| Title | Methods in examining sense-perception: John Philoponus and Ps.-Simplicius |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Journal | Laval théologique et philosophique |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 651-661 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Lautner, Peter |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| The paper discusses the methods applied by Philoponus and Pseudo-Simplicius in commenting on Aristotle’s theory of sense-perception, and indicates their differences. Philoponus frequently employs medical theories and empirical material, mostly taken from Aristotle, to highlight not only the activities of the particular senses, but also a certain kind of awareness and the way we experience our inner states. By contrast, his Athenian contemporary Pseudo-Simplicius disregards such aspects altogether. His method is deductive: He relies on some general thesis, partly taken from Iamblichus, from which to derive theses on sense-perception. The emphasis falls on Philoponus’ doctrine since his reliance on medical views leads to an interesting blend of Platonic and medical/empirical theories. [Author’s abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/Hp3HmG57KFdbOQW |
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| Title | Iamblichus' Transformation of the Aristotelian “katharsis”, its Middle-Platonic Antecedents and Proclus' and Simplicius' Response to it |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2000 |
| Journal | Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |
| Volume | 40 |
| Pages | 263–282 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Lautner, Peter |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Aristotle bequeathed his followers certain notions that were to be of great importance to posterity. Some of them were taken up and discussed at length in Hellenistic schools, but others escaped notice; katharsis belongs to the latter group. This is all the more surprising since the Stoics made considerable effort to demonstrate that passions (pathê) can be tamed by reason. The Stoic ideal of freedom from passions, which implies the conversion of each passion into eupatheia, may at first sight have some affinity with the interpretation of katharsis that focuses on the ethical importance of emotions for Aristotle. But a closer look at the peculiar character of the Stoics’ overall conception of the soul reveals that any similarity is but mere appearance. It is only among some of the later Neoplatonists that Aristotle’s concept regains the significance it once had. By that time, it gains a strong ethical emphasis. As far as our evidence allows us to say, the development started in the early imperial age. My aim is to follow the renascence of this notion in Iamblichus, its antecedents among the Platonists of the early empire, and the way Proclus and Simplicius reacted to Iamblichus’ attempt. I hope that Professor Ritook will consider this an appropriate subject with which to honor him. His latest contribution to explaining the problem of how desire and cognitive activities are interlocked in Aristotle’s concept of poetry will serve as an excellent point of reference for this investigation. We can now see that the discussion of how desires are involved in, and formed by, the watching of tragedies is intimately tied to the account of how understanding and the desire to understand contribute to katharsis. [introduction p. 263] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/DphH8s3zrklDFAe |
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| Title | Iamblichus' Transformation of the Aristotelian “katharsis”, its Middle-Platonic Antecedents and Proclus' and Simplicius' Response to it |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2000 |
| Journal | Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |
| Volume | 40 |
| Pages | 263–282 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Lautner, Peter |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
Aristotle bequeathed his followers certain notions that were to be of great importance to posterity. Some of them were taken up and discussed at length in Hellenistic schools, but others escaped notice; katharsis belongs to the latter group. This is all the more surprising since the Stoics made considerable effort to demonstrate that passions (pathê) can be tamed by reason. The Stoic ideal of freedom from passions, which implies the conversion of each passion into eupatheia, may at first sight have some affinity with the interpretation of katharsis that focuses on the ethical importance of emotions for Aristotle. But a closer look at the peculiar character of the Stoics’ overall conception of the soul reveals that any similarity is but mere appearance. It is only among some of the later Neoplatonists that Aristotle’s concept regains the significance it once had. By that time, it gains a strong ethical emphasis. As far as our evidence allows us to say, the development started in the early imperial age. My aim is to follow the renascence of this notion in Iamblichus, its antecedents among the Platonists of the early empire, and the way Proclus and Simplicius reacted to Iamblichus’ attempt. I hope that Professor Ritook will consider this an appropriate subject with which to honor him. His latest contribution to explaining the problem of how desire and cognitive activities are interlocked in Aristotle’s concept of poetry will serve as an excellent point of reference for this investigation. We can now see that the discussion of how desires are involved in, and formed by, the watching of tragedies is intimately tied to the account of how understanding and the desire to understand contribute to katharsis. [introduction p. 263] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/DphH8s3zrklDFAe |
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| Title | Methods in examining sense-perception: John Philoponus and Ps.-Simplicius |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Journal | Laval théologique et philosophique |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 651-661 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Lautner, Peter |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
The paper discusses the methods applied by Philoponus and Pseudo-Simplicius in commenting on Aristotle’s theory of sense-perception, and indicates their differences. Philoponus frequently employs medical theories and empirical material, mostly taken from Aristotle, to highlight not only the activities of the particular senses, but also a certain kind of awareness and the way we experience our inner states. By contrast, his Athenian contemporary Pseudo-Simplicius disregards such aspects altogether. His method is deductive: He relies on some general thesis, partly taken from Iamblichus, from which to derive theses on sense-perception. The emphasis falls on Philoponus’ doctrine since his reliance on medical views leads to an interesting blend of Platonic and medical/empirical theories. [Author’s abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/Hp3HmG57KFdbOQW |
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