Lot pagina - Van De Wiele Auctions

CEBES of Thebes (pseudo)

"Pinax [Greek] = Tabula ; Edited by J. Gronovius"

Amstelaedam
Henricus Wetstein
1689

€300 - €500

8vo, [32], 199 pp, parallel text in GREEK and Latin. Numerous contemporary ink annotations, according to a ms. note these notes were made by the editor Jacobus GRONOVIUS himself. Contemporary vellum binding

Cebes of Thebes (ca. 430-350 B.C.E.) was a member of Socrates' inner circle. One of the dialogs that has been attributed to him is the Pinax or Tabula, also known as the Tablet of Cebes. In fact, it was probably Hellenistic, from the second or at the earliest, the first century. The Tabula was well known in antiquity, and after the first modern publication in the late 15th century, popular in Europe through the 18th century. It is an attempt to show that only the proper development of our mind and the possession of real virtues can make us truly happy

Greek Humanism