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"a work on Harmonics, Περὶ Ἁρμονικῶν ("On Harmonics"), is preserved, in manuscript, in the Vatican Library."
I can't find any reference to a surviving manuscript by Adrastus in any modern source. Singinglemon ( talk) 20:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
De aetate, Patriaque, & praeceptore, cognoscimus ex Stephano in Φῐ́λῐπποι, ubi legas: ἔνθεν ᾖν αδραστας, o περιπατητικός φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς. Adrasti Peripatetici Harmonicorum libri tres adservantur Romae in bibliotheca Vaticana; item illa Cardinalis a S. Angelo. Dispiciendum, idemnesit, sc ille, quem Galenus in Aristotelis Categorias commentarium refer opusculo (Tom. 4 pg 191 edit. Ald.) de libris propriis. Alium fuisse, necesse est, si Alexander Aphrodisiensis, primus corum, ut dicitur, fuerit, qui ad libros Aristotelis enarrandos animum appulerunt.
About age, country, and teacher, we learn from Stephanus as "Φῐ́λῐπποι", where you can read: ἔνθεν ᾖν αδραστας, O περιπατητικός φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς. Three books of Adrastus the Peripatetic Harmonics are kept at Rome in the Vatican library; likewise that of the Cardinal from San Angelo. It should be noted that he is the same person whom Galen refers to in Aristotle's Commentary on Categories (Tom. 4 pg. 191 edit. Ald.) about his own books. There must have been another, if Alexander of Aphrodisias, as it is said, was the first of those who turned their attention to narrating the books of Aristotle.
As I mentioned on Talk:Adrastus of Philippi, ages ago, I'm doubtful that there was an Adrastus of Philippi. I remember looking into the issue at the time, and I suspect that Philippi may simply be an alternative birthplace of Adrastus of Aphrodisias from some obscure ancient author, although I couldn't conclusively prove it. (I couldn't find a reference where anyone specifically discussed this question.) The statement that he was "of the 4th century BC, pupil of Aristotle," I think, is a simple misreading that Adrastus was a "disciple" of Aristotle, i.e. a Peripatetic philosopher of a much later time. Certainly it would be quite a coincidence if there were two Adrastuses who both wrote a treatise on harmonics. Singinglemon ( talk) 16:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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I removed this line from the article:
"a work on Harmonics, Περὶ Ἁρμονικῶν ("On Harmonics"), is preserved, in manuscript, in the Vatican Library."
I can't find any reference to a surviving manuscript by Adrastus in any modern source. Singinglemon ( talk) 20:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
De aetate, Patriaque, & praeceptore, cognoscimus ex Stephano in Φῐ́λῐπποι, ubi legas: ἔνθεν ᾖν αδραστας, o περιπατητικός φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς. Adrasti Peripatetici Harmonicorum libri tres adservantur Romae in bibliotheca Vaticana; item illa Cardinalis a S. Angelo. Dispiciendum, idemnesit, sc ille, quem Galenus in Aristotelis Categorias commentarium refer opusculo (Tom. 4 pg 191 edit. Ald.) de libris propriis. Alium fuisse, necesse est, si Alexander Aphrodisiensis, primus corum, ut dicitur, fuerit, qui ad libros Aristotelis enarrandos animum appulerunt.
About age, country, and teacher, we learn from Stephanus as "Φῐ́λῐπποι", where you can read: ἔνθεν ᾖν αδραστας, O περιπατητικός φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς. Three books of Adrastus the Peripatetic Harmonics are kept at Rome in the Vatican library; likewise that of the Cardinal from San Angelo. It should be noted that he is the same person whom Galen refers to in Aristotle's Commentary on Categories (Tom. 4 pg. 191 edit. Ald.) about his own books. There must have been another, if Alexander of Aphrodisias, as it is said, was the first of those who turned their attention to narrating the books of Aristotle.
As I mentioned on Talk:Adrastus of Philippi, ages ago, I'm doubtful that there was an Adrastus of Philippi. I remember looking into the issue at the time, and I suspect that Philippi may simply be an alternative birthplace of Adrastus of Aphrodisias from some obscure ancient author, although I couldn't conclusively prove it. (I couldn't find a reference where anyone specifically discussed this question.) The statement that he was "of the 4th century BC, pupil of Aristotle," I think, is a simple misreading that Adrastus was a "disciple" of Aristotle, i.e. a Peripatetic philosopher of a much later time. Certainly it would be quite a coincidence if there were two Adrastuses who both wrote a treatise on harmonics. Singinglemon ( talk) 16:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)