2017
DOI: 10.1163/15685284-12341334
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A Battle Against Pain? Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Physiologoi in Aspasius, On Nicomachean Ethics 156.14-20

Abstract: Aspasius, In en 156.14-22, commenting on en 7.14, 1154b7-9, reports that Theophrastus joins Aristotle’s battle against the so-called physiologoi in trying to disprove their belief in the ubiquity of pain. I argue that there are theoretical and exegetical difficulties in Aspasius’ comment which have not been noticed by scholars and cannot be fixed by textual emendation. In fact, In en 156.14-22 can be regarded neither as a reliable interpretation of Aristotle, nor as an authentic source for Theophrastus’ though… Show more

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“…Cf. also Cheng (2017), who takes the statement that the living being always suffers as a mere 'report' of the position of the physiologoi, which he qualifies as 'strange' , 'obscure' , 'idiosyncratic' , 'counter-intuitive' and 'extra-ordinary' , and which he considers to have 'absurd' consequences. Cheng partly seems to follow Warren (2007), who also takes the statement that 'the living being always suffers' as merely being the position of the physiologoi, but who does recognize that 'Aristotle appears prepared to endorse their view' , even though Warren also considers it 'odd' .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Cf. also Cheng (2017), who takes the statement that the living being always suffers as a mere 'report' of the position of the physiologoi, which he qualifies as 'strange' , 'obscure' , 'idiosyncratic' , 'counter-intuitive' and 'extra-ordinary' , and which he considers to have 'absurd' consequences. Cheng partly seems to follow Warren (2007), who also takes the statement that 'the living being always suffers' as merely being the position of the physiologoi, but who does recognize that 'Aristotle appears prepared to endorse their view' , even though Warren also considers it 'odd' .…”
Section: 21mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For a broader context of the problem of pain in Aristotle and his ancient commentators, see Cheng (2017Cheng ( , 2018aCheng ( , 2018bCheng ( , and 2019.…”
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