[Aeschines of Sphettus / Aeschines Socraticus] Fischer, Johann Friedrich.

Aeschinis Socratici – Dialogi Tres Graece. Tertium Edidit Ad Fidem Codd. Mss. Vindobb Medic. Aug. Et Libb. Editt. Platonis Stobaeique Veterum Denvo Recensvit Emendavit Explicavit. Indicemque Verborum Graecorum Copiosissimum Adiecit.

Leipzig, Mueller, 1786. Octavo. L, 290 pages plus 136 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index (Index Primus Verborum Graecorum / Index Secundus Scriptorum Veterum). Hardcover / Original full vellum with spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some foxing throughout. Rare !

Aeschines of Sphettus (c. 425 BC – c. 350 BC) or Aeschines Socraticus, son of Lysanias, of the deme Sphettus of Athens, was a philosopher who in his youth was a follower of Socrates. Historians call him Aeschines Socraticus—″the Socratic Aeschines”—to distinguish him from the more historically influential Athenian orator also named Aeschines. His name is sometimes but now rarely written as Aischines or Æschines.

Aeschines and Socrates

According to Plato, Aeschines of Sphettus was present at the trial and execution of Socrates. We know that after Socrates’ death, Aeschines went on to write philosophical dialogues, just as Plato did, in which Socrates was main speaker. Though Aeschines’ dialogues have survived only as fragments and quotations by later writers, he was renowned in antiquity for his accurate portrayal of Socratic conversations. According to John Burnet, Aeschines’ style of presenting Socratic dialogue was closer to Plato’s than Xenophon’s. (Some modern scholars believe that Xenophon’s writings are inspired almost entirely by Plato’s and/or by the influence of other Socratics such as Antisthenes and Hermogenes. On the other hand, there is no good reason to think that Aeschines’ writings were not based almost entirely on his own personal recollections of Socrates). (Wikipedia)

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Johann Friedrich Fischer (1726–1799) was a German classical scholar known for editing the Aeschinis Socratici Dialogi Tres (Three Dialogues of Aeschines the Socratic). His notable 1786 edition (third edition) compiled the Greek text of these Socratic dialogues, featuring scholarly notes and, in some editions, an index.

Johann Friedrich Fischer (* 10. Oktober 1726 in Coburg; † 11. Oktober 1799 in Leipzig) war ein deutscher Philosoph und Philologe.

Fischer wurde 1726 als Sohn des Generalsuperintendenten zu Coburg geboren. Er besuchte die Stadtschule und das Pädagogikum in Coburg. Von 1744 bis 1747 studierte er an der Universität Leipzig. Sein Mitbewohner in Leipzig war Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Fischer erlangte 1747 einen Baccalaureus. Im Jahr 1751 wurde er Konrektor an der Thomasschule zu Leipzig. Schwerpunkte setzte er in der Vermittlung alter Sprachen. 1762 wurde er außerordentlicher Professor der alten Literatur in Leipzig. Von 1767 bis 1799 bekleidete er das Amt des Rektors. Er starb 1799 in Leipzig. Sein Nachfolger wurde Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Altphilologie · Catalogue Greek History & Philosophy · Classical Literature · Classical Literature – Rare · Classical Philology · Classical Studies · Classical Studies – Rare · Classics · Greek History · Greek Philosophy · Philologie · Philology
• Language: Greek - Latin
• Inventory Number: 32411AB

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