| Title | Platon et Plotin sur la doctrine des parties de l'autre |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1991 |
| Journal | Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-512 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| La matière est-elle identique à V alterile ? » Plotin se pose cette question au commencement du dernier chapitre de son traité Sur la matière (Enn., II 4 [12] 16). « Plutôt non », répond-il. « Elle est en revanche identique à cette partie de Valtérité qui s'oppose aux êtres proprement dits. » En s'exprimant de la sorte, Plotin fait allusion à un passage du Sophiste (258 E 2-3). Son allusion suppose pourtant l'existence d'un texte qui n'est pas attesté dans les manuscrits. Cette différence textuelle implique un changement fonda- mental de doctrine, dont les éditeurs modernes ne se sont pas avisés. [Author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/pBX2hcvJiK520pk |
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| Title | La taille et la forme des atomes dans les systèmes de Démocrite et d'Épicure («Préjugé» et «présupposé» en histoire de la philosophie) |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1982 |
| Journal | Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger |
| Volume | 172 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-203 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Qu'on n'aille pas en conclure que nous suivons aveuglément tout propos du Stagirite. Une observation permettra d'atténuer la valeur de son témoignage et de nuancer la conclusion à laquelle nous sommes arrivés jusqu'ici. Selon l'hypothèse élaborée ci-dessus, Démocrite et Épicure ne se seraient pas opposés sur la question de la grandeur des atomes. Pour l'un et l'autre philosophe, la gamme des grandeurs aura été en effet finie. Mais scrutons de plus près les deux thèses concernant la forme des atomes. Épicure précise que les variétés de forme sont, non pas « infinies », mais « insaisissables » (ἀπερίληπτοι). Quant à Démocrite et à Leucippe, Aristote affirme deux fois que les variétés de forme sont « infinies », d'une part en parlant de la multiplicité « infinie » des atomes, d'autre part en opposant la théorie de Leucippe à celle de Platon. En revanche, lorsqu'il présente le système atomiste dans le fragment Sur Démocrite, les différences de forme sont dites, non plus « infinies », mais « innombrables » (ἀναρίθμητος). À en juger d'après l'Index de Bonitz, ce dernier terme est un hapax dans l'œuvre d'Aristote. S'ensuit-il qu'il soit, sinon un vocable d'emprunt, du moins un terme transposé, plus proche de l'expression originale de Démocrite ? Mais qu'est-ce qui sépare alors la doctrine des Abdéritains et celle d'Épicure ? Où passe la distinction entre différences « innombrables » (Démocrite) et différences « insaisissables » (Épicure) ? Un dernier paradoxe semble poindre : on peut en effet se demander si, en refusant l'hypothèse d'une variété infinie de formes, Épicure ne s'opposait pas à la formulation qu'en avait donnée Aristote, bien plus qu'il ne songeait à rectifier la théorie de Démocrite. Mais nous effleurons ici un problème nouveau, celui de l'élaboration progressive des notions d'infini et de fini ; impossible de l'approfondir sans balayer les « préjugés » et les « présupposés » qui, sur ce point aussi, nous séparent des notions primitives par une proximité illusoire. Problème trop vaste pour qu'on puisse l'aborder dans cet article. [conclusion 201-203] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/AhK7pfqowUhUex4 |
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| Title | Porphyre. La vie de Plotin. Travaux préliminaires et index grec complet |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | undefined |
| Date | 1982 |
| Publication Place | Paris |
| Publisher | Vrin |
| Series | Histoire des doctrines de l'Antiquité classique |
| Volume | 6 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Brisson, Luc , Goulet-Cazé, Marie-Odile , Goulet, Richard , O’Brien, Denis |
| Translator(s) |
| Il est apparu que le dernier mot n'avait pas été dit sur ce texte de Porphyre, capital pour notre connaissance de la personne et de l'école de Plotin, et plus largement de la vie philosophique au IIIe siècle de notre ère. Car on est en présence d'un document dont la simplicité est illusoire : la traduction même en est hérissée de difficultés, qui, dans nombre de cas, semblent avoir jusqu'ici échappé à l'attention ; d'autre part, la valeur historique de cette biographie, indubitable en apparence, ne cesse en vérité de faire problème par suite de l'application de Porphyre à se donner en toute circonstance le beau rôle. De telles considérations, et d'autres encore, ont donné à penser que l'on ne perdrait pas son temps en reprenant l'étude de ce vieux texte sur des bases entièrement nouvelles. [official abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/dg4i4rIRJWOzIZa |
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| Title | Le programme d'enseignement dans les Ecoles neoplatoniciennes |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1982 |
| Published in | Porphyre. La vie de Plotin. Travaux préliminaires et index grec complet |
| Pages | 277-280 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Goulet- Cazé, Marie-Odile |
| Editor(s) | Brisson, Luc , Goulet-Cazé, Marie-Odile , Goulet, Richard , O’Brien, Denis |
| Translator(s) |
