PHIL 515 Before Printing: The Establishment and Transmission of Ancient and Medieval Philosophical Texts
After looking at some Latin and Greek Manuscripts in the library, we will reflect on how editors establish a text and how a text is transmitted. Our main case study will be Aristotle's De anima. After examining the three main editions (Ross' two editions and Siweck), we will consider how the text was transmitted via the Greek commentators, the Arabic and Latin translations and commentaries. Prerequisite: some Greek or Latin.