Bryson (author of an economics)
Bryson ( Greek Βρύσων Brýsōn ) was an ancient philosopher . The assumptions about its lifetime vary between 100 BC. And the 2nd century AD
Bryson is often assigned to the current of the New Pythagoreans because the surviving Greek fragments of his only known work are written in the Doric dialect . However, there is no significant substantive indication of its affiliation to the New Pythagoreanism. This therefore remains doubtful.
Bryson is known only through the writing Oikonomikós ( Οἰκονομικός ), which was written by him according to information from Johannes Stobaios and information from medieval Arab scholars. The author draws on ideas from classical Greek philosophy, such as Aristotle's economics or Plato's Politeia . The main themes of the tract are money, slaves (Bryson advocates compassion for them), women (whose important role he emphasizes) and children. One of the peculiarities of Bryson's work is the view that all householding with economic goods is householding with forces that God has impressed on the human body.
The original Greek text has been lost except for two short fragments handed down from Stobaios. However, an Arabic, a Latin and a Hebrew translation have come down to us.
The Oikonomikos influenced the economy of the Arabic-speaking world in the Middle Ages; Among the recipients are Ibn Miskawaih with his work Tahdhib al-akhlaq (تهذيب الأخلاق) and Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi ( Akhlāq-i Naṣīrī ). The author's name was rendered differently in Arabic, including Burūsun , Ubrūsun or Burūsīs .
Text editions and translations
- Simon Swain (Ed.): Economy, Family, and Society from Rome to Islam. A Critical Edition, English Translation, and Study of Bryson's Management of the Estate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013
- Martin Plessner : The OIKONOMIKOC of the New Pythagorean 'Bryson' and its influence on Islamic science. Heidelberg 1928 (contains an edition of the medieval translations and a German translation by the editor).
literature
- Bruno Centrone: Bryson. In: Richard Goulet (Ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Vol. 2, CNRS Editions, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-271-05195-9 , pp. 141 f.
- Willi Heffening, Gerhard Endress : Tadbīr. In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam . Volume 10, Brill, Leiden 2000, ISBN 90-04-11211-1 , p. 52 f.
- Martin Plessner: Bryson 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XI, Stuttgart 1968, Sp. 356 f.
- Renate Zoepffel (translator): Aristoteles: Oikonomika. Writings on housekeeping and finance (= Aristotle: works in German translation. Vol. 10, part 2). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2006, pp. 146 f., 265–280
Web links
- Abdul Azim Islahi: The myth of Bryson and Economic Thought in Islam
- Interview with Simon Swain about Bryson
Remarks
- ^ Renate Zoepffel (translator): Aristoteles: Oikonomika. Writings on home economics and finance , Berlin 2006, p. 266.
- ^ Renate Zoepffel (translator): Aristoteles: Oikonomika. Writings on home economics and finance , Berlin 2006, pp. 147, 266 f., 269.
- ↑ Michael Wolff: History of the impetus theory. Frankfurt 1978, p. 140.