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Tudomány és irodalom a hellenizmus korában
Science and literature in the age of Hellenism

Author(s): Miklós Maróth
Subject(s): Ancient World, Greek Literature, Ancient Philosphy, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Aristotle; De mundo; exoteric books; philosophy; rhetoric;

Summary/Abstract: Researchers long have been concerned about the authorship of De mundo that was falsely ascribed to Aristotle. The article argues that it was a mistaken starting point to look for the anonymous author in an ancient Greek school of philosophy, because the book should have been written in a school of rhetoric. It is not a philosophical, but rather a rhetoric work. The view which became widespread in later ages that Arsitotle wrote esoteric and exoteric works, needs a reinterpretation in the knowledge of the tradition of schools of rhetoric: the so-called exoteric books should have been written in schools of rhetoric, and they were already attributed in that tradition to Aristotle. These works are the well-known books of Pseudo-Aristotle: De mundo, Secreta secretorum, etc.

  • Issue Year: 58/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-14
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian