De nugis philosophorum

Fragmenta

Versio digitalis:

Angus Graham, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

«Until recently, this second-century compilation has been attributed to Caecilius Balbus. It is nowadays regarded as anonymous. With many things in common with several senecan anthologies – e.g. Publilius Syrus and the anonymous De Moribus – its transmission is varied and to a great extent fragmentary. It nevertheless was a key text in the mediaeval period, providing a rich source of classical source material to a great many later writers. The text made available here is from the only edition: Eduard Woelfflin, Caecilii Balbi De Nugis Philosophorum quae supersunt, Basle, 1855. Woelfflin's extensive discussion and variant readings are not included. You can download the complete Woelfflin edition (Googlebook) by clicking here.» Angus Graham

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1. Fragmentum ex praefatione Caecilii Balbi.

2. Codex Hamburgensis.

3. Ioannis Saresberiensis Policraticus III. 14.

4. Codex Lindenbrogii: Fragmenta Caecili Balbi De nugis philosophorum.

5. Codex Monacensis.

[I]

[II] De sapientia.

[III] De doctrina.

[IV] De fide.

[V] De patientia.

[VI] De innocentia.

[VII] De ira.

[VIII] De timore.

[IX] De dolore.

[X] De invidia.

[XI] De parcitate.

[XII] De avaritia.

[XIII] (De fortuna.)

[XIV] (De beneficiis.)

[XV] De amicitia.

[XVI] De homine foedo.

[XVII] De mulieribus.

[XVIIb] De regenda domo.

[XVIII] De obedientia.

[XIX] De barba.

[XX] De nuptiis.

[XXI] De modo pecuniae.

[XXII] De modo bonitatis.

[XXIII] De secretis.

[XXIV] De maliloquio.

[XXV] De spe.

[XXVI] De taciturnitate.

[XXVII] (De loquacitate.)

[XXVIII] De consiliis.

[XXIX] De occasione.

[XXX] De cautela

[XXXI] De his qui aut proficiunt aut degenerant.

[XXXII] De contumeliis ab indignis.

[XXXIII] De petulantia.

[XXXIV] De his qui in aliis puniunt, quod committunt.

[XXXV] De male dicentibus.

[XXXVI] De danda mercede (?)

[XXXVII] De qualitate naturae.

[XXXVIII] (De religione?)

[XXXIX] (De imperio.)

[XL] (De re militari?)

[XLI] De malis filiis.

[XLII] De pigro.

[XLIII] De temperantia.

[XLIV] De disciplina.

[XLIVb] De censura.

[XLV] De detractione.

[XLVI] De contemptu pecuniae.

[XLVII] Quid populum domat.

[XLVIII]

6. Codices Parisini: Incipiunt sententiae philosophorum.