Simplicius: Commentary, Harmony, and Authority, 2009
By: Barney, Rachel
Title Simplicius: Commentary, Harmony, and Authority
Type Article
Language English
Date 2009
Journal Antiquorum Philosophia
Volume 3
Pages 101-119
Categories no categories
Author(s) Barney, Rachel
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
So to understand Neoplatonic harmonization we must look beyond their reconcilia­ tion of Plato and Aristotle, however crazy or compelling we may happen to find it. Two further questions also need to be addressed: first, how and why different Neoplatonists constructed their more comprehensive projects o f harmonization as they did, each with its distinctive scope and strategies; and second, what if anything we can say about the salient features of harmonization as such, as an interpretive and philosophical prac­ tice with rules and rewards of its own. In this paper, I will try to address these questions, albeit in a brief and preliminary way, with regard to die late commentator Simplicius.4 First, I will outline the norms and methods which govern Simplicius' argument for the essential harmony o f his tradition. Second, I will sketch, in admittedly rather abstract terms, some o f the intellectual attractions o f harmonizing projects in philosophy, and w ill attempt to locate Simplicius within this broad genre. [pp. 102 f.]

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Simplicius: Commentary, Harmony, and Authority, 2009
By: Barney, Rachel
Title Simplicius: Commentary, Harmony, and Authority
Type Article
Language English
Date 2009
Journal Antiquorum Philosophia
Volume 3
Pages 101-119
Categories no categories
Author(s) Barney, Rachel
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
So to understand Neoplatonic harmonization we must look beyond their reconcilia­
tion of Plato and Aristotle, however crazy or compelling we may happen to find it. Two 
further questions also need to be addressed: first, how and why different Neoplatonists 
constructed  their more  comprehensive  projects  o f harmonization  as  they did,  each 
with its distinctive scope and strategies; and second, what if anything we can say about 
the salient features of harmonization as such,  as an interpretive and philosophical prac­
tice with rules and rewards of its own. In this paper, I will try to address these questions, 
albeit in a brief and preliminary way, with regard to die late commentator Simplicius.4 
First, I will outline the norms and methods which govern Simplicius' argument for the essential harmony o f his tradition. Second, I will sketch, in admittedly rather abstract 
terms, some o f the intellectual attractions o f harmonizing projects in philosophy, and 
w ill attempt to locate Simplicius within this broad genre. [pp. 102 f.]

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