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    "A mutual horizon of events": Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus between philology and philosophy

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    In his recent volume, L'Epistola a Erodoto e it Bios di Epicuro in Diogene Laerzio. Note testuali, esegetiche e metodologiche, Walter Lapini discusses the text of Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, which has been the focus of repeated efforts of editors, translators and exegetes. Sceptical as to whether intra-textual and narrative strategies can make clearly corrupt passages syntactically acceptable, the author draws inspiration from Usener's methodology, approaching the text as a homo grammaticus. The author pursues his aim by clarifying unusual grammatical constructions and nexuses, emending the text, putting forward some conjectures, and explaining the origin of the errors he has identified. In these pages I discuss some emendations suggested by Lapini that I regard as particularly relevant solutions for grasping the content of the Letter to Herodotus, as well as the author's attitude to philosophical exegesis. The present essay attempts to bridge the gap between grammar and theory, which the author in certain cases tends to exacerbate.In his recent volume, L'Epistola a Erodoto e it Bios di Epicuro in Diogene Laerzio. Note testuali, esegetiche e metodologiche, Walter Lapini discusses the text of Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, which has been the focus of repeated efforts of editors, translators and exegetes. Sceptical as to whether intra-textual and narrative strategies can make clearly corrupt passages syntactically acceptable, the author draws inspiration from Usener's methodology, approaching the text as a homo grammaticus. The author pursues his aim by clarifying unusual grammatical constructions and nexuses, emending the text, putting forward some conjectures, and explaining the origin of the errors he has identified. In these pages I discuss some emendations suggested by Lapini that I regard as particularly relevant solutions for grasping the content of the Letter to Herodotus, as well as the author's attitude to philosophical exegesis. The present essay attempts to bridge the gap between grammar and theory, which the author in certain cases tends to exacerbate

    "Come un architetto sta a un calzolaio": la nozione aristotelica di giustizia commutativa

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    Nell’articolo si esamina la trattazione aristotelica di giusto commutativo. In EN V Aristotele concentra riflessioni sul valore dei prodotti scambiati e la loro commensurabilità, sull’uso e la circolazione della moneta che sono state fondamentali per lo sviluppo del pensiero economico. Marx, per esempio, ha riconosciuto ad Aristotele il merito di aver scoperto il problema del valore della merce e ha attribuito il fallimento della sua analisi alla specifica struttura sociale dell’epoca basata sulla schiavitù. Per altri interpreti, invece, Aristotele avrebbe individuato nel bisogno il criterio per misurare il valore della merce. Alcuni, poi, hanno attribuito allo Stagirita la scoperta della dinamica della domanda e dell’offerta del mercato; altri gli hanno attribuito una teoria embrionale della preferenza individuale. Queste letture tuttavia sono problematiche. Data l’impostazione marxiana, l’analisi aristotelica del giusto commutativo si rivela inconcludente: Aristotele arriverebbe a enucleare un problema, ma sarebbe incapace di risolverlo. Aver, invece, interpretato la nozione di bisogno in termini soggettivi ha portato a fraintendere il riferimento aristotelico al bisogno oggettivo dei produttori ai fini dell’autosufficienza, non solo individuale ma politica, e a considerare i produttori come individui socialmente isolati, anziché come portatori e rappresentanti di una rete di relazioni all’interno di una comunità politica, di cui Aristotele intende preservare gli equilibri. In entrambe le prospettive, infine, la tesi aristotelica sulle differenze tra i produttori coinvolti nello scambio e sulla trasmissibilità di tali diseguaglianze nei rispettivi prodotti è risultata incomprensibile. In questo lavoro, ci si propone di spiegare la concezione aristotelica dello scambio commerciale, alla luce della tassonomia dei significati di giustizia e più specificamente della giustizia regolativa

    Justice between the Ethics and the Politics: the Origin of the First Common Book of Aristotle’s Ethics

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    This article investigates the development of Aristotle’s theory of justice through a comparative analysis of Book v of the Nicomachean Ethics and key passages from the Politics. While the so-called “common books” (ne v–vii = ee iv–vi) have long been a subject of scholarly debate regarding their original attribution, recent studies by Dorothea Frede and Mi-Kyoung Lee suggest that first common book fits more naturally within the theoretical framework of the Nicomachean Ethics than the Eudemian Ethics. Building on their insights, this article seeks to clarify why Aristotle revised and expanded his account of justice in the form preserved in the Nicomachean Ethics. The analysis unfolds as follows: first, it shows that in the Politics justice is tied to the notion of the common good, serving as a criterion for evaluating political regimes; second, it explores how Aristotle grounds justice in law and equality within the Politics, while also noting unresolved tensions; third, it compares these findings with Book v of the Nicomachean Ethics, where Aristotle addresses these tensions by offering a more systematic rigorous account of justice as both lawfulness and equality. The article argues that this revision reflects Aristotle’s effort to integrate justice more thoroughly into his ethical theory and to respond to conceptual challenges that remained implicit in Politics
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