Robert B. Todd Publications - IRCPS

ROBERT B. TODD: SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
1971
i. J.M. Rist, Stoic Philosophy, Classical News & Views 15 (1971) 44–6.
1972
1. “Epitêdeiotês in Philosophical Literature,” Acta Classica 15 (1972) 25–
35.
2. “Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Alexandrian Quaestiones II.12,”
Philologus 116 (1972) 293–305.
1973
1. “The Stoic Common Notions: A Reexamination and a Reinterpretation,”
Symbolae Osloenses 48 (1973) 47–75.
2. “Chrysippus on Infinite Divisibility (Diogenes Laertius 7.150),” Apeiron
7 (1973) 21–9.
3. “Alexander of Aphrodisias, de mixtione 11, 226.13: An Emendation,”
Hermes 101 (1973) 278–82.
1974
1. “Sunentasis and the Stoic Theory of Perception,” Grazer Beiträge 2
(1974) 251–62.
2. “Lexicographical Notes on Alexander of Aphrodisias’ Philosophical
Terminology,” Glotta 52 (1974) 207–15.
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1975
1. “The Four Causes: Aristotle's Exposition and the Ancients,” Journal of
the History of Ideas 37 (1976) 319–22.
2. “Alexander of Aphrodisias on de interpretatione 16a26–29,” Hermes 104
(1976) 40–6.
i. A.A. Long, Hellenistic Philosophy: Phoenix 29 (1975) 295–9.
1976
A. Alexander of Aphrodisias on Stoic Physics: A Study of the ‘De Mixtione’
with Preliminary Essays, Text, Translation and Commentary
(Philosophia Antiqua 28), E.J. Brill: Leiden, 1976; pp. xiv. 272.
1. “Galenic Medical Ideas in the Greek Aristotelian Commentators,”
Symbolae Osloenses 52 (1977) 117–34.
2. “Two Displaced Passages in Alexander of Aphrodisias’ de anima,”
Eranos 74 (1976) 28–31.
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1977
1. “Monism and Immanence: The Foundations of Stoic Physics,” 137–60 in
J.M. Rist (ed.), Stoicism (Modern Studies in Philosophy), University of
California Press: Berkeley, 1977.
2. “The Author of the De qualitatibus incorporeis: If not Albinus, who?”
L'Antiquité Classique 46 (1977) 198–204.
1980
1. “Some Concepts in Physical Theory in John Philoponus’ Aristotelian
Commentaries,” Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte 24 (1980) 151–70.
i. M.C. Nussbaum, Aristotle's “De motu animalium”: Phoenix 34 (1980) 352–5.
1981
1. “Themistius and the Traditional Interpretation of Aristotle’s Theory of
phantasia,” Acta Classica 24 (1981) 49–59.
2. “Socrates Dramatised: Georg Kaiser and Others,” Antike und Abendland
27 (1981) 116–29.
1982
1. “Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima 76.16,” Liverpool Classical
Monthly 7 (1982) 48–9.
2. “A Note on Francesco Patrizi’ Use of Cleomedes,” Annals of Science 39
(1982) 311–14.
3. “Cleomedes and the Stoic Concept of the Void,” Apeiron 16 (1982) 129–
36.
4. “Infinite Body and Infinite Void,” Liverpool Classical Monthly 7 (1982)
82–4.
1984
1. “Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Case for the Infinite Universe,
(Quaestiones III,12),” Eranos 82 (1984) 1–9.
2. “Philosophy and Medicine in John Philoponus’ Commentary on
Aristotle’s de anima,” 103–10 in J, Scarborough (ed.), Byzantine
Medicine (Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 [1984]).
1985
1. “The Title of Cleomedes’ Treatise,” Philologus 129 (1985) 250–61.
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1986
1. “The Manuscripts of John Pediasimus’ Quotations from Dio Cassius,”
Byzantion 56 (1986) 275–84.
2. “An Inventory of the Manuscripts of Cleomedes,” Scriptorium 40 (1986)
261–4.
i. R.W. Sharples, Alexander of Aphrodisias on Fate: Ancient Philosophy 5 (1986) 341–4.
ii. J. Duffy (ed.), Stephanus: A Commentary on the ‘Prognosticon’ of Hippocrates:
Journal of the History of Medicine and the Allied Sciences 41 (1986) 330–1.
1989
1. “The Stoics and their Cosmology in the First and Second Centuries AD,”
pp. 1365–78 in W. Haase (ed.), Aufstieg und Niedergang der
Römischen Welt, II.36.3 (1989).
i. F.H.Sandbach, Aristotle and the Stoics: Ancient Philosophy 8 (1989) 304–9.
1990
A. Cleomedis Caelestia, Teubner: Leipzig, 1990; pp. xxxi. 118.
B. With F.M. Schroeder, Two Greek Commentators on the Intellect
(Medieval Sources in Translation 33), Pontifical Institute of Medieval
Studies: Toronto, 1990; pp. xiii. 160. 1
i. C.Wilberg, (tr.) Philoponus Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World; and
Philoponus’ Critique of Aristotle's Theory of Ether; R. Sorabji (ed.), Philoponus
and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science: Classical Views/ Echos du Monde
Classique (hereafter = CV/EMC) ns 9 (1990) 70–4.
1991
1. “The Alleged Stoic Distinction between holon and pan,” Liverpool
Classical Monthly 16 (1991) 138–40.
i. W. Dooley (tr.), Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle: Metaphysics I: CV/EMC ns 10
(1991) 362–4.
1992
1. “Cleomedes,” Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum VII (1992)
1–11.
i. O. Temkin et al. (tr.), Soranus’ Gynaecology: Journal of the History of Medicine and
the Allied Sciences 47 (1992) 347–8.
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See A. Sheppard, Ancient Philosophy 14 (1994) 434–5; J. Opsomer and B. Sharples,
CQ 50 (2000) 252–6.
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1993
1. “The Manuscripts of the Pseudo–proclan Sphaera,” Revue d'Histoire des
Textes 33 (1993) 57–71.
i. M. Osler (ed.), Pneuma, Atoms, and Tranquillity: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance
History 14 (1993) 207–9.
1994
1. Balatasar Meliavacca, Andronicus Callistus and the Greek Aristotelian
Commentators in Fifteenth–Century Italy,” Italia Medioevale e
Umanistica 37 (1994) 67–75.
2. “Damianus,” Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques II (CNRS: Paris,
1994) 594–7.
i. W.D. Smith, Hippocrates: Pseudepigraphic Writings: Journal of the History of
Medicine and the Allied Sciences 49 (1994) 113–14.
1995
1. “Peripatetic Epistemology Before Alexander of Aphrodisias: The Case of
Alexander of Damascus,” Eranos 93 (1995) 122–8.
2. “Pietro Catena’s Vernacular Translation of the Pseudo–proclan Sphaera in
Context,” Physis 32 (1995) 105–7.
i. R. Sharples (tr.), Alexander of Aphrodisias: Quaestiones 2,16–3,15: Bryn Mawr
Classical Review [hereinafter BMCR] 6:3 (1995) 234–7.
ii. S. Cohen et al. (eds.), Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: BMCR 6:4 (1995) 288–
90.
iii. V. Barras et al. (tr.), Galien: l’âme et ses passions: BMCR 6:6 (1995) 465–7.
iv. C. Atherton, The Stoics on Ambiguity: CV/EMC ns 14 (1995) 439– 42.
1996
A. Themistius On Aristotle on the Soul (Ancient Commentators on
Aristotle), Duckworth & Cornell University Press: London and Ithaca,
1996; pp. 247.
1. “Henry and Thomas Savile in Italy,” Bibliothèque d’Humanisme et
Renaissance 68 (1996) 439–44.
2. “Sundioikizein: A Themistian Coinage (In de an. 37.35),” La Parola del
Passato 49 (1996) 457–8.
i. M. Share (ed.), Arethas of Caesarea’s Scholia: BMCR 7:1 (1996) 77–9.
1997
1. “An Inventory of the Greek Manuscripts of Themistius’ Aristotelian
Commentaries,” Byzantion 67 (1997) 268–76.
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2. “Cleomedes,” “Geminus”: Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy
(Westport, 1997), 147, 244–5.
i. P.Murray (ed.), Plato on Poetry: BMCR 8:2 (1997) 161–71.
1998
1. “A Note on the Genesis of E.R. Dodds’s The Greeks and the Irrational,”
Classical News and Views/ Echos du Monde Classique ns 17 (1998)
663–76.
2. “Cleomedes,” Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998), 2: 385–6.
i. B. Fleet (tr.), Simplicius on Aristotle’s Physics 2: BMCR 9:3 (1998) 238–42.
1999
i. E. Brann et al., Plato’s ‘Phaedo’, with translation, introduction and glossary: Scholia
ns 8, no. 18 (1999) (electronic).
ii. L.P. Gerson (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus: University of Toronto
Quarterly 68 (1998–9) 424–5.
iii. I.G. Kidd, Posidonius, Volume III: The Translation of the Fragments: CV/EMC ns 18
(1999) 429–32.
iv. H. Lawson-Tancred, Plato’s ‘Republic’ and the Greek Enlightenment: Scholia ns 8,
no. 1 9 (1999) (electronic).
v. J. Lesher, The Greek Philosophers: Selected Texts: Scholia ns 8, no. 10 (1999)
(electronic).
vi. V. Tsouna, The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School: BMCR 99.10.02 (electronic).
2000
1. “Géminos,” “Héliodore de Larissa”: Dictionnaire des Philosophes
Antiques III (CNRS: Paris, 2000) 472–7 and 544–6.
2. “Stoicism,” in G. Ferngren (ed.), The History of Science and Religion in
the Western Tradition: an Encyclopedia (Garland: New York and
London, 2000) 132–3.
i. M. Marcovich (ed.), Diogenes Laertius: Vitae Philosophorum: BMCR 2000.07.09
(2353 words).
ii. T.A. Szlezák, Reading Plato: Phoenix 54 (2000) 351–2.
2001
1. “Cleomedes and the Problems of Stoic Astrophysics,” Hermes 129 (2001)
75–8.
i. M. Joyal (ed.), The Platonic Theages: BMCR 2001.10.08 (1557 words).
ii. H. Tarrant, Plato's First Interpreters: BMCR 2001.01.18 (1642 words).
iii. M.A. Wlodarczyk, Pyrrhonian Inquiry: Scholia ns 10 (2001) 12 (electronic).
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2002
1. “Plato as Public Intellectual: E.R. Dodds’ Edition of the Gorgias and its
‘Primary Purpose’,” Polis 19 (2002) 1–16.
2. “Themistios,” Der Neue Pauly 12/1 (Stuttgart and Weimar, 2002), 305–6.
i. K. Algra et al., Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy: Mouseion 1 (2002) 343–
8.
2003
A. Themistius On Aristotle Physics 4 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle),
Duckworth & Cornell University Press: London and Ithaca, 2003; pp.
ix, 150.
2. “Damianus,” Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum 8 (2003) 1–6.
3. “Geminus and the Pseudo–proclan Sphaera,” Catalogus Translationum et
Commentariorum 8 (2003) 7–48.
4. “Themistius,” Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum 8 (2003)
56–103.
i. I. Bodnár & W. Fortenbaugh (eds), Eudemus of Rhodes: BMCR 2003.11.10 (878
words).
ii. N, Denyer (ed.), Plato: Alcibiades: Phoenix 57 (2003) 340–1.
2004
A. With A.C. Bowen, Cleomedes’ Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of
‘The Heavens’ with an Introduction and Commentary, University of
California Press: Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 2004 (Hellenistic
Culture and Society, vol. 42); pp. xvi. 238.
2005
1. “‘His Own Side–Show’: E.R. Dodds and Neoplatonic Studies in Britain,
1835–1940,” Dionysius 23 (2005) 139–60.
2. “‘One of the Great English Worthies’: Henry Jackson Re-assessed,” 87–
110 in C.A. Stray (ed.), The Owl of Minerva: The Cambridge
Praelections of 1906 (Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological
Society, suppl. vol. 28), Cambridge, 2005.
i. P. Moraux, Der Aristotelismus bei den Griechen Bd. III: Alexander von Aphrodisias,
Gnomon 77 (2005) 543–5.
ii. A. Rescigno, Alessandro di Afrodisia: Commentario al De caelo di Aristotele,
Frammenti del primo libro: BMCR 2005.10.38 (869 words).
2006
1. “Ernest Barker and the Classical Tradition: Two Studies,” Polis 23 (2006)
368–84.
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2008
A. Themistius on Aristotle Physics 5–8 (Ancient Commentators on
Aristotle), Duckworth & Cornell University Press, 2008: pp. x, 199.
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