Andronikos of Rhodes (; ; ) was a Greek philosopher from

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who was also the scholarch (head) of the

Peripatetic school The Peripatetic school ( ) was a philosophical school founded in 335 BC by Aristotle in the Lyceum in ancient Athens. It was an informal institution whose members conducted philosophical and scientific inquiries. The school fell into decline afte ...

. He is most famous for publishing a new edition of the works of

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

that forms the basis of the texts that survive today.

Life

Little is known about Andronicus' life. He is reported to have been the eleventh scholarch of the Peripatetic school. He taught in

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, about 58 BC, and was the teacher of Boethus of Sidon, with whom

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studied.

Works of Aristotle

Andronicus is of special interest in the history of philosophy, from the statement of

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, that he published a new edition of the works of

and

Theophrastus Theophrastus (; ; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek Philosophy, philosopher and Natural history, naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum (classical), Lyceum, the ...

, which formerly belonged to the library of Apellicon, and were brought to

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with the rest of Apellicon's library in 84. Tyrannion commenced this task, but apparently did not do much towards it.Comp. Porphyry, ''Vit. Plotin.'' c. 24; Boethius, ''ad Aristot. de Interpret.'' The arrangement which Andronicus made of Aristotle's writings seems to be the one which forms the basis of our present editions and we are probably indebted to him for the preservation of a large number of Aristotle's works.

Writings

Andronicus wrote a work upon Aristotle, the fifth book of which contained a complete list of the philosopher's writings, and he also wrote commentaries upon the ''Physics'', ''Ethics'', and ''Categories''. None of these works are currently known to be extant. Two treatises are sometimes erroneously attributed to him, one ''On Emotions'', the other a commentary on Aristotle's ''Ethics'' (really by Constantine Paleocappa in the 16th century, or by John Callistus of Thessalonica).

Notes

References

External links

The Rediscovery of the Corpus Aristotelicum
with an annotated bibliography

Attribution

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andronicus Of Rhodes 1st-century BC Greek philosophers Greek-language commentators on Aristotle Roman-era Peripatetic philosophers Roman-era philosophers in Rome Philosophers in ancient Rhodes Roman-era Rhodians Ancient Greek ethicists