Michael of Ephesus on Contemplation, Pleasure and Happiness: A Byzantine Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics X.

以弗所的迈克尔论沉思、愉悦和幸福：亚里士多德尼各马可伦理学的拜占庭评论

• 批准号: 241502685
• 负责人: Professor Dr. James Wilberding
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl Philosophie der Antike und Gegenwart
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2012-12-31 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/241502685?language=en
• 关键词: Michael; Ephesus; Contemplation; Pleasure; Happiness

The goal of this project is to offer the first comprehensive examination of the earliest surviving commentary on Book X of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, composed by Michael of Ephesus in Greek in the 12th century, as well as to provide the first-ever translation of this commentary into a modern language (English). This examination is motivated by questions of both a systematic and a historical nature. Regarding the former, we shall investigate the insights and responses Michael offers to a number of interpretative and philosophical problems that emerge in the course of Nicomachean Ethics Book X, notably the issues surrounding the concepts of pleasure, contemplation, and the happy life, all of which remain at the core of current scholarship on Aristotelian ethics. A particular emphasis will be placed on how Michael understands the nature of the intellect and its activity, contemplation, and the relationship of this activity to ethical and political virtues and happiness. Regarding the historical side of the project, we shall be thoroughly reevaluating the impact that Neoplatonic philosophy has had on his understanding of the Nicomachean Ethics. While there has been some recent scholarly work that has managed to show that there is a greater amount of Neoplatonic influence on Michael and in particular on his ethical theory than was previously thought, the full extent of this influence has yet to be established. This is especially true with respect to the impact that the writings of Plotinus had on Michael. For although Plotinus is the only Neoplatonic philosopher that Michael refers to by name, previous studies have failed to identify the point of reference in the Enneads correctly, thus preventing them from properly evaluating the extent of direct Plotinian influence on Michaels thought. A central concern of this project is to evaluate the internal coherence of his comments on pleasure, contemplation and happiness, and so to establish a comprehensive account of this domain of his ethics. The English translation, accompanied by a lengthy introduction and notes, has already been commissioned to appear in the very prestigious Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series (Richard Sorabji, editor).

该项目的目的是首次对亚里士多德尼古拉斯（Nicomachean of Aristotle）的《尼古拉斯伦理》（Nicomachean porthics of Aristotle）的最早尚存的评论进行首次全面检查，这是由以弗所的迈克尔（Michael of Michael对现代语言的评论（英语）。 这项检查是由系统性和历史性质的问题引起的。 关于前者，我们将调查迈克尔对尼科马奇伦理学书中出现的许多解释性和哲学问题的见解和回应，尤其是围绕快乐，沉思和幸福生活的概念的问题，这仍然是当前关于亚里士多德伦理学奖学金的核心。 特别强调迈克尔如何理解智力及其活动的本质，沉思以及这种活动与道德和政治美德和幸福的关系。 关于该项目的历史方面，我们将彻底重新评估新柏拉图哲学对他对尼古拉奇伦理的理解所产生的影响。 尽管最近有一些学术工作表明，对迈克尔，尤其是对他的道德理论的新柏拉图式影响比以前认为，这种影响的全部程度尚未确定。 在Plotinus的著作对Michael的著作的影响方面尤其如此。 因为尽管Plotinus是迈克尔用名字提到的唯一的新柏拉图哲学家，但以前的研究未能正确识别enneads中的参考点，从而阻止他们正确评估直接的Plotinian对Michaels思想的影响。 该项目的一个核心关注点是评估他对享乐，沉思和幸福的评论的内部连贯性，从而对他的道德领域进行全面说明。 英文翻译伴随着冗长的介绍和笔记，已经被委托出现在亚里士多德系列的非常享有声望的古代评论员中（Richard Sorabji，编辑）。

项目成果

Michael of Ephesus: On Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 10 with Themistius: On Virtue

以弗所的迈克尔：论亚里士多德尼各马可伦理学 10 与泰米斯提乌斯：论美德

• DOI: 10.5040/9781350085107
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Julia Trompeter;James Wilberding (eds.)
• 通讯作者: James Wilberding (eds.)