In his recent volume, L'Epistola a Erodoto e it Bios di Epicuro in Diogene Laerzio. Note testuali, esegetiche e metodologiche, Walter Lapini discusses the text of Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, which has been the focus of repeated efforts of editors, translators and exegetes. Sceptical as to whether intra-textual and narrative strategies can make clearly corrupt passages syntactically acceptable, the author draws inspiration from Usener's methodology, approaching the text as a homo grammaticus. The author pursues his aim by clarifying unusual grammatical constructions and nexuses, emending the text, putting forward some conjectures, and explaining the origin of the errors he has identified. In these pages I discuss some emendations suggested by Lapini that I regard as particularly relevant solutions for grasping the content of the Letter to Herodotus, as well as the author's attitude to philosophical exegesis. The present essay attempts to bridge the gap between grammar and theory, which the author in certain cases tends to exacerbate.
In his recent volume, L'Epistola a Erodoto e it Bios di Epicuro in Diogene Laerzio. Note testuali, esegetiche e metodologiche, Walter Lapini discusses the text of Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, which has been the focus of repeated efforts of editors, translators and exegetes. Sceptical as to whether intra-textual and narrative strategies can make clearly corrupt passages syntactically acceptable, the author draws inspiration from Usener's methodology, approaching the text as a homo grammaticus. The author pursues his aim by clarifying unusual grammatical constructions and nexuses, emending the text, putting forward some conjectures, and explaining the origin of the errors he has identified. In these pages I discuss some emendations suggested by Lapini that I regard as particularly relevant solutions for grasping the content of the Letter to Herodotus, as well as the author's attitude to philosophical exegesis. The present essay attempts to bridge the gap between grammar and theory, which the author in certain cases tends to exacerbate.
"A MUTUAL HORIZON OF EVENTS" EPICURUS' LETTER TO HERODOTUS BETWEEN PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
MASI, Francesca
2016-01-01
Abstract
In his recent volume, L'Epistola a Erodoto e it Bios di Epicuro in Diogene Laerzio. Note testuali, esegetiche e metodologiche, Walter Lapini discusses the text of Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, which has been the focus of repeated efforts of editors, translators and exegetes. Sceptical as to whether intra-textual and narrative strategies can make clearly corrupt passages syntactically acceptable, the author draws inspiration from Usener's methodology, approaching the text as a homo grammaticus. The author pursues his aim by clarifying unusual grammatical constructions and nexuses, emending the text, putting forward some conjectures, and explaining the origin of the errors he has identified. In these pages I discuss some emendations suggested by Lapini that I regard as particularly relevant solutions for grasping the content of the Letter to Herodotus, as well as the author's attitude to philosophical exegesis. The present essay attempts to bridge the gap between grammar and theory, which the author in certain cases tends to exacerbate.
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