| Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume XXII (2006) Contributor(s): Cleary, John J. (Editor), Gurtler, Gary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004160493 ISBN-13: 9789004160491 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $148.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This volume contains papers and commentaries originally presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the 2001-2 academic year. Four papers concern Platonic texts. Three explore Socratic piety, elenchos, and maieutic in Euthyphro, Meno, and Theaetetus respectively. More is involved, but distinguishing between Socrates and Plato, their ideas and methods, forms a common thread. The fourth paper casts a wider net in discussing the nature of life in Plato in relation to Homer and others. Two papers study topics in Aristotle, moral considerability in the discussion of friendship and the aporematic conception of inquiry. The last two papers bring in NeoPlatonists, exploring Augustine's appropriation of Platonic grades of virtue and Proclus's reconsideration of Aristotelian motion. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 180 |
| Series: Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.39" W x 9.5" (1.08 lbs) 263 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the academic year 2005-6. Of the two colloquia on Neoplatonism, one offers a phenomenological reading of Plotinus on the Intellect, while the other discusses consciousness and introspection in Plotinus and Augustine. With regard to Aristotle's ethics, one colloquium discusses the influence of force and compulsion on human action, while another examines his views on the relationship between external goods and happiness. Two other colloquia are devoted to Aristotle's Metaphysics, discussing form and function in relation to his theory of substance, as well as his paradigmatism. Finally, a single colloquium on Plato discusses the happiness of philosopher-kings in the Republic. |
