Jason from Nysa
Jason of Nysa ( Greek Ἰάσων Iásōn ) was an ancient Greek philosopher . His father came from Nysa , his mother from Rhodes . He lived around the middle of the 1st century BC. And belonged to the school of the Stoics .
Jason is known only from an entry in the Suda , a Byzantine encyclopedia. Accordingly, he was the son of a Menecrat and on his mother's side a grandson of Poseidonios , whose pupil he was and whom he followed in the direction of the stoic school on Rhodes.
The Suda names four of his works:
- Βίοι ἐνδόξων - Famous Lives
- Φιλοσόφων διαδοχαί - successor of the philosophers
- Βίος Ἑλλάδος - The life of Greece , in 4 books
- Περὶ Ῥόδου - About Rhodes
The Suda expresses doubts as to whether the third work was really written by him. Felix Jacoby , however, refused to identify with the four-volume work Περὶ τῆς ἑλλάδος by Jason of Argos.
literature
- Alfred Gercke : Was Poseidonius' son-in-law a student of Aristarchus? In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 62, 1907, pp. 116–122 ( online, PDF )
- Richard Goulet: Iason (Jason) de Nysa. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques . Volume 3, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , p. 857
- Felix Jacoby : Jason 11. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 1, Stuttgart 1914, Col. 780 f.
- Peter Steinmetz : Jason from Nysa. In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity , Vol. 4/2: The Hellenistic philosophy. Schwabe, Basel 1994, ISBN 3-7965-0930-4 , p. 709
Remarks
- ↑ Suda , keyword Ἰάσων , Adler number: iota 52 , Suda-Online .
- ↑ Suda , keyword Ἰάσων , Adler number: iota 53 , Suda-Online .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jason from Nysa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jason; Ἰάσων (Greek); Jason |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | stoic philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |