Andronicoos of Rhodes ( grc, Ἀνδρόνικος ὁ Ῥόδιος, translit=Andrónikos ho Rhódios; la, Andronicus Rhodius; ) was a Greek philosopher from

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who was also the scholarch (head) of the Peripatetic school. He is most famous for publishing a new edition of the works of

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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

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

by Sulla 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 is extant. Two treatises are sometimes erroneously attributed to him, one ''On Emotions'', the other a commentary on Aristotle's ''Ethics'' (really by

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in the 16th century, or by

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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 people 1st-century BC philosophers Commentators on Aristotle Hellenistic-era philosophers Roman-era Peripatetic philosophers Roman-era philosophers in Rome Roman-era Rhodian philosophers Ancient Greek ethicists