The So-called Eighth Stromateus by Clement of Alexandria
The So-called Eighth Stromateus by Clement of Alexandria: Early Christian Reception of Greek Scientific Methodology by Matyáš Havrda
English | 2016 | ISBN: 9004310088 | 374 Pages | PDF | 4.8 MB
English | 2016 | ISBN: 9004310088 | 374 Pages | PDF | 4.8 MB
The so-called eighth Stromateus ( liber logicus ) by Clement of Alexandria (d. before 221 C.E.) is an understudied source for ancient philosophy, particularly the tradition of the Aristotelian methodology of science, scepticism, and the theories of causation. A series of capitula dealing with inquiry and demonstration, it bears but few traces of Christian interests. In this volume, Matya Havrda provides a new edition, translation, and lemmatic commentary of the text. The vexing question of the origin of this material and its place within Clement s oeuvre is also addressed. Defending the view of liber logicus as a collection of excerpts made or adopted by Clement for his own (apologetic and exegetical) use, Havrda argues that its source could be Galen s lost treatise On Demonstration."