Nicolaus Rheginus als Übersetzer der pseudo-galenischen Schrift De historia philosopha

A closer examination of the tradition of ps.Galen’s Historia philosopha reveals that Diels underestimated Nicolaus of Rhegium’s Latin translation and its significance for editing the Historia philosopha. This translation preserves readings that are superior to those of the extant Greek manuscripts. From this it can be inferred that the lost Greek manuscript used by Nicolaus must be independent of the extant Greek manuscripts, because those readings match readings transmitted in the doxographical tradition of the Placita philosophorum, more precisely in the tradition of ps.Plutarch’s Placita philosophorum such as in the Arabic translation of the Placita philosophorum by Qusta ibn Luqa or in Eusebius’ Praeparatio evangelica.