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Astronomy --- Philosophy --- Astrology --- William, --- Ptolemy, --- Academic collection --- Early works to 1800 --- William, - of Moerbeke, - approximately 1215-1286 --- Ptolemy, - active 2nd century

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How is it possible that modern scholars have labelled Maximus of Tyre, a second-century CE performer of philosophical orations, as a sophist or a ‘half-philosopher’, while his own self-presentation is that of a genuine philosopher? If we take Maximus’ claim to philosophical authority seriously, his case can deepen our understanding of the dynamic nature of Imperial philosophy. Through a discursive analysis of twelve Imperial intellectuals alongside Maximus’ dialexeis , the author proposes an interpretative framework to assess the purpose behind the representation of philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in Maximus’ oeuvre. This is thus as yet the first book-length attempt at situating the historical communication process implicit in the surviving Maximean texts in the concurrent context of the Imperial intellectual world.

Philosophy, Ancient. --- Sophists (Greek philosophy) --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Philosophie ancienne --- Sophistes grecs --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Maximus, --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Sophists (Greek philosophy). --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Ancient rhetoric --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Rhetoric --- Massimo, --- Máximo --- Maximos, --- Maximus Tyrius --- Μάξιμος, --- Maxime, --- Maximus, - of Tyre, - active 2nd century

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This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy's treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the Arabic. William of Moerbeke's translation was made directly from the Greek and it is a major scholarly achievement manifesting not only Moerbeke's genius as a translator, but also as a scientist. The edition is accompanied by extensive Greek-Latin indices, which give evidence of Moerbeke's astonishing enrichment of the Latin vocabulary, which he needed both to translate the technical scientific vocabulary and to cope with the many new terms Ptolemy created. The introduction examines Moerbeke's translation method and situates the Latin translation within the tradition of the Greek text. This edition makes possible a better assessment of the great medieval translator and also contributes to a better understanding of the Greek text of Ptolemy's masterwork.

Astrology --- Ptolemy, --- William, --- Guilelmus, --- Guillaume, --- Guillelmus, --- Gulielmus, --- Moerbeka, Guilelmus de, --- Moerbeke, Guillaume de, --- Moerbeke, William of, --- Morbeca, Guilelmus de, --- Morbeka, Gulielmus de, --- Mörbeke, Wilhelm von, --- Murbeka, Gulielmus de, --- Wilhelm, --- Wilhelmus, --- Willem, --- Ptolémée --- Tolomeo, Claudio --- Baṭlamyūs, --- Ptholomeus, --- Ptolemaeus, Claudius, --- Ptolemaios, Klaudios, --- Ptolemaus, Claudius, --- Ptolémée, Claude, --- Ptolemeĭ, Klavdiĭ, --- Ptolemy, Claudius, --- Tolemeo, Claudio, --- Tolomeo, Claudio, --- بطليموس --- بطلميوس --- Translations into Latin. --- Astrology - Early works to 1800. --- William, - of Moerbeke, - approximately 1215-1286 --- Ptolemy, - active 2nd century