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Aarhus University Press Plotinus: On Selfhood, Freedom & Politics
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Museum Tusculanum Press Coloured Quadrangles: A Guide to the Tenth Book
Book SynopsisThis is meant as a guide to give access to the tenth book for those who may have lost faith in the commentaries by Thomas Heath, but who shrink from the long wanderings through the Greek text.
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Automatic Press / VIP Intellectual History: 5 Questions
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Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Corpus Dei Papiri Filosofici Greci E Latini:
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Gregorian & Biblical Press Augustine of Hippo the Role of the Laity in
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Aristotele, La Politica: Libro IV
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider La Teoria Etica Di Epicuro. I Piaceri
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Aristotele, La Politica. Libri VII-VIII: Edizione
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Statuto del Corpo E Annuncio Di Salvezza: Dalla
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Statuto del Corpo E Annuncio Di Salvezza. 2
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Brill Christian Faith and Greek Philosophy in Late
Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of thirteen essays offered in dedication to Professor C.G. Stead on his 80th birthday. Their theme is the philosophy underlying the presentation of Christian teaching in Late Antiquity. The essays deal with individual theologians (Augustine, Ambrose, Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa), with ideological background (Christian and Roman universalism), and with the discussion of particular texts. A bibliography and brief appreciation of Professor Stead's contribution to Patristic studies are included.Trade Review'This volume is a worthy tribute to a remarkable scholar...This is a stimulating and wide-ranging collection of papers.' Frances M. Young, Sobornost, 1995. '...this is a worthy tribute to a worthy scholar.' Stuart G. Hall, Expository Times, 1994. 'Unlike many Festschriften this volume is unlikely to moulder on library shelves.' Andrew Louth, Journal of Theological Studies, 1995.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations of Major Series and Primary Editions Pauline Exegesis, Manichaeism and Philosophy in the early Augustine, C.P. Bammel Christian and Roman Universalism in the Fourth Century, Henry Chadwick Eine Pseudo-Athanasianische Osterpredigt (CPG II 2247) über die Wahrheit Gottes und Ihre Erfüllung, Hubertus R. Drobner Augustine's Paradoxes, Gillian R. Evans Basilius von Caesarea und das HOMOOUSIOS, Reinhard M. Hübner 'Trample upon me ...' The Sophists Asterius and Hecebolius — Turncoats in the fourth century A.D., Wolfram Kinzig Ambrose and Philosophy, Andrew Lenox-Conyngham Die Sprache der Religiösen Erfahrung bei Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita, Ekkehard Mühlenberg Literal or Metaphorical? Some Issues of Language in the Arian Controversy, Catherine Osborne Die Absicht des Corpus Areopagiticum, A.M. Ritter Deus, Pater et Dominus bei Augustinus von Hippo, B. Studer The Ignorance of Christ: A Problem for the Ancient Theology, Lionel Wickham Macrina's Deathbed Revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on Mind and Passion, Rowan Williams The Publications of Christopher Stead, Graham Gould Index of Biblical References Index of Modern Authors and Editors
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Brill Aristotelian Rhetoric in Syriac: Barhebraeus,
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the Syriac text, edited for the first time, of the commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric by Bar Hebraeus (died 1286) in his Cream of Wisdom. The text is accompanied by an English translation, and the volume also includes an introduction, commentary, and three glossaries (Syriac, Greek and Arabic). Bar Hebraeus’ commentary is based on the lost Syriac version of Aristotle’s treatise, but the author also drew heavily on the commentary of Ibn Sina (Avicenna). The text therefore provides a unique insight into the nature of that lost version, and also exemplifies the way Bar Hebraeus blended the Aristotle of the Graeco-Syriac translation literature with the more recent philosophy of Ibn Sina.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Note on Fonts and Transliterations Introduction Sigla Text and Translation' Commentary Select Glossaries Bibliography Concordance of Passages
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Brill Thinking Being: Introduction to Metaphysics in
Book SynopsisIn Thinking Being, Eric Perl articulates central ideas and arguments regarding the nature of reality in Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Aquinas. He shows that, throughout this tradition, these ideas proceed from and return to the indissoluble togetherness of thought and being, first clearly expressed by Parmenides. The emphasis throughout is on continuity rather than opposition: Aristotle appears as a follower of Plato in identifying being as intelligible form, and Aquinas as a follower of Plotinus in locating the first principle “beyond being”. Hence Neoplatonism, itself a coherent development of Platonic thought, comes to be seen as the mainstream of classical philosophy. Perl’s book thus contributes to a revisionist understanding of the fundamental outlines of the western tradition in metaphysics.Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations Introduction 1. The nature of metaphysics 2. The scope of this study 3. Thought and being Chapter I. Parmenides 1. Milesian background 2. Being and thinking 3. What is being? Chapter II. Plato 1. Reading Plato 2. Being as form 3. The meaning of separation 4. The levels of being 5. The ascent of the soul 6. Knowledge as sunousiva 7. The good 8. The forms and the demiurge 9. The motion of intellect 10. The receptacle of becoming Chapter III. Aristotle 1. The principles of change 2. Nature as form 3. Reality as form: Metaphysics Z 4. The priority of act 5. The unmoved mover 6. Life, sense, and intellect: On the Soul Chapter IV. Plotinus 1. Being and intellect 2. The One beyond being 3. The production of being 4. Transcendence and immanence 5. Being as beauty 6. The sensible and the intelligible 8. The two matters Chapter V. Thomas Aquinas 1. Aquinas and the philosophical tradition 2. Essence and existence 3. God as existence itself 4. Creatures and God 5. Analogical predication 6. The transcendentals Bibliography
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Brill Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in
Book SynopsisThis volume, the thirty-fifth year of published proceedings, contains five papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the academic year 2018-19. Paper topics include: evidence for Simplicius as author of the Commentary on the De Anima; Aristotle and Humean theory of motivation, ‘besires’ and desires; moderation in NE 3,10-12 as novel in Aristotle, differing greatly from his contemporaries, especially Plato’s Charmides; Platonic memory and oblivion, mythic sources and cultural influence; Aristotle’s final causality in recovering nature from inanimate mechanism. The commentators take up the themes of these papers, in some instances developing and building on the main argument, while in others offering direct challenges to the principal author’s thesis.
