A Note on the Platonist Boethus: In Light of New Evidence from the Syriac Tradition

IF 0.1 3区历史学 0 CLASSICS

PHILOLOGUS Pub Date : 2022-05-11 DOI:10.1515/phil-2022-0101

Tian Ge

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Abstract

Abstract This article re-examines the identity and chronology of the lexicographer Boethus, by analyzing three pieces of evidence. It is argued that the lexicographer Boethus is a Middle Platonist flourishing in the late first or early second century, who believed in the transmigration of souls and was engaged in exegesis of Plato. In particular, this article draws attention to a testimony on Boethus from a newly discovered treatise preserved in Syriac, which is identified as Porphyry’s On Principles and Matter.

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柏拉图派勃修斯注解:根据叙利亚传统的新证据

摘要本文通过分析三个证据，重新审视了词典编纂者Boethus的身份和年代。有人认为，词典编纂者Boethus是一世纪末或二世纪初兴盛的中柏拉图主义者，他相信灵魂的轮回，并从事柏拉图的注释工作。特别是，这篇文章引起了人们对一篇新发现的保存在叙利亚文的论文中关于Boethus的证词的注意，这篇论文被认为是斑菲利的《论原则和物质》。

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PHILOLOGUS CLASSICS-

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