Author 552
One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato’s Timaeus Today, 2010
By: Mohr, Richard D. (Ed.), Sattler, Barbara M. (Ed.)
Title One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato’s Timaeus Today
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 2010
Publication Place Las Vegas - Zurich - Athens
Publisher Parmenides Publishing
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Mohr, Richard D. , Sattler, Barbara M.
Translator(s)
This collection of original essays brings together philosophers, classicists, physicists, and architects to reveal the meaning and assess the impact of one of the most profound and influential works of Western letters - Plato's Timaeus, a work that comes as close as any to giving a comprehensive account of life, the universe, and everything, and does so in a startlingly narrow compass. The Timaeus gives an account of the nature of god and creation, a theory of knowledge, a taxonomy of the soul and perception, and an account of objects that gods and soul might encounter... [offical abstract]

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Simplicius on the "Theaetetus" ("In Physica" 17,38-18,23 Diels), 2010
By: Menn, Stephen
Title Simplicius on the "Theaetetus" ("In Physica" 17,38-18,23 Diels)
Type Article
Language English
Date 2010
Journal Phronesis
Volume 55
Issue 3
Pages 255-270
Categories no categories
Author(s) Menn, Stephen
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Aristotle in Physics 1,1 says some strange-sounding things about how we come to know wholes and parts, universals and particulars. In explicating these, Simplicius distinguishes an initial rough cognition of a thing as a whole, an intermediate "cognition according to the definition and through the elements," and a final cognition of how the thing's many elements are united: only this last is ἐπιστήμη. Simplicius refers to the Theaetetus for the point about what is needed for ἐπιστήμη and the ways that cognition according to the definition and through the elements falls short. By unpacking this reference I try to recon struct Simplicius' reading of "Socrates' Dream," its place in the Theaetetus larger argument, and its harmony with other Platonic and Aristotelian texts. But this reconstruction depends on undoing some catastrophic emendations in Diels's text of Simplicius. Diels's emendations arise from his assumptions about definitions and elements, in Socrates' Dream and elsewhere, and rethinking the Simplