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• THEMISTIUS (317--?387)

THEMISTIUS (317--?387)  , named euOwli (" eloquent "), statesman, rhetorician and philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PAPHLAGONIA

Paphlagonia and taught at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, where, apart from a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short sojourn in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, he resided during the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . Though a See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan, he was admitted to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate by See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius in 355 . He was See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect of Constantinople in 384 on the nomination of See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius . His paraphrases of See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, Physics and De Anima are valuable; but the orations in which he panegyrizes successive emperors, comparing them to See also:

• PLATO

Plato's " true philosopher," and even to the " See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea " itself, are servile and unworthy . Against this, however, should be set the description given by See also:

• BOETIUS (or BoETxlus), ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS (c. A.D. 480–524)

Boetius, " disertissimus scriptor ac lucidus, et omnia ad facilitalem intelligentiae revocans," and that of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory Nazianzen—with whom See also:

• THEMISTIUS (317--?387)

Themistius corresponded—(3ao-tMw Xt ymv . Themistius's paraphrases of the De Coelo and of See also:

• BOOK

book A of the See also:

• METAPHYSICS
• METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

Metaphysics have reached us only through See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew versions . In See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy Themistius was an eclectic . He held that Plato and Aristotle were in substantial agreement, that See also:

• GOD

God has made men See also:

• FREE

free to adopt the mode of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship they prefer, and that See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity and See also:

• HELLENISM
• HELLENISM (from Or. EAXspiL'sty, to imitate the Greeks, who were known as "EAAi7ves, after "EAA17v, the son of Deucalion)

Hellenism were merely two forms of the one universal See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . The first edition of Themistius's See also:

• WORKS

works (See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, 1534) included the paraphrases and eight of the orations . Nineteen orations were known to Petavius, whose See also:

• EDITIONS

editions appeared in 1613 and 1618; See also:

• HARDOUIN, JEAN (1646-1729)

Hardouin (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1684) gives See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-three . Another oration was discovered by Angelo See also:

• MAI, ANGELO (1782—1854)

Mai, and published at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan in 1816 . The most See also:

• RECENT

recent editions are W .

See also:

• DINDORF, KARL WILHELM (1802-1883)

Dindorf's of the orations (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1832), and L . Spengel's of the paraphrases (Leipzig, 1866) . The Latin See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the Hebrew versions of the paraphrases of the De See also:

• CODA (Ital. for " tail "; from the Lat. cauda)

Coda and book A of the Metaphysics were published at Venice in 1574 and 1558 respectively . A new edition of the latter by S . Landauer appeared in 1903 . See See also:

• FABRICIUS, GAIUS LUSCINUS (i.e. " the one-eyed ")
• FABRICIUS, GEORG (1516-1571)
• FABRICIUS, HIERONYMUS
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN ALBERT (1668-1736)
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1745-18o8)

Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca, vi . 790 seq.; E . See also:

• ZELLER, EDUARD (1814-1908)

Zeller, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Phil.; E . Baret, De Themist, sophista (Paris, 1853) ; Jourdain's Recherches critiques sur l'dge et l'origine See also:

• DES

des traductions latines d'Aristote (Paris, 1819); see NEOr1.ATOxIsm1 . For Themistius's Commentaries on Aristotle, see Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin), and also Themistii paraphrases Aristotelis librorum quae supersunt, ed . L . Spengel (1866, Teubner See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, mentioned above) .