Series: Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, neue Folge, 1.Reihe. Nice copy. ‘Altogether there is in D.’s book no lack of valuable ideas and fruitful suggestions, and no reader, provided he keeps his critical faculties constantly in operation, will fail to profit from it.’ (FRIEDRICH SOLMSEN in gnomon, 1967, p.672). € 60.00 (Antiquarian)

DZIELSKA, M., Hypatia of Alexandria. Translated by F. Lyra. Harvard University Press, Cambrindge (Mass.) / London, 1996. 3rd impr. X,157p. Paperback. Ex libris glued to free endpaper. Series: Revealing Antiquity, 8. 'The survey is divided into three sections: The Literary Legend of Hypatia, Hypatia and her Circle, and The Life and Death of Hypatia. (...) This book is a splendid corrective to the myths about Hypatia and deserves to be read by anyone studying ancient gender or her time period. It joins an increasing number of books which aim to deconstruct received images of ancient women. (...) Thanks to D. we can now distinguish and appreciate appearance and reality in the story of this influential, if enigmatic philosopher.' (RICHARD HAWLEY in The Classical Review (New Series, 1996, pp.119-120). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

EASTERLING, P.E., and B.M.W. KNOX, (eds.), The Cambridge History of Classical Literature. Vol.I, part 3: Philosophy, History and Oratory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1994. Reprint 1st ed.1985. X,218p. Paperback. Edges a bit (rust) stained. Pages yellowed due to paper quality. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

EBREY, D., (ed.), Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 2017. 1st paperback ed. VIII,261p. Paperback. 'How are Aristotle’s scientific treatises related to his thoughts on metaphysics and the methodology of the sciences? Generations of scholars have taken these to be largely independent. The Posterior Analytics formalizes scientific reasoning as a series of syllogisms with premises derived from definitions; the biological writings contain few definitions and are free of explicit syllogisms. Further, Aristotle rarely works through how any of his more abstruse metaphysical speculations are employed in biological and other scientific works. In recent decades, however, it has become clearer how Aristotle’s thought as a theoretical philosopher is integrated with his scientific research. There is no clean separation between Aristotle’s empirical research and more general investigations into knowledge and nature, which fall more squarely into what we recognize as philosophy. The two are implicated in each other and are to some extent inseparable. As its title indicates, the present volume contains new scholarship along these lines. A common theme is that longstanding misinterpretations of Aristotelian theory are due to a failure to appreciate the mutual implications that hold between Aristotle’s own practice as a natural scientist and what we would consider his more philosophical work. The volume as a whole aims to correct such purported misinterpretations. Not all readers will find all the proposed corrections here equally convincing, but not a single paper is less than intriguing, and the volume advances the project of understanding how Aristotle’s work hangs together as a whole.(...) Ebrey and his contributors deserve thanks for showing new ways to appeal to Aristotle’s practice to shed light on his theory, and vice versa. (...) Ebrey and his contributors deserve thanks for showing new ways to appeal to Aristotle’s practice to shed light on his theory, and vice versa.' (OWEN GOLDIN in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.02.37). € 27.50 (New)

ECK, J. van, Een tuin in het heelal. Een filosofische vertelling. SUN, Nijmegen, 1996. 79p. Paperback with dust wrps. Een subtiele, in een aan Louis Couperus herinnerende taal gestelde confrontatie met de antieke wijsheid. (Publisher's information). € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

ECKSTEIN, J., The Deathday of Socrates. Living, dying, and immortality. The theater of ideas in Plato's Phaedo. With translation of the Phaedo into English by B. Jowett (4 th rev.ed.) Columbia Publishing Company, Frenchtown, 1981. X,285p. Paperback. € 17.00 (Antiquarian)

EGERMANN, FR., Vom attischen Menschenbild. And: Arete und tragische Bewusstheit bei Sophokles und Herodot. Arno Press, New York, 1979. Photomechanical reprint eds.1952/57. 162,128p. Imitation leather bound. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Nice copy. (Rare thus).From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

ENGEL, S.M., Wittgenstein's Doctrine of the Tyranny of Language. An Historial and Critical Examination of his Blue Book. With an Introduction by St. Toulmin. Nijhoff, The Hague, 1971. XVII,144p. Sewn. Front cover a bit creased. ‘Engel’s main thesis is that Wittgenstein derived certain of his most important doctrines from Kant and Schopenhauer, especially that language has limitations that lead to philosophical confusions. (…) Engel presents many passages from Kant and Schopenhauer aligned with passages from Wittgenstein that are strikingly similar. This is impressive. After Engel’s review of the most important secondary works on Wittgenstein, with their paucity of references or comparisons between Wittgenstein and classic philosophers, we can appreciate the need for Engel’s book. However, Engel proves less that Wittgenstein was directly influenced by Kant and Shopenhauer than that there are some striking similarities. (…) Engel’s subtitle is misleading. The ‘Blue Book’ is less central an object of concern than suggested. (…) consequently, though he is to be praised for bringing forward often neglected or unnoticed similarities of Wittgenstein to Kant and Schopenhauer, other professed aims of Engel’s book are both poorly drawn and executed.’ (MARTINA A. BERTMAN in Philosophy and Rhetoric, 1975, pp.131-33). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)