| Les écoles néoplatoniciennes postérieures ont établi un programme d’enseignement qu’on peut reconstituer dans ses grandes lignes. Voici quelles sont les principales étapes de ce cursus : a) Propédeutique morale : Étude de textes comme le Manuel d’Épictète et le Carmen aureum pythagoricien pour introduire la vie morale. Ces œuvres étaient souvent accompagnées de commentaires, notamment par Simplicius et Hiéroclès. b) Introduction générale à la philosophie : Basée sur l'Isagogè de Porphyre, cette étape proposait une définition et des divisions de la philosophie (théorétique et pratique), suivant un schéma attribué à Porphyre ou Andronicus. c) Étude préparatoire à Aristote : Lecture et commentaire de l'Isagogè comme introduction indispensable aux Catégories d’Aristote, en appliquant un cadre méthodologique précis avant d’entamer le commentaire. d) Introduction à Aristote : Les commentaires sur les Catégories soulevaient dix questions essentielles sur Aristote, incluant son style, la structure de ses écrits, et les qualités requises pour ses lecteurs et exégètes. e) Cycle d’études aristotéliciennes : Études couvrant logique, éthique, politique, physique et théologie sur une durée estimée à deux ou trois ans. Ce cycle préparait les étudiants à l’étude des dialogues platoniciens. f) Étude de Platon : Introduction systématique à Platon, incluant l’ordre de lecture des dialogues. Cette phase s’inspirait également des médio-platoniciens comme Albinus et Alcinoos. g) Oracles chaldaïques : Étudiés comme le sommet de la formation philosophique. Proclus et d’autres néoplatoniciens harmonisaient ces enseignements avec ceux de Platon. h) Poésie orphique : Considérée comme le niveau suprême, la poésie orphique, notamment les Hymnes, faisait l’objet de commentaires approfondis, particulièrement chez Proclus et Syrianus. [derived from the entire text] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/kPjIT5NBhbhdLeA |
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Ces \u0153uvres \u00e9taient souvent accompagn\u00e9es de commentaires, notamment par Simplicius et Hi\u00e9rocl\u00e8s.\r\n\r\nb) Introduction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u00e0 la philosophie : Bas\u00e9e sur l'Isagog\u00e8 de Porphyre, cette \u00e9tape proposait une d\u00e9finition et des divisions de la philosophie (th\u00e9or\u00e9tique et pratique), suivant un sch\u00e9ma attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Porphyre ou Andronicus.\r\n\r\nc) \u00c9tude pr\u00e9paratoire \u00e0 Aristote : Lecture et commentaire de l'Isagog\u00e8 comme introduction indispensable aux Cat\u00e9gories d\u2019Aristote, en appliquant un cadre m\u00e9thodologique pr\u00e9cis avant d\u2019entamer le commentaire.\r\n\r\nd) Introduction \u00e0 Aristote : Les commentaires sur les Cat\u00e9gories soulevaient dix questions essentielles sur Aristote, incluant son style, la structure de ses \u00e9crits, et les qualit\u00e9s requises pour ses lecteurs et ex\u00e9g\u00e8tes.\r\n\r\ne) Cycle d\u2019\u00e9tudes aristot\u00e9liciennes : \u00c9tudes couvrant logique, \u00e9thique, politique, physique et th\u00e9ologie sur une dur\u00e9e estim\u00e9e \u00e0 deux ou trois ans. Ce cycle pr\u00e9parait les \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tude des dialogues platoniciens.\r\n\r\nf) \u00c9tude de Platon : Introduction syst\u00e9matique \u00e0 Platon, incluant l\u2019ordre de lecture des dialogues. Cette phase s\u2019inspirait \u00e9galement des m\u00e9dio-platoniciens comme Albinus et Alcinoos.\r\n\r\ng) Oracles chalda\u00efques : \u00c9tudi\u00e9s comme le sommet de la formation philosophique. Proclus et d\u2019autres n\u00e9oplatoniciens harmonisaient ces enseignements avec ceux de Platon.\r\n\r\nh) Po\u00e9sie orphique : Consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme le niveau supr\u00eame, la po\u00e9sie orphique, notamment les Hymnes, faisait l\u2019objet de commentaires approfondis, particuli\u00e8rement chez Proclus et Syrianus. 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Car on est en pr\u00e9sence d'un document dont la simplicit\u00e9 est illusoire : la traduction m\u00eame en est h\u00e9riss\u00e9e de difficult\u00e9s, qui, dans nombre de cas, semblent avoir jusqu'ici \u00e9chapp\u00e9 \u00e0 l'attention ; d'autre part, la valeur historique de cette biographie, indubitable en apparence, ne cesse en v\u00e9rit\u00e9 de faire probl\u00e8me par suite de l'application de Porphyre \u00e0 se donner en toute circonstance le beau r\u00f4le.\r\nDe telles consid\u00e9rations, et d'autres encore, ont donn\u00e9 \u00e0 penser que l'on ne perdrait pas son temps en reprenant l'\u00e9tude de ce vieux texte sur des bases enti\u00e8rement nouvelles. 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| Title | Aristote: quantité et contrariété. Une critique de l’école d’Oxford |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1980 |
| Published in | Concepts et catégories dans la pensée antique |
| Pages | 89-165 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | Aubenque, Pierre |
| Translator(s) |