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Brill Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Pyrrhonizers
Book SynopsisThis work invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of Sextus, Montaigne, and Hume as radical Pyrrhonizing skeptics: From the aspirationalism of Sextan Pyrrhonism, to Montaigne’s skeptical fideism and his unusual approach to the writing process, to the vexing interpretive issues surrounding Hume’s skepticism, each figure offers us new insights into what it can mean to Pyrrhonize.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Reality of Epistemic Akrasia 1 Epistemic Akrasia 2 What Would Epistemic Akrasia Involve? 3 Epistemic Akrasia Is Actual (and, Therefore, Possible) 4 Concluding Remarks (and Looking Forward) 2 Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Exercises in Skeptical Cartography 1 Sextus Empiricus 2 Michel de Montaigne 3 David Hume 4 Concluding Remarks 3 Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonism as Aspirational 1 Is Pyrrhonism Psychologically Possible? 2 The Scope of Pyrrhonian Epochē 3 The Role of Pyrrhonian Epochē: Skepticism as a Eudaimonistic Ethic 4 Particularly Problematic Beliefs and Ataraxia 5 The Psychological Possibility of Pyrrhonism 6 Postscript 4 Montaigne’s Essays and/as Pyrrhonism 1 Approaching Montaigne’s Essays 2 The Presence of the Ancients in the Essays 3 Montaigne with Sextus and Cicero 4 Montaigne’s Skeptical Allegiance in the “Apology” 5 Is Montaigne Really a Pyrrhonist? 6 Montaigne’s Pyrrhonian Turn to Self-Examination 7 Montaigne’s Essays: Writing as Pyrrhonizing 5 Failing to be Responsive to Reasons: Unbudging Faith, Irresistible Beliefs 1 Hume on Montaigne’s (Doubt-Resistant) “Faith” 2 The Humean Maneuver 3 Rational Self-Control, Part 1 4 Rational Self-Control, Part 2 5 Concluding Remarks 6 Pyrrhonian Threads in the Great Humean Tapestry 1 Hume’s “Naturalism”? 2 So, Was Hume a Skeptic Then? 3 There Is No Satisfying Way to Interpret (All of) Hume 4 The Skeptical Threads of the Great Humean Tapestry 7 Hume on the “Durability” of Skepticism 1 A Treatise of Human Nature (1739/1740) 2 An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) 3 Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779) 4 Humility and Faith in Early Modern Philosophy 5 Concluding Remarks 8 The Fruits of Skepticism 1 Skepticism and Open-Minded Inquiry 2 Skepticism and Mental Tranquility 3 Skepticism and the Inward Turn 4 Skepticism and Intellectual Modesty 5 Parting Remarks References Index
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Brill Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in
Book SynopsisThis volume, the 37th year of published proceedings, contains five papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during 2022. Topics: Plato: Phaedo, where Socrates undermines his explicit arguments for immortality with quotes from his predecessors; Statesman, with Socrates’ impending death an occasion to reconsider the roles of dialectic, expertise, myth, image and law; Aristotle: De Caelo, examining inclination, natural places, and the elements, with a strong dissent in the comment; Metaphysics N that differentiate mathematical features from natural explanation, with the comment raising challenging anomalies. Finally, Plotinus on union with the One and human happiness, as frequent and common. The comments challenge or sustain the theses in the main papers.Trade Review"The Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy is known for scholarship of the highest caliber." F. A. Grabowski, (Rogers State University) in CHOICE, vol. 53, no. 5 (2016)
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J K Kok ten Have La Pensee Du Rien
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De Gruyter Language in the Philosophy of Aristotle
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Peeters Publishers Trotz Dem Subjekt
Book SynopsisDie Hermeneutik setzt sich mit dem Subjekt auseinander, sie entdeckt dessen List und Tauschung, sie schafft es aber nicht ab. Sie uberlasst es vielmehr der geduldigen Arbeit der Interpretation den Faden der Ariadne zu probieren, der uns nicht aus dem Labyrinth der Welt herausfuhrt, sondern es in einen bewohnbaren Ort verwandelt. Um dies zu tun, muss man am Subjekt gesichert arbeiten und sich gleichzeitig zu seinen aussersten Grenzen vorstrecken: wieder das Subjekt denken aber, zur gleichen Zeit und trotz dem Subjekt, uber das Subjekt hinaus denken. Das Buch verfolgt die Etappen, den Wechsel des Subjekts der Modernitat und kreuzt damit das Endliche und die Zeitlichkeit, den Wunsch und das Bedurfnis, die Erinnerung und das Zeugnis. Es entsteht die Moglichkeit eines neuen Subjekts, das nicht mehr verschlossen und selbstandig ist, sondern von einer Komplexitat und einer Andersheit durchquert ist, welche es grunden und bilden; ihm kann die Aufgabe der Philosophie als Suche nach der Wahrheit wieder anvertreut werden.
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Peeters Publishers Les Doctrines De La Science De L'antiquite a
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Peeters Publishers Logique et métaphysique dans l'organon
Book SynopsisLe présent volume s'inscrit dans la série des actes des colloques de l'Université de Bourgogne consacrés à l'interpretation de la pensée d'Aristote. On achoisi de féfléchir ici à certains aspects de l'Organon, dans l'intention de participer à la reconquête de ce secteur de la pensée aristotélicienne par des critiques de Lukasiewicz à l'endroit de Maier, ils avaient plutôt tendance à s'en détourner ou à en être écartés par de purs logiciens. Sans négliger l'apport et l'intérêt des interprétations les plus formalistes (Lukasiewicz, Patzig, Corcoran...), les conceptueurs de ce volume ont préféré faire ressortir les liens entre l'Organon et la philosophie proprement dite d'Aristote (dont on sait qu'il considérait la logique comme une propédeutique à celle-ci), en montrant que, pour le Stagirite, il était possible de penser avev rigueur et exactitude, sans pour autant se complaire dans la construction d'un "système". Témoignent nettement de ce souci les articles de MM. Balmès, Gambra, Gourinat et Vidal-Rosset, tandis que d'autres auteurs, comme MM. Seidl et Zanatta, se sont plutôt attachés aux aspects non analytiques de l'Organon, mais toujours dans leurs rapports avec la métaphysique aristotélicienne.
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Peeters Publishers L'éthique à Nicomaque II, 1: Introduction,
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Peeters Publishers Philosophie de la forme: Eidos, idea, morphé dans
Book SynopsisToutes les occurences des trois termes présentes dans les fragments des philosophes présocratiques ainsi que dans les oeuvres de Platon et d'Aristote ont été examinées par une quinzaine de professeurs et de chercheurs issus des Universités de Liège, de Bruxelles, de Louvain-la-Neuve et de Leuven. Les résultats de l'enquête ont été présentés et discutés au cours d'un colloque qui s'est tenu à Liège en mars 2001. Dans le volume, chacun des trois corpus donne lieu en outre à un tableau récapitulatif des occurences et à des conclusions propres. Un quatrième chapitre comprend une étude sur Proclus ainsi que des investigations relatives aux traductions arabes et latines du vocabulaire concerné. Pour finir, Enrico Berti dégage les principaux résultats du travail et montre aussi certains enjeux de cette «philosophie de la forme» inaugurée par les penseurs grecs. L'ouvrage comprend une bibliographie de quelque deux cents quarante titres ainsi qu'un index des mots sémantiquement apparentés aux trois termes étudiés et des autres mots qui apparaissent fréquemment dans leur voisinage.
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Peeters Publishers Dialectique, physique et métaphysique: Études sur
Book SynopsisCe recueil comprend une vingtaine de mes articles, pour la plupart déjà publié par ailleurs. Plusieurs d'entre eux ont paru en français, la langue que je préfère pour la communication internationale; mais il n'y a pas tout ce que j' ai écrit ou publié dans cette langue: je n'ai retenu que les études concernant la dialectique, la physique et la métaphysique d'Aristote, et parmi celles-ci seulement celles qui me paraissent les plus significatives. J'y ai ajouté cinq traductions d'articles publiés en italien ou en anglais et qui me semblaient constituer un complément utile aux thèses développées dans les autres. Le but de cette publication est avant tout de mettre à la disposition d'un public plus large les résultats de mes études sur ces différents thèmes, en lui permettant d'en avoir une vision pour ainsi dire synoptique - au risque de comporter des répétitions, dont je tiens à m'excuser ici. Comme il s'agit d'écrits s'etendant sur une trentaine d'années - le plus ancien remonte à 1979, mais il avait été présenté au Symposium Aristotelicum de 1972 -, il est inévitable que, sur plusieurs points, il y ait eu des changements d'opinion. Mais ceux-ci ne sont pas vraiment significatifs et il s'agit dans la plupart des cas de nuances, de différences d'accent ou encore de mises au point. Si j'ai choisi d'inclure ainsi des opinions que je ne soutiens plus de la même manière aujourd'hui, c'est dans une intention dialectique, au sens aristotélicien du terme, c'est-à-dire pour fournir tous les arguments en faveur d'une thèse aussi bien que tous ceux qui lui sont opposés, de manière à «développer les apories dans les deux directions» (pros amphotera diaporêsia), ce qui, pour Aristote, constitue la meilleure manière de distinguer le vrai du faux (Top. I 2, 101a 35-36).
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Peeters Publishers The Origins of the Platonic System: Platonisms of
Book SynopsisFrom the 1st century BC onwards followers of Plato began to systematize Plato's thought. These attempts went in various directions and were subjected to all kinds of philosophical influences, especially Aristotelian, Stoic, and Pythagorean. The result was a broad variety of Platonisms without orthodoxy. That would only change with Plotinus. This volume, being the fruit of the collaboration among leading scholars in the field, addresses a number of aspects of this period of system building with substantial contributions on Antiochus and Alcinous and their relation to Stoicism; on Pythagoreanising tendencies in Platonism; on Eudorus and the tradition of commentaries on Aristotle's Categories; on the creationism of the Jewish Platonist Philo of Alexandria; on Ammonius, the Egyptian teacher of Plutarch; on Plutarch's discussion of Socrates' guardian spirit. The contributions are in English, French, Italian and German.
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Peeters Publishers Plotinus, Ennead Ii 9 [33] Against the Gnostics
Book SynopsisThis book consists in a commentary and translation of Plotinus's Ennead II 9 [33], entitled by Porphyry Against the Gnostics. The commentary has tried to go beyond the traditional approach, based on the idea that Plotinus's Ennead II 9 is the theatre of the clash of two antithetical worldviews: the first, championed by Plotinus; the second, by his Gnostic disciples; on the contrary, the Ennead II 9 [33] represents a dialogue between a master of philosophy and his own disciples. Plotinus's disciples do not regard Gnosticism as distant from Plato. In contrast, Plotinus does not think that Plato is a precursor of Gnosticism, even if he is aware that his doctrines can be interpreted in a dualistic and Gnostic fashion. He agrees with his disciples that for Plato sensible and intelligible reality, as well as Soul and body, are different; however, Plotinus thinks that their different nature can be ultimately traced back to the same principle, namely being, which contains in itself all possibilities of existence. This is the true gnosis that Plotinus has tried to make his disciples obtain by writing the Ennead II 9 [33].
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Peeters Publishers La Lumiere De L'Intellect: La Pensee Scientifique
Book SynopsisLes etudes sur Averroes (1126-1198) ont porte jusqu'ici, pour l'essentiel, soit sur un aspect de sa psychologie philosophique, soit sur sa doctrine politique. Le premier type d'etudes se situe dans le prolongement de la reception medievale latine d'Averroes, caracterisee par les controverses suscitees par sa noetique. Le second reflete un courant de la recherche qui a domine l'histoire recente de la philosophie arabe et qui a mis l'accent sur l'etude des rapports entre religion et philosophie. Sans negliger ces deux orientations, ce volume, qui rassemble des contributions de specialistes mondialement reconnus d'Averroes, cherche a donner une vision plus globale de cet auteur en etudiant toutes les facettes de son oeuvre. Il vise aussi a reequilibrer l'approche de sa pensee, en insistant sur des aspects peu etudies de celle-ci et qui relevent de la logique, de la philosophie naturelle, de la medecine ou de la methodologie juridique. Les etudes ici rassemblees contribuent ainsi a jeter une lumiere neuve sur cette figure marquante de la pensee universelle. Les etudes sur Averroes (1126-1198) ont porte jusqu'ici, pour l'essentiel, soit sur un aspect de sa psychologie philosophique, soit sur sa doctrine politique. Le premier type d'etudes se situe dans le prolongement de la reception medievale latine d'Averroes, caracterisee par les controverses suscitees par sa noetique. Le second reflete un courant de la recherche qui a domine l'histoire recente de la philosophie arabe et qui a mis l'accent sur l'etude des rapports entre religion et philosophie. Sans negliger ces deux orientations, ce volume, qui rassemble des contributions de specialistes mondialement reconnus d'Averroes, cherche a donner une vision plus globale de cet auteur en etudiant toutes les facettes de son oeuvre. Il vise aussi a reequilibrer l'approche de sa pensee, en insistant sur des aspects peu etudies de celle-ci et qui relevent de la logique, de la philosophie naturelle, de la medecine ou de la methodologie juridique. Les etudes ici rassemblees contribuent ainsi a jeter une lumiere neuve sur cette figure marquante de la pensee universelle.
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Peeters Publishers Thomas D'Aquin Lecteur: Vers Une Nouvelle
Book SynopsisLa periode universitaire du Moyen Age se caracterise par un veritable renouveau des formes de production de la pensee : nouvelles sources, nouvelle organisation du savoir, nouvelles theories de l'exegese mais egalement nouvelles pratiques interpretatives. L'ambition de ce livre est double : mettre au jour de maniere unitaire la pratique hermeneutique de l'ensemble de l' uvre de Thomas d'Aquin, et proposer par ce biais une methodologie pour optimiser l'etude de cette pratique chez d'autres auteurs de la meme epoque. A cet effet, l'ouvrage propose une analyse systematique de la locution " intentio auctoris " a partir d'un corpus de pres de sept cent unites textuelles. La portee interpretative de ce syntagme est ici a la fois definie et mise a l'epreuve en vue d'en faire un veritable outil pour les etudes hermeneutiques. L'esquisse lexicale de cette locution, le decodage des criteres de lecture mis en place par Thomas d'Aquin et la determination du caractere juste d'un texte seront les etapes cle de ce parcours.La periode universitaire du Moyen Age se caracterise par un veritable renouveau des formes de production de la pensee: nouvelles sources, nouvelle organisation du savoir, nouvelles theories de l'exegese mais egalement nouvelles pratiques interpretatives. L'ambition de ce livre est double: mettre au jour de maniere unitaire la pratique hermeneutique de l'ensemble de l' uvre de Thomas d'Aquin, et proposer par ce biais une methodologie pour optimiser l'etude de cette pratique chez d'autres auteurs de la meme epoque. A cet effet, l'ouvrage propose une analyse systematique de la locution "intentio auctoris" a partir d'un corpus de pres de sept cent unites textuelles. La portee interpretative de ce syntagme est ici a la fois definie et mise a l'epreuve en vue d'en faire un veritable outil pour les etudes hermeneutiques. L'esquisse lexicale de cette locution, le decodage des criteres de lecture mis en place par Thomas d'Aquin et la determination du caractere juste d'un texte seront les etapes cle de ce parcours.
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Peeters Publishers Theoria: Studies on the Status and Meaning of
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Peeters Publishers L'excellence politique chez Aristote
Book SynopsisL'excellence politique est au centre des Politiques d'Aristote. Les contributions rassemblées dans cet ouvrage visent toutes à l'éclairer. Il s'agit de la nature de la cité (D. Morrison, E. Bermon, J.L. Labarrière), du célèbre chapitre 4 du livre III (P. Pellegrin, J. Terrel), du rôle de l'homme de bien dans les différents régimes (V. Laurand, R. Bodéüs), de la "cité selon nos voeux" (livres 7 et 8, A. Jaulin, P. Simpson) et de l'actualité des réflexions d'Aristote sur l'excellence (S.D. Collins).
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Peeters Publishers La question du divin chez Aristote: Discours sur
Book SynopsisPoser la question du divin chez Aristote, c’est tenter de déterminer à quelle nécessité philosophique la conception aristotélicienne de la nature et de la causalité des dieux est censée répondre. À partir d’une lecture minutieuse de l’ensemble du corpus, et plus particulièrement des textes physiques, cosmologiques et métaphysiques, cet ouvrage montre la centralité de la notion de principe dans l’étude aristotélicienne des dieux. Plus qu’une théologie qui chercherait à définir pour elle-même l’essence de la divinité, l’enquête aristotélicienne sur les dieux (corps célestes ou moteurs immobiles) constitue une archologie, une science du principe. Qu’il s’intègre à l’étude de la nature ou à celle des substances, chaque examen des réalités divines, chaque formulation à laquelle il aboutit, se justifie d’abord en raison des exigences conceptuelles qui pèsent sur la notion de principe premier, avant de se conformer à la logique conceptuelle de la divinité, de l’approfondir, voire de la renouveler.
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Peeters Publishers Action, Reason and Truth: Studies in Aristotle's
Book SynopsisThe present volume brings together a number of studies, eight in all, dedicated to diverse aspects of Aristotle's conception of rational action and practical rationality. Two principal motifs account for their thematic unity. The first one is given in the idea that Aristotle's view is characterized by a fundamental tension between the totalizing orientation of practical rationality, on the one hand, and the situational subjection of human action, on the other. The second one concerns the connection that Aristotle establishes between rational action (praxis) and truth, expressed in the notion of practical truth. The proposed interpretation seeks to show that Aristotle's conception is not just internally consistent and philosophically interesting. It is also capable of entering into fruitful dialogue with a whole range of modern and contemporary views.
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Peeters Publishers Nature and Justice: Studies in the Ethical and
Book SynopsisA collection of articles on Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics. The newly written introductory chapter offers a sketch of the metaphysical foundations of Plato’s and Aristotle’s ethical and political philosophy. Two chapters on the Republic examine Plato’s account of justice and his use of the ship of state metaphor. The remainder of the book is devoted to Aristotle and discusses such topics as his view of the best life for a man, his political naturalism, his proto-anarchism, his theory of distributive justice, and his ideal polis. The final chapters, also newly written, address the unattractive features of Aristotle’s political ideal—natural slavery, the subordination of women, and the denigration of technical skill—and argue that these features are in fact inconsistent with the basic principles of his ethical and political philosophy. The volume ends with a defense of the claim that Aristotle’s political philosophy, once shorn of its excrescences, is updateable to the twenty-first century.
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Peeters Publishers Syriac Sayings of Greek Philosophers: A Study in
Book SynopsisSyriac "Sayings of Greek Philosophers" (SGP) is a corpus of sentences preserved in a number of Syriac manuscripts in the form of different collections and under different titles (until now these sentences were mainly referred to as "On the Soul"). SGP consists of two main blocks of sentences represented by two gnomic anthologies, the "Dublin Florilegium", consisting of short maxims, and the "Tur ʿAbdin Florilegium", including longer expositions in moral philosophy, or "counsels". The first introductory part of the book not only describes the textual witnesses of SGP, but also surveys all other extant gnomic materials attributed to Greek philosophers and poets (the Seven Sages, Homer, Plato, Menander, Pythagoras, Theano, etc.), including gnomologia, florilegia, exempla, and doxography. Two chapters of the introduction focus on the pedagogical use of the gnomic materials mainly connected with the new Christian forms of rhetorical education based on the study of the Bible and on the texts of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus. The second part of the book contains a critical edition of SGP on the basis of 15 manuscripts.
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Peeters Publishers Aristote et l'âme humaine: Lectures de 'De anima'
Book SynopsisLe volume Aristote et l’âme humaine. Lectures de De Anima III offertes à Michel Crubellier, propose une lecture suivie, par de grands spécialistes de philosophie aristotélicienne, des treize chapitres qui composent le livre III du De Anima. Dans ce livre difficile, qui n’a cessé de nourrir les interprétations des commentateurs depuis l’Antiquité, la psychologie aristotélicienne, partant des facultés que l’âme humaine partage avec le reste des animaux, s’élève jusqu’aux fonctions cognitives par lesquelles l’homme, cette fois, s’en distingue. Les treize études de ce volume, en forme de commentaire du livre III du De Anima, nous invitent à entrer dans cette exploration aristotélicienne de l’âme humaine.
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Peeters Publishers Aristotelian Statecraft
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Leuven University Press Syncategoremata: Henrico de Ganavo adscripta
Book SynopsisAncient and Medieval Philosophy-Series 2, No. 37The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. If Henry wrote the text, he had much more technical knowledge of logic and semantics than is often imagined. The text was influenced by the logical works of Peter of Spain.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORDINTRODUCTION― Bibliography to the IntroductionEDITION― Argumentum― Symbols:1. In the Text Itself2. In the Critical Apparatus― Abbreviations:1. In the Critical Apparatus2. In the Apparatus of Citations— Symbol of the Manuscript— PhotographSYNCATEGOREMATATABLES— Works Cited by Henry(?)— List of Sophismata— Onomastic Table— Table of Photographs— Table of Contents
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Leuven University Press Collected Studies on Francisco Suarez SJ
Book SynopsisJohn P. Doyle's groundbreaking studies of Francisco Suarez's imposing yet highly original system of scholasticism have helped to make the Jesuit's ideas tractable and accessible. This volume collects Doyle's most important articles on the philosophical theology metaphysics, ethics, and legal philosophy of Suarez, and is prefaced by an introductory chapter that places the Jesuit's life and thought in context. The volume is a fitting and timely tribute to a scholar whose selfless and sympathetic concern with the ideas of Suarez have served the cause of Suarezian scholarship with great distinction.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1Francisco Suárez, His Life, His Works, His Doctrine, and Some of His InfluenceCHAPTER 2Suarez on the Reality of the PossiblesCHAPTER 3Suarez on the Analogy of BeingCHAPTER 4Suarezian and Thomistic Metaphysics before the Judgment of HeideggerCHAPTER 5The Suarezian Proof for God's ExistenceCHAPTER 6Prolegomena to a Study of Extrinsic Denomination in the Work of Francis Suarez, S.J.CHAPTER 7Suárez on Beings of Reason and TruthCHAPTER 8Suárez on the Unity of a Scientific HabitCHAPTER 9Suárez on the Truth of the Proposition, "This is My Body"CHAPTER 10Suárez on Preaching the Gospel to People like the American IndiansCHAPTER 11Francisco Suárez on the Law of NationsCHAPTER 12Suárez on Human RightsCHAPTER 13Francisco Suárez on the Interpretation of LawsCHAPTER 14Postscript and ProspectusBibliography Index of Names Index of Terms
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Leuven University Press John Pagus on Aristotle's Categories : A Study
Book SynopsisExtensive study of one of the first extant thirteenth-century commentaries on aristotle's categories. The Rationes super Praedicamenta Aristotelis of John Pagus is one of the earliest known literary products of the Arts Faculty of the University of Paris. Written in the 1230s, it is among the first extant commentaries on Aristotle's Categories and reflects a period in which philosophers had already absorbed the full range of Aristotle's logical writings and were becoming increasingly familiar with his physical and metaphysical works. The present volume contains the first full critical edition of the text, preceded by an extensive introductory study consisting of two parts. The first part describes the life and work of John Pagus, the manuscript sources, formal features, authoritative sources, and date of his commentary, as well as its relationship to other known commentaries from the period. The second part is devoted to an analysis of some of the key features of Pagus' interpretation of the categories. The author takes account of Pagus' systematic construal of Aristotle's text, focusing particular attention on his position on perennial issues such as what categories are, which categories there are, what sort of items they collect, whether or not they can overlap, and the relationship between logical and metaphysical categories. To more appreciate and understand Pagus' approach, the volume also pays considerable attention to the views of his near-contemporaries Nicholas of Paris and Robert Kilwardby. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewThis is an excellent edition of a crucial text in medieval logic. The edition is excellent because the text correctly represents the manuscript and because the editor considers the historical context, providing parallel texts from Nicholas of Paris and Robert Kilwardby.Rega Wood, Indiana University, Bloomington, The Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 52, Number 1, January 2014 Ondanks deze kritische bemerkingen, kunnen wij alleen maar onze waardering uitspreken voor het beter toegankelijk maken van dit werk van Pagus, des te meer daar een groot deel van het werk enkel in een unicum bewaard bleef.Jules Janssens, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, 77/2015, nr 4'En éditant ce commentaire, H.H. a rendu un grand service à la communauté des chercheurs, car l'enseignement de la logique à Paris dans la première partie du 13e s. est très mal connu. [...] L'édition critique est agrémentée d'un index des citations et d'une bibliographie, le tout répresentant un instrument de travail d'excellente facture pour les recherches ultérieures.' Jean-Michel Counet, Revue d’Histoire Ecclésiastique, 2018Table of ContentsPreface PART ONE INT RODUCTORY ST UDY Chapter One The Author and his Work Introduction: Logic in the Thirteenth Century1 John Pagus: Life and Works1.1 Life1.2 Works2 The Commentary on the Categories2.1 Manuscript Sources2.2 Formal Features2.3 Authoritative Sources2.4 Contemporary Commentaries2.5 Date of CompositionChapter Two Pagus' Interpretation of the CategoriesIntroduction: Aristotle's Categories1 The Categories and Logic2 The Subject Matter of the Categories3 The Notion of a Category4 Equivocals, Univocals, Denominatives5 The Ontological Square6 The Antepredicamental Rules7 The Content of the Category System8 Substance9 AccidentsAppendix Stylistic Comparison of the Commentaries in MS Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 1589PART TWO EDITIONChapter Three Editor's Preface1 Ratio edendi2 Sigla et CompendiaChapter Four John Pagus: Rationes super Praedicamenta Aristotelis1 Aequivoca dicuntur etc. (1.1a1)2 Univoca dicuntur etc. (1.1a7)3 Denominativa dicuntur etc. (1.1a13)4 Eorum quae sunt alia sunt in subiecto etc. (2.1a20)5 Quando autem alterum de altero etc. (3.1b10)6 Eorum quae secundum nullam complexionem dicuntur etc. (4.1b25)7 Substantia est quae proprie etc. (5.2a12)8 Manifestum est autem etc. (5.2a19)9 Secundarum vero substantiarum etc. (5.2b7)10 Merito autem post principales etc. (5.2b30)11 Commune est autem etc. (5.3a7)12 Inest autem substantiis etc. (5.3a33)13 Inest autem substantiis etc. (5.3b25)14 Maxime vero etc. (5.4a10)15 Sed et si quis hoc suscipiat (5.4a27)16 Quantitatis autem etc. (6.4b20)17 Partium etenim numeri (6.4b26)18 Linea vero continua est (6.5a1)19 Amplius quidem (6.5a15)20 Proprie autem quantitates (6.5a39)21 Amplius quantitati nihil est contrarium (6.5b12)22 Amplius si magnum et parvum (6.5b33)23 Sed non videtur quantitas suscipere (6.6a20)24 Ad aliquid vero talia dicuntur (7.6a36)25 Inest autem contrarietas (7.6b15)26 Omnia autem relativa ad convertentiam dicuntur (7.6b27)27 Omnia ergo quae ad aliquid dicuntur (7.7a22)28 Videtur autem ad aliquid simul esse natura (7.7b15)29 Habet autem quaestionem utrum nulla substantia (7.8a14)30 Ex his ergo manifestum est (7.8a35)31 Qualitatem autem dico etc. (8.8b25)32 Aliud vero genus qualitatis (8.9a14)33 Tertia vero species qualitatis etc. (8.9a28)34 Quoniam ergo fiunt per aliquam etc. (8.9b12)35 Quartum vero genus (8.10a11)36 Inest autem contrarietas secundum quod quale etc. (8.10b12)37 Triangulus vero etc. (8.11a5)38 Suscipit autem facere et pati etc. (9.11b1)39 Quotiens autem solet opponi etc. (10.11b17)40 Quorum vero non est necessarium etc. (10.12a9)41 Non est autem neque quod sub affirmatione etc. (10.12b5)42 In privatione vero et habitu etc. (10.13a3)43 Quaecumque vero ut affirmatio et negatio (10.13a37)44 Contrarium autem etc. (11.13b36)45 Prius autem quadrupliciter dicitur etc. (12.14a26)Appendix Anonymus Patavinus: Commentarii in Praedicamenta Aristotelis fragmentumBibliographyIndex LocorumIndex Quaestionum
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Leuven University Press Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in the Translation of
Book SynopsisFirst ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy’s masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke’s Latin translation of Ptolemy’s celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy’s treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the Arabic. William of Moerbeke’s translation was made directly from the Greek and it is a major scholarly achievement manifesting not only Moerbeke’s genius as a translator, but also as a scientist. The edition is accompanied by extensive Greek-Latin indices, which give evidence of Moerbeke’s astonishing enrichment of the Latin vocabulary, which he needed both to translate the technical scientific vocabulary and to cope with the many new terms Ptolemy created. The introduction examines Moerbeke’s translation method and situates the Latin translation within the tradition of the Greek text. This edition makes possible a better assessment of the great medieval translator and also contributes to a better understanding of the Greek text of Ptolemy’s masterwork.Trade Review'Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem und Carlos Steel ist zu danken, dass sie den Wissenschaftshistorikern und Philologen, die sich mit der Rezeption der Tetrabiblos, eines in seiner Wirkmächtigkeit kaum zu überschätzenden antiken Textes, beschäftigen, ein vorzügliches Arbeitsinstrument vorgelegt haben.'Klaus Geus, Editionen in der Kritik, vol. 10 * Editionen in der Kritik *"In conclusion, the volume is not only a landmark in Ptolemaic studies, but Chapter V and the apparatus to William’s translation also make it an indispensable companion for readers of the Greek Tetrabiblos."Levente László, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 50 Issue 2, May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021828619840510Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter I: Manuscript Tradition of the Translation 1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 179, ff. 171r-208v (Ox) 2. Venezia, Bibl. Marciana, lat. XIV, 242 (= 4295), ff. 1r-12v (Ve) 3. The relation of the two manuscripts Chapter II: William of Moerbeke Translator of the Ludiciala 1. Attribution of the translation to William of Moerbeke 1.1. External arguments 1.2. Internal arguments: an analysis of the translation method 1.2.1. Particles, conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs 1.2.2. Vocabulary 1.2.3. Syntax 1.3. Special character of the translation 1.4. When was the translation made? 2. Moerbeke: a translator with an interest in science 2.1. Astrological terms 2.2. Medical terms 2.3. Translation of hapax legomena and rare terms 2.4. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus 3. Moerbeke and Plato of Tivoli Conclusion Chapter III: The Reception of Moerbeke's Translation 1. Henricus Bate 2. Agostino Nifo Chapter IV: The Greek Text and the Translation A. The tradition of the Greek text 1. The Vaticanus graecus 1038 and related manuscripts 2. The tradition besides V 2.1. Class βγ 2.2. Class α 2.3. Bipartition of the text tradition 3. The indirect tradition B. The Greek model of Moerbeke’s translation 1. Principal characteristic of G: a representative of branch ψ 1.1. G agrees with V (L) alone against variants of all other witnesses 1.2. G is dependent neither from V nor L 1.3. Bipartition of the tradition: G with V (L) alone against common readings of α βγ 60 2. G with other witnesses against V (L) 2.1. Relations of G with readings of (Σ) βγ against V Y (or V α) 2.2. G: relations with α 3. G different from the whole tradition 3.1. Two important cases 3.2. G agrees with coniectures of Hübner 3.3. Glosses in G 3.4. The omission of Ptolemy’s table of termsConclusionAddendumChapter V: The Contribution of Moerbeke’s Translation to the Edition of the Greek Text 1. Book I 2. Book II 3. Book III 4. Book IV Appendix I: The Astrological Note Translated by Moerbeke Appendix II: The Conclusion of the Apotelesmatica Editorial Principles 1. Text 2. Latin apparatus 3. Greek-Latin comparative apparatus Bibliography Claudii Ptolemaei Liber Ludicialium translatio Guillelmi de Morbeka Conspectus siglorum LIBER I Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: Quod pronosticatio per astronomiam sit possibilis et usque ad quid Cap. 3m: Quod etiam sit proficua Cap. 4m: De uirtute errantium astrorum Cap. 5m: De beneficis et maleficis Cap. 6m: De masculinis et femininis Cap. 7m: De diurnis et nocturnis Cap. 8m: De uirtute configurationum ad solem Cap. 9m: De stellarum fixarum uirtute Cap. 10m: De temporibus anni Cap. 11m: De uirtute angulorum Cap. 12m: De tropicis et equinoctialibus et fixis et bicorporeis signis Cap. 13m: De masculinis et femininis signis Cap. 14m: De signis duodecim que ad inuicem configurantur Cap. 15m: De imperantibus et obedientibus similiter signis Cap. 16m: De aspicientibus et equipotentibus inuicem signis Cap. 17m: De inconnexis Cap. 18m: De domibus uniuscuiusque planete Cap. 19m: De triplicitatibus Cap. 20m: De exaltationibus Cap. 21m: De terminorum dispositione Cap. 22m: De locis et partibus uniuscuiusque Cap. 23m: De faciebus et claritatibus et talibus Cap. 24m: De coniunctionibus et refluxionibus et aliis uirtutibus LIBER II Cap. primum: Diuisio totius intentionis Cap. 2m: De proprietatibus secundum omnia climata Cap. 3m: De conuenientia regionum ad trigonalitates et ad stellas Cap. 4m: Expositio regionum que referuntur ad unumquodque signorum Cap. 5m: Accessus in particulares effectus eclipsium Cap. 6m: De consideratione dispositarum regionum Cap. 7m: De tempore effectuum Cap. 8m: De genere [autem] dispositorum Cap. 9m: De qualitate ipsius effectus Cap. 10m: De coloribus eclipsium et cometarum et talium Cap. 11m: De innouatione anni Cap. 12m: De particulari animalium natura ad consistentias Cap. 13m: De particulari consideratione consistentiarum Cap. 14m: De ea que ex metheoris significatione LIBER III Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: De seminatione et partu Cap. 3m: De gradu horoscopi Cap. 4m [3]: Quomodo oportet accipere horoscopum Cap. 5m [4]: Diuisio geneatici sermonis Cap. 6m [5]: De parentibus Cap. 7m [6]: De fratribus Cap. 8m [7]: De masculinis et femininis Cap. 9m [8]: De gemellis Cap. 10m [9]: De monstris Cap. 11m [10]: De non cibatis Cap. 12m [11]: De annis uite Cap. 13m [12]: De forma et complexione corporali Cap. 14m [13]: De lesura et passionibus Cap. 15m [14]: De qualitate anime Cap. 16m [15]: De passionibus animalibus LIBER IV Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: De fortuna possessoria Cap. 3m: De fortuna dignitatiua Cap. 4m: De qualitate operationis Cap. 5m: De coniugiis Cap. 6m: De natis Cap. 7m: De amicis et inimicis Cap. 8m: De peregrinatione Cap. 9m: De qualitate mortis Cap. 10m: De temporum diuisione I. Index graeco-latinus II. Index latino-graecus III. Supplementum latinum
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Leuven University Press Natural Spectaculars: Aspects of Plutarch's
Book SynopsisThe value of Plutarch’s perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle. Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and ‘wonders’. His writings teach us a lot about his perception of physical reality and about his attitude to the natural spectacle. He found his greatest inspiration in the ontological and epistemological framework of Plato’s Timaeus, but a wide range of other authors were also of seminal interest to his project. Clearly, the highly literary value of Plutarch’s natural philosophical writings should not be underrated. It is therefore not surprising that recently scholars have started to reassess the ancient scientific value of Plutarch’s natural philosophical writings. Natural Spectaculars aims to give further impetus to this dynamic by treating several aspects of Plutarch’s natural philosophy which have remained unexplored up to now. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Contributors: Jan Opsomer (KU Leuven), Suzan Sierksma-Agteres (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Angelo Casanova (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Paola Volpe Cacciatore (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Aldo Setaioli (Università degli Studi di Perugia), Fabio Tanga (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Michiel Meeusen (KU Leuven), Luisa Lesage Gárriga (Universidad de Málaga), Ana Ferreira (Universidade do Porto), Israel Muñoz Gallarte (Universidad de Córdoba), Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Bram Demulder (KU Leuven), Aurelio Pérez Jiménez (Universidad de Málaga), Delfim Ferreira Leão (Universidade de Coimbra)Trade ReviewTo conclude, this is a volume that significantly advances our understanding of Plutarch as a natural philosopher and scientist, among other things, by doing justice to the different genres of Plutarchan writing that serve as platforms for enquiry into the mechanisms or laws of nature. Scholars and students alike will have much to gain from its contents. Katerina Oikonomopoulou, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 140, 283-284. doi:10.1017/S0075426920000543Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy MICHIEL MEEUSEN -; LUC VAN DER STOCKT I. Physics and MetaphysicsPlutarch on the Geometry of the Elements JAN OPSOMER 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge SUZAN SIERKSMA-AGTERES II. Physical Aetiology and ExegesisAre Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4) ANGELO CASANOVA Plutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus PAOLA VOLPE CACCIATORE The Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10; Macr., Sat. 7,16,15-;34) ALDO SETAIOLI Some Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales FABIO TANGA Plutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) MICHIEL MEEUSENIII. Man's Place in the Cosmos The Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives LUISA LESAGE GàRRIGA The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch ANA FERREIRA Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works ISRAEL MUà‘OZ GALLARTE Plutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological Framework LAUTARO ROIG LANZILLOTTAIV. Compositional Technique and StyleFrom Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again): Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae BRAM DEMULDER Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD AURELIO PÉREZ-JIMÉNEZ Plutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6-;7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West DELFIM FERREIRA LEàƒO Index Nominum et Rerum
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