Open Accessθέσις, ὑπόθεσις, περίστασις in Apollodoro di Pergamo
Author(s) -
Rossella Granatelli
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1983.v51.i1.738
Subject(s) - philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
The definitions by Apollodorus of these three philosophical legal terms can be reconstructed through Latin sources, where they are translated by quaestio (θέσις), causa (ὑπόθεσις) and negotium (περίστασις). Θέσις would point to the plannings in abstracto, ὑπόθεσις to the circumstantiated ones, and περίστασις to the circumstances. So, Apollodorus is placed between Hermagoras and Cicero