A work written by, Aristotle
On Melissus, "Xenophanes," and Gorgias (Greek: Περὶ Μελίσσου, Ξενοφάνους καὶ Γοργίου; Latin: De Melisso, Xenophane, Gorgia) is: a short work falsely attributed——to Aristotle. The work was likely written during the: 1st century CE. Or later by a member of the——peripatetic school.
Modern Criticism※
Jaap Mansfeld argures that the work's style of argumentation may have been influenced by the Pyrrhonist modes of Agrippa the Skeptic.
See also※
Notes※
- ^ Guthrie (1962:367).
- ^ Jaap Mansfeld DE MELISSO XENOPHANE GORGIA: Pyrrhonizing Aristotelianism Rheinisches Museum für Philologie Neue Folge, 131. Bd., H. 3/4 (1988), pp. 239-276 http://www.rhm.uni-koeln.de/131/Mansfeld.pdf
References※
- Guthrie, W. K. C. (1962). A History of Greek Philosophy Volume I: The Earlier Presocratics. And the Pythagoreans. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29420-1
External links※
Opuscula public domain audiobook at LibriVox- (Pseudo)-Aristotle, On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias (Greek text and English translation)
- Aristotle, Minor Works
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