Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

Volume XXV (2009)

AvGary Gurtler,William Wians

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This volume, the twenty-fifth year of published proceedings, contains seven papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2008-9. The papers treat topics including: mind and body in Heraclitus and Anaxagoras, a reconsideration of Socratic intellectualism, the positive motivational intent of Platonic poetics, politics and dialectic in the Statesman, Aristotle on community life, the nature of virtue according to Chrysippus, and the beauty of scientific knowledge in Proclus.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-17
Mått:160 x 240 x 16 mm
Vikt:547 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004186781

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Mer om författaren

Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has published on ancient philosophy, with special attention to Neoplatonism, including a book on Plotinus: The Experience of Unity (1988).William Wians is Professor of Philosophy at Merrimack College. He has edited five previous volumes of BACAP proceedings and written numerous articles and reviews on ancient philosophy. His collection Logos and Muthos: Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature was recently published. Contributors are Bernard Collette-Dučić, Patricia Curd, Pierre Destrée, Dimitri El Murr, Eugene Garver, Jörg Hardy, Brian Earl Johnson, Thornton Lockwood, Marije Martijn, Keith McPartland, Dmitri Nikulin, David Roochnik, May Sim, and Christine J. Thomas.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: John J. Cleary, 1949-2009Addendum 2010 COLLOQUIUM 1 Thought and Body in Heraclitus and Anaxagoras PATRICIA CURDCommentary on Curd KEITH MCPARTLANDCurd/McPartland Bibliography COLLOQUIUM 2Living Well and Living Together: Politics VII 1-3 and the Discovery of the Common LifeEUGENE GARVERCommentary on Garver THORNTON LOCKWOODGarver/Lockwood Bibliography COLLOQUIUM 3 Why Beauty is Truth in All We Know: Aesthetics and Mimesis in Neoplatonic Science MARIJE MARTIJNCommentary on Martijn DMITRI NIKULINMartijn/Nikulin Bibliography COLLOQUIUM 4 Politics and Dialectic in Plato’s Statesman DIMITRI EL MURRCommentary on El Murr CHRISTINE J. THOMASEl Murr/Thomas Bibliography COLLOQUIUM 5 Is Virtue Knowledge? Socratic Intellectualism Reconsidered JÖRG HARDYCommentary on Hardy DAVID ROOCHNIKHardy/Roochnik BibliographyCOLLOQUIUM 6 On the Chrysippean Thesis that the Virtues are Poia BERNARD COLLETTE-DUČIĆCommentary on Collette-Dučić BRIAN EARL JOHNSONCollette-Dučić/Johnson BibliographyCOLLOQUIUM 7 Happiness, Justice, and Poetry in Plato’s Republic PIERRE DESTRÉECommentary on Destrée MAY SIMDestrée/Sim Bibliography About our Contributors Index of Names