| Avant-propos L’école d’Oxford et le commentaire du Professeur J. L. Ackrill sur les Catégories d’Aristote. Les divisions du texte — un point de repère. Objet de l’argument (5b11-15) Distinction entre propriétés et possesseurs de propriétés. Distinction entre l’aire et la surface, le volume et le corps. Distinction entre quantités déterminées et quantités indéterminées. Le premier argument (5b15-29) La grandeur relative et la grandeur en soi. Les nombreux et les peu nombreux : motif de la double comparaison. Commentaire de Simplicius : les deux formes du paradoxe. Commentaire de Simplicius : la grandeur relative et la grandeur absolue. Le doublet (5b26-29). Le deuxième argument (5b30-33) Rubrique liminaire : une même chose peut-elle se rencontrer dans plus d’une catégorie ? Les relatifs peuvent-ils avoir des contraires ? Les deux groupes de relatifs : ceux qui peuvent avoir un contraire, ceux qui ne peuvent pas avoir de contraire. Relation et contrariété : la prémisse sous-jacente de l’argument. Le troisième argument (5b33-6a11) Introduction à l’argument (5b33-35). Première partie de l’argument : une chose admettra deux contraires à la fois (5b35-6a4). Seconde partie de l’argument : les choses contraires seront, à elles-mêmes, contraires (6a4-8). Conclusion de l’argument (6a8-11). Traduction-Paraphrase du chapitre six des Catégories (4b20-6a35) [structure by the author] |
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Ces concepts \u2013 substance, quantit\u00e9, relation, qualit\u00e9, lieu, temps, action, passion, situation, avoir \u2013 sont-ils des structures universelles de toute pens\u00e9e ou bien sont-ils li\u00e9s aux particularit\u00e9s s\u00e9mantiques ou syntaxiques d\u2019un syst\u00e8me linguistique particulier, en l\u2019occurrence de la langue grecque, \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de laquelle ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e9nonc\u00e9s et rassembl\u00e9s?\r\nLes \u00e9tudes ici r\u00e9unies, issues d\u2019un s\u00e9minaire qui s\u2019est poursuivi durant plusieurs ann\u00e9es au Centre de recherche sur la Pens\u00e9e antique de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Paris-Sorbonne, associ\u00e9 au C.N.R.S. (Centre L\u00e9on-Robin), s\u2019efforcent d\u2019apporter des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cette grande question, qui demeure au centre des discussions contemporaines sur les rapports de la philosophie et du langage. 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| Title | Anaximander and Dr Dicks |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1970 |
| Journal | The Journal of Hellenic Studies |
| Volume | 90 |
| Pages | 198-199 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| I am sorry to have annoyed Dr. Dicks by criticizing two articles of his in one of my footnotes (D. R. Dicks, On Anaximander's Figures, JHS LXXXIX [1969] 120: the offending footnote is in JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 120 n. 44, referring to Dicks, CQ n.s. IX [1959] 294-309, especially 299 and 301, and JHS LXXXVI [1966] 26-40, especially 30 and 36). I limit myself to the four specific points raised, in the hope that Dr. Dicks may one day be kind enough to substantiate his more general criticisms. Pseudo-Galen Five separate doxographical sources attribute to Anaxagoras the statement that the sun is larger, or many times larger, than the Peloponnese. Galen, or pseudo-Galen, notes that Anaxagoras' sun is larger than the earth. I suggested that this second formula, although it may not misrepresent the substance of Anaxagoras' theory, was "probably in Galen simply a random error, arising from the fact that the preceding sentence, on Anaximander, twice makes a comparison of sun and earth" (JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 124 n. 62). It is hard to know what motivates Dr. Dicks to omit my reasoning and to stigmatize my conclusion as "curious" and "eccentric." Tannery Tannery offered three pairs of figures for the distances of the inner and outer diameters of the wheels of stars, moon, and sun in Anaximander's universe: 9 and 10, 18 and 19, 27 and 28 (Science Hellène 94-5). Of these, the figures 19, 27, and 28 are given in doxographical sources. The remaining figures, 9, 10, and 18, are conjectural. If one wishes to criticize Tannery's reconstruction, it makes little sense to isolate one half only of this series. It makes still less sense to isolate the half for which there is less evidence: 9, 18, and 27. But only by doing so is Dr. Dicks able to justify the sentence which I quoted from him: "only 27 in the series has any textual authority." I am sorry if the manner in which I quoted this sentence made it appear that Dr. Dicks had never even heard of the other two figures which appear in the sources, 19 and 28. But Dr. Dicks is wrong to criticize Tannery as though he had generated a single series of numbers from the one figure, 27, which would have been a very dubious procedure. Tannery produced a double series of numbers from the three figures, 19, 27, and 28. This is a very different argument, which has won the support of several scholars and which has recently fallen into disfavour only as the result of a number of misunderstandings, which I have tried to dispel in an article in The Classical Quarterly (n.s. XVII [1967] 423-32). Simplicius In these, and in other doxographical passages, statements are attributed to Anaximander about the sizes and distances of earth, stars, moon, and sun. In Simplicius, mention of megethê kai apostêmata is restricted, albeit loosely, to ta planômena: that the restriction in the context is a loose one anyone may verify who cares to turn up the original passage (De Caelo 470.29 ff = DK 12A19 in part). Because I suggest that Simplicius here may misrepresent Eudemus, whom Simplicius refers to at this point, Dr. Dicks attributes to me the principle that "Simplicius' words may be altered, excised, or transposed at will." In fact, my interpretation of this passage in Simplicius is no different from that implied by Zeller in his great work (Philosophie der Griechen I 1, 298-301) and in part by Tannery (Science Hellène 91). Theophrastus Finally, Dr. Dicks objects to my quotation of two claims: "The chances that the original works of the earlier Pre-Socratics were still readily available to his (sc. Aristotle's) pupils, such as Theophrastus and Eudemus... are extremely small." "There is, therefore, no justification whatsoever for supposing that very late commentators, such as Proclus (5th century A.D.) and Simplicius (6th century A.D.), can possibly possess more authentic information about the Pre-Socratics than the earlier epitomators and excerptors..." It was these two sentences which occasioned my footnote: for here an important principle is at stake. Dr. Dicks now explains that his remarks were intended to be limited to Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. The reader could not have guessed that this was so: for the very paragraphs from which Dr. Dicks' judgment is quoted include references to Xenophanes and (indirectly) Heraclitus, while the paragraph immediately following the second sentence which I quoted (CQ n.s. IX [1959] 301) lists "Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Empedocles" as "these early figures." Nonetheless, even if we restrict ourselves to Dr. Dicks' chosen trio, my point remains: there is evidence that Anaximander's work was known both to Apollodorus and to Theophrastus. (N.B. "Known to": for, as I remarked in my note, "I would not claim to distinguish between 'available' and 'readily available' in the case of Theophrastus and Eudemus".) Dr. Dicks ignores this simple refutation of both his earlier and his emended thesis. [the entire note] |
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I limit myself to the four specific points raised, in the hope that Dr. Dicks may one day be kind enough to substantiate his more general criticisms.\r\nPseudo-Galen\r\n\r\nFive separate doxographical sources attribute to Anaxagoras the statement that the sun is larger, or many times larger, than the Peloponnese. Galen, or pseudo-Galen, notes that Anaxagoras' sun is larger than the earth. I suggested that this second formula, although it may not misrepresent the substance of Anaxagoras' theory, was \"probably in Galen simply a random error, arising from the fact that the preceding sentence, on Anaximander, twice makes a comparison of sun and earth\" (JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 124 n. 62). It is hard to know what motivates Dr. Dicks to omit my reasoning and to stigmatize my conclusion as \"curious\" and \"eccentric.\"\r\nTannery\r\n\r\nTannery offered three pairs of figures for the distances of the inner and outer diameters of the wheels of stars, moon, and sun in Anaximander's universe: 9 and 10, 18 and 19, 27 and 28 (Science Hell\u00e8ne 94-5). Of these, the figures 19, 27, and 28 are given in doxographical sources. The remaining figures, 9, 10, and 18, are conjectural.\r\n\r\nIf one wishes to criticize Tannery's reconstruction, it makes little sense to isolate one half only of this series. It makes still less sense to isolate the half for which there is less evidence: 9, 18, and 27. But only by doing so is Dr. Dicks able to justify the sentence which I quoted from him: \"only 27 in the series has any textual authority.\"\r\n\r\nI am sorry if the manner in which I quoted this sentence made it appear that Dr. Dicks had never even heard of the other two figures which appear in the sources, 19 and 28. But Dr. Dicks is wrong to criticize Tannery as though he had generated a single series of numbers from the one figure, 27, which would have been a very dubious procedure. Tannery produced a double series of numbers from the three figures, 19, 27, and 28. This is a very different argument, which has won the support of several scholars and which has recently fallen into disfavour only as the result of a number of misunderstandings, which I have tried to dispel in an article in The Classical Quarterly (n.s. XVII [1967] 423-32).\r\nSimplicius\r\n\r\nIn these, and in other doxographical passages, statements are attributed to Anaximander about the sizes and distances of earth, stars, moon, and sun. In Simplicius, mention of megeth\u00ea kai apost\u00eamata is restricted, albeit loosely, to ta plan\u00f4mena: that the restriction in the context is a loose one anyone may verify who cares to turn up the original passage (De Caelo 470.29 ff = DK 12A19 in part).\r\n\r\nBecause I suggest that Simplicius here may misrepresent Eudemus, whom Simplicius refers to at this point, Dr. Dicks attributes to me the principle that \"Simplicius' words may be altered, excised, or transposed at will.\" In fact, my interpretation of this passage in Simplicius is no different from that implied by Zeller in his great work (Philosophie der Griechen I 1, 298-301) and in part by Tannery (Science Hell\u00e8ne 91).\r\nTheophrastus\r\n\r\nFinally, Dr. Dicks objects to my quotation of two claims:\r\n\r\n \"The chances that the original works of the earlier Pre-Socratics were still readily available to his (sc. Aristotle's) pupils, such as Theophrastus and Eudemus... are extremely small.\"\r\n \"There is, therefore, no justification whatsoever for supposing that very late commentators, such as Proclus (5th century A.D.) and Simplicius (6th century A.D.), can possibly possess more authentic information about the Pre-Socratics than the earlier epitomators and excerptors...\"\r\n\r\nIt was these two sentences which occasioned my footnote: for here an important principle is at stake. Dr. Dicks now explains that his remarks were intended to be limited to Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. The reader could not have guessed that this was so: for the very paragraphs from which Dr. Dicks' judgment is quoted include references to Xenophanes and (indirectly) Heraclitus, while the paragraph immediately following the second sentence which I quoted (CQ n.s. 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| Title | Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967 |
| Journal | The Classical Quarterly |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Hitherto reconstructions of Empedocles’ cosmic cycle have usually been offered as part of a larger work, a complete history of Presocratic thought, or a complete study of Empedocles. Consequently there has perhaps been a lack of thoroughness in collecting and sifting evidence that relates exclusively to the main features of the cosmic cycle. There is in fact probably more evidence for Empedocles’ main views than for those of any other Presocratic except Parmenides in his Way of Truth. From a close examination of the fragments and of the secondary sources, principally Aristotle, Plutarch, and Simplicius, there can be formed a reasonably complete picture of the main temporal and spatial features of Empedocles’ cosmic cycle. [Introduction, p. 29] |
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| Title | Empedocles fr. 35. 14-15 |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1965 |
| Journal | The Classical Review |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| This text discusses the interpretation of the word "zôros" in a couplet attributed to Empedocles, as quoted by various ancient authors such as Plutarch, Simplicius, Theophrastus, Aristotle, Athenaeus, and Eustathius. The author considers the different meanings attributed to the word, including mixed and unmixed, and argues that the context and source of the quotations must be considered in interpreting the couplet. [introduction] |
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| Title | Anaximander and Dr Dicks |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1970 |
| Journal | The Journal of Hellenic Studies |
| Volume | 90 |
| Pages | 198-199 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
I am sorry to have annoyed Dr. Dicks by criticizing two articles of his in one of my footnotes (D. R. Dicks, On Anaximander's Figures, JHS LXXXIX [1969] 120: the offending footnote is in JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 120 n. 44, referring to Dicks, CQ n.s. IX [1959] 294-309, especially 299 and 301, and JHS LXXXVI [1966] 26-40, especially 30 and 36). I limit myself to the four specific points raised, in the hope that Dr. Dicks may one day be kind enough to substantiate his more general criticisms.
Pseudo-Galen
Five separate doxographical sources attribute to Anaxagoras the statement that the sun is larger, or many times larger, than the Peloponnese. Galen, or pseudo-Galen, notes that Anaxagoras' sun is larger than the earth. I suggested that this second formula, although it may not misrepresent the substance of Anaxagoras' theory, was "probably in Galen simply a random error, arising from the fact that the preceding sentence, on Anaximander, twice makes a comparison of sun and earth" (JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 124 n. 62). It is hard to know what motivates Dr. Dicks to omit my reasoning and to stigmatize my conclusion as "curious" and "eccentric."
Tannery
Tannery offered three pairs of figures for the distances of the inner and outer diameters of the wheels of stars, moon, and sun in Anaximander's universe: 9 and 10, 18 and 19, 27 and 28 (Science Hellène 94-5). Of these, the figures 19, 27, and 28 are given in doxographical sources. The remaining figures, 9, 10, and 18, are conjectural.
If one wishes to criticize Tannery's reconstruction, it makes little sense to isolate one half only of this series. It makes still less sense to isolate the half for which there is less evidence: 9, 18, and 27. But only by doing so is Dr. Dicks able to justify the sentence which I quoted from him: "only 27 in the series has any textual authority."
I am sorry if the manner in which I quoted this sentence made it appear that Dr. Dicks had never even heard of the other two figures which appear in the sources, 19 and 28. But Dr. Dicks is wrong to criticize Tannery as though he had generated a single series of numbers from the one figure, 27, which would have been a very dubious procedure. Tannery produced a double series of numbers from the three figures, 19, 27, and 28. This is a very different argument, which has won the support of several scholars and which has recently fallen into disfavour only as the result of a number of misunderstandings, which I have tried to dispel in an article in The Classical Quarterly (n.s. XVII [1967] 423-32).
Simplicius
In these, and in other doxographical passages, statements are attributed to Anaximander about the sizes and distances of earth, stars, moon, and sun. In Simplicius, mention of megethê kai apostêmata is restricted, albeit loosely, to ta planômena: that the restriction in the context is a loose one anyone may verify who cares to turn up the original passage (De Caelo 470.29 ff = DK 12A19 in part).
Because I suggest that Simplicius here may misrepresent Eudemus, whom Simplicius refers to at this point, Dr. Dicks attributes to me the principle that "Simplicius' words may be altered, excised, or transposed at will." In fact, my interpretation of this passage in Simplicius is no different from that implied by Zeller in his great work (Philosophie der Griechen I 1, 298-301) and in part by Tannery (Science Hellène 91).
Theophrastus
Finally, Dr. Dicks objects to my quotation of two claims:
"The chances that the original works of the earlier Pre-Socratics were still readily available to his (sc. Aristotle's) pupils, such as Theophrastus and Eudemus... are extremely small."
"There is, therefore, no justification whatsoever for supposing that very late commentators, such as Proclus (5th century A.D.) and Simplicius (6th century A.D.), can possibly possess more authentic information about the Pre-Socratics than the earlier epitomators and excerptors..."
It was these two sentences which occasioned my footnote: for here an important principle is at stake. Dr. Dicks now explains that his remarks were intended to be limited to Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. The reader could not have guessed that this was so: for the very paragraphs from which Dr. Dicks' judgment is quoted include references to Xenophanes and (indirectly) Heraclitus, while the paragraph immediately following the second sentence which I quoted (CQ n.s. IX [1959] 301) lists "Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Empedocles" as "these early figures."
Nonetheless, even if we restrict ourselves to Dr. Dicks' chosen trio, my point remains: there is evidence that Anaximander's work was known both to Apollodorus and to Theophrastus. (N.B. "Known to": for, as I remarked in my note, "I would not claim to distinguish between 'available' and 'readily available' in the case of Theophrastus and Eudemus".)
Dr. Dicks ignores this simple refutation of both his earlier and his emended thesis. [the entire note] |
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I limit myself to the four specific points raised, in the hope that Dr. Dicks may one day be kind enough to substantiate his more general criticisms.\r\nPseudo-Galen\r\n\r\nFive separate doxographical sources attribute to Anaxagoras the statement that the sun is larger, or many times larger, than the Peloponnese. Galen, or pseudo-Galen, notes that Anaxagoras' sun is larger than the earth. I suggested that this second formula, although it may not misrepresent the substance of Anaxagoras' theory, was \"probably in Galen simply a random error, arising from the fact that the preceding sentence, on Anaximander, twice makes a comparison of sun and earth\" (JHS LXXXVIII [1968] 124 n. 62). It is hard to know what motivates Dr. Dicks to omit my reasoning and to stigmatize my conclusion as \"curious\" and \"eccentric.\"\r\nTannery\r\n\r\nTannery offered three pairs of figures for the distances of the inner and outer diameters of the wheels of stars, moon, and sun in Anaximander's universe: 9 and 10, 18 and 19, 27 and 28 (Science Hell\u00e8ne 94-5). Of these, the figures 19, 27, and 28 are given in doxographical sources. The remaining figures, 9, 10, and 18, are conjectural.\r\n\r\nIf one wishes to criticize Tannery's reconstruction, it makes little sense to isolate one half only of this series. It makes still less sense to isolate the half for which there is less evidence: 9, 18, and 27. But only by doing so is Dr. Dicks able to justify the sentence which I quoted from him: \"only 27 in the series has any textual authority.\"\r\n\r\nI am sorry if the manner in which I quoted this sentence made it appear that Dr. Dicks had never even heard of the other two figures which appear in the sources, 19 and 28. But Dr. Dicks is wrong to criticize Tannery as though he had generated a single series of numbers from the one figure, 27, which would have been a very dubious procedure. Tannery produced a double series of numbers from the three figures, 19, 27, and 28. This is a very different argument, which has won the support of several scholars and which has recently fallen into disfavour only as the result of a number of misunderstandings, which I have tried to dispel in an article in The Classical Quarterly (n.s. XVII [1967] 423-32).\r\nSimplicius\r\n\r\nIn these, and in other doxographical passages, statements are attributed to Anaximander about the sizes and distances of earth, stars, moon, and sun. In Simplicius, mention of megeth\u00ea kai apost\u00eamata is restricted, albeit loosely, to ta plan\u00f4mena: that the restriction in the context is a loose one anyone may verify who cares to turn up the original passage (De Caelo 470.29 ff = DK 12A19 in part).\r\n\r\nBecause I suggest that Simplicius here may misrepresent Eudemus, whom Simplicius refers to at this point, Dr. Dicks attributes to me the principle that \"Simplicius' words may be altered, excised, or transposed at will.\" In fact, my interpretation of this passage in Simplicius is no different from that implied by Zeller in his great work (Philosophie der Griechen I 1, 298-301) and in part by Tannery (Science Hell\u00e8ne 91).\r\nTheophrastus\r\n\r\nFinally, Dr. Dicks objects to my quotation of two claims:\r\n\r\n \"The chances that the original works of the earlier Pre-Socratics were still readily available to his (sc. Aristotle's) pupils, such as Theophrastus and Eudemus... are extremely small.\"\r\n \"There is, therefore, no justification whatsoever for supposing that very late commentators, such as Proclus (5th century A.D.) and Simplicius (6th century A.D.), can possibly possess more authentic information about the Pre-Socratics than the earlier epitomators and excerptors...\"\r\n\r\nIt was these two sentences which occasioned my footnote: for here an important principle is at stake. Dr. Dicks now explains that his remarks were intended to be limited to Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. The reader could not have guessed that this was so: for the very paragraphs from which Dr. Dicks' judgment is quoted include references to Xenophanes and (indirectly) Heraclitus, while the paragraph immediately following the second sentence which I quoted (CQ n.s. 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| Title | Aristote: quantité et contrariété. Une critique de l’école d’Oxford |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1980 |
| Published in | Concepts et catégories dans la pensée antique |
| Pages | 89-165 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | Aubenque, Pierre |
| Translator(s) |
Avant-propos
L’école d’Oxford et le commentaire du Professeur J. L. Ackrill sur les Catégories d’Aristote.
Les divisions du texte — un point de repère.
Objet de l’argument (5b11-15)
Distinction entre propriétés et possesseurs de propriétés.
Distinction entre l’aire et la surface, le volume et le corps.
Distinction entre quantités déterminées et quantités indéterminées.
Le premier argument (5b15-29)
La grandeur relative et la grandeur en soi.
Les nombreux et les peu nombreux : motif de la double comparaison.
Commentaire de Simplicius : les deux formes du paradoxe.
Commentaire de Simplicius : la grandeur relative et la grandeur absolue.
Le doublet (5b26-29).
Le deuxième argument (5b30-33)
Rubrique liminaire : une même chose peut-elle se rencontrer dans plus d’une catégorie ?
Les relatifs peuvent-ils avoir des contraires ?
Les deux groupes de relatifs : ceux qui peuvent avoir un contraire, ceux qui ne peuvent pas avoir de contraire.
Relation et contrariété : la prémisse sous-jacente de l’argument.
Le troisième argument (5b33-6a11)
Introduction à l’argument (5b33-35).
Première partie de l’argument : une chose admettra deux contraires à la fois (5b35-6a4).
Seconde partie de l’argument : les choses contraires seront, à elles-mêmes, contraires (6a4-8).
Conclusion de l’argument (6a8-11).
Traduction-Paraphrase du chapitre six des Catégories (4b20-6a35) [structure by the author] |
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| Title | Empedocles fr. 35. 14-15 |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1965 |
| Journal | The Classical Review |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
This text discusses the interpretation of the word "zôros" in a couplet attributed to Empedocles, as quoted by various ancient authors such as Plutarch, Simplicius, Theophrastus, Aristotle, Athenaeus, and Eustathius. The author considers the different meanings attributed to the word, including mixed and unmixed, and argues that the context and source of the quotations must be considered in interpreting the couplet. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/cxFblbRQPGH3efy |
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| Title | Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967 |
| Journal | The Classical Quarterly |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
Hitherto reconstructions of Empedocles’ cosmic cycle have usually been offered as part of a larger work, a complete history of Presocratic thought, or a complete study of Empedocles. Consequently there has perhaps been a lack of thoroughness in collecting and sifting evidence that relates exclusively to the main features of the cosmic cycle. There is in fact probably more evidence for Empedocles’ main views than for those of any other Presocratic except Parmenides in his Way of Truth. From a close examination of the fragments and of the secondary sources, principally Aristotle, Plutarch, and Simplicius, there can be formed a reasonably complete picture of the main temporal and spatial features of Empedocles’ cosmic cycle. [Introduction, p. 29] |
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| Title | La taille et la forme des atomes dans les systèmes de Démocrite et d'Épicure («Préjugé» et «présupposé» en histoire de la philosophie) |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1982 |
| Journal | Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger |
| Volume | 172 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-203 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
Qu'on n'aille pas en conclure que nous suivons aveuglément tout propos du Stagirite. Une observation permettra d'atténuer la valeur de son témoignage et de nuancer la conclusion à laquelle nous sommes arrivés jusqu'ici. Selon l'hypothèse élaborée ci-dessus, Démocrite et Épicure ne se seraient pas opposés sur la question de la grandeur des atomes. Pour l'un et l'autre philosophe, la gamme des grandeurs aura été en effet finie. Mais scrutons de plus près les deux thèses concernant la forme des atomes. Épicure précise que les variétés de forme sont, non pas « infinies », mais « insaisissables » (ἀπερίληπτοι). Quant à Démocrite et à Leucippe, Aristote affirme deux fois que les variétés de forme sont « infinies », d'une part en parlant de la multiplicité « infinie » des atomes, d'autre part en opposant la théorie de Leucippe à celle de Platon. En revanche, lorsqu'il présente le système atomiste dans le fragment Sur Démocrite, les différences de forme sont dites, non plus « infinies », mais « innombrables » (ἀναρίθμητος). À en juger d'après l'Index de Bonitz, ce dernier terme est un hapax dans l'œuvre d'Aristote. S'ensuit-il qu'il soit, sinon un vocable d'emprunt, du moins un terme transposé, plus proche de l'expression originale de Démocrite ? Mais qu'est-ce qui sépare alors la doctrine des Abdéritains et celle d'Épicure ? Où passe la distinction entre différences « innombrables » (Démocrite) et différences « insaisissables » (Épicure) ? Un dernier paradoxe semble poindre : on peut en effet se demander si, en refusant l'hypothèse d'une variété infinie de formes, Épicure ne s'opposait pas à la formulation qu'en avait donnée Aristote, bien plus qu'il ne songeait à rectifier la théorie de Démocrite. Mais nous effleurons ici un problème nouveau, celui de l'élaboration progressive des notions d'infini et de fini ; impossible de l'approfondir sans balayer les « préjugés » et les « présupposés » qui, sur ce point aussi, nous séparent des notions primitives par une proximité illusoire. Problème trop vaste pour qu'on puisse l'aborder dans cet article. [conclusion 201-203] |
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| Title | Le programme d'enseignement dans les Ecoles neoplatoniciennes |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1982 |
| Published in | Porphyre. La vie de Plotin. Travaux préliminaires et index grec complet |
| Pages | 277-280 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Goulet- Cazé, Marie-Odile |
| Editor(s) | Brisson, Luc , Goulet-Cazé, Marie-Odile , Goulet, Richard , O’Brien, Denis |
| Translator(s) |
Les écoles néoplatoniciennes postérieures ont établi un programme d’enseignement qu’on peut reconstituer dans ses grandes lignes. Voici quelles sont les principales étapes de ce cursus : a) Propédeutique morale : Étude de textes comme le Manuel d’Épictète et le Carmen aureum pythagoricien pour introduire la vie morale. Ces œuvres étaient souvent accompagnées de commentaires, notamment par Simplicius et Hiéroclès. b) Introduction générale à la philosophie : Basée sur l'Isagogè de Porphyre, cette étape proposait une définition et des divisions de la philosophie (théorétique et pratique), suivant un schéma attribué à Porphyre ou Andronicus. c) Étude préparatoire à Aristote : Lecture et commentaire de l'Isagogè comme introduction indispensable aux Catégories d’Aristote, en appliquant un cadre méthodologique précis avant d’entamer le commentaire. d) Introduction à Aristote : Les commentaires sur les Catégories soulevaient dix questions essentielles sur Aristote, incluant son style, la structure de ses écrits, et les qualités requises pour ses lecteurs et exégètes. e) Cycle d’études aristotéliciennes : Études couvrant logique, éthique, politique, physique et théologie sur une durée estimée à deux ou trois ans. Ce cycle préparait les étudiants à l’étude des dialogues platoniciens. f) Étude de Platon : Introduction systématique à Platon, incluant l’ordre de lecture des dialogues. Cette phase s’inspirait également des médio-platoniciens comme Albinus et Alcinoos. g) Oracles chaldaïques : Étudiés comme le sommet de la formation philosophique. Proclus et d’autres néoplatoniciens harmonisaient ces enseignements avec ceux de Platon. h) Poésie orphique : Considérée comme le niveau suprême, la poésie orphique, notamment les Hymnes, faisait l’objet de commentaires approfondis, particulièrement chez Proclus et Syrianus. [derived from the entire text] |
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| Title | Platon et Plotin sur la doctrine des parties de l'autre |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 1991 |
| Journal | Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-512 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | O'Brien, Denis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
La matière est-elle identique à V alterile ? » Plotin se pose cette question au commencement du dernier chapitre de son traité Sur la matière (Enn., II 4 [12] 16). « Plutôt non », répond-il. « Elle est en revanche identique à cette partie de Valtérité qui s'oppose aux êtres proprement dits. » En s'exprimant de la sorte, Plotin fait allusion à un passage du Sophiste (258 E 2-3). Son allusion suppose pourtant l'existence d'un texte qui n'est pas attesté dans les manuscrits. Cette différence textuelle implique un changement fonda- mental de doctrine, dont les éditeurs modernes ne se sont pas avisés. [Author's abstract] |
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| Title | Porphyre. La vie de Plotin. Travaux préliminaires et index grec complet |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | undefined |
| Date | 1982 |
| Publication Place | Paris |
| Publisher | Vrin |
| Series | Histoire des doctrines de l'Antiquité classique |
| Volume | 6 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Brisson, Luc , Goulet-Cazé, Marie-Odile , Goulet, Richard , O’Brien, Denis |
| Translator(s) |
Il est apparu que le dernier mot n'avait pas été dit sur ce texte de Porphyre, capital pour notre connaissance de la personne et de l'école de Plotin, et plus largement de la vie philosophique au IIIe siècle de notre ère. Car on est en présence d'un document dont la simplicité est illusoire : la traduction même en est hérissée de difficultés, qui, dans nombre de cas, semblent avoir jusqu'ici échappé à l'attention ; d'autre part, la valeur historique de cette biographie, indubitable en apparence, ne cesse en vérité de faire problème par suite de l'application de Porphyre à se donner en toute circonstance le beau rôle. De telles considérations, et d'autres encore, ont donné à penser que l'on ne perdrait pas son temps en reprenant l'étude de ce vieux texte sur des bases entièrement nouvelles. [official abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/dg4i4rIRJWOzIZa |
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