On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias

On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias (Greek: Περὶ Μελίσσου, Ξενοφάνους καὶ Γοργίου; Latin: De Melisso, Xenophane, Gorgia) is a short work falsely attributed to Aristotle. The work was likely written during the 1st century CE or later by a member of the peripatetic school.^[1]

Modern Criticism

Jaap Mansfeld argures that the work's style of argumentation may have been influenced by the Pyrrhonist modes of Agrippa the Skeptic.^[2]

See also

• Melissus
• Xenophanes
• Gorgias

Notes

1. Guthrie (1962:367).
2. Jaap Mansfeld DE MELISSO XENOPHANE GORGIA: Pyrrhonizing Aristotelianism Rheinisches Museum für Philologie Neue Folge, 131. Bd., H. 3/4 (1988), pp. 239-276 http://www.rhm.uni-koeln.de/131/Mansfeld.pdf

References

• Guthrie, W. K. C. (1962). A History of Greek Philosophy Volume I: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29420-1

External links

• Opuscula public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• (Pseudo)-Aristotle, On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias (Greek text and English translation)
• Aristotle, Minor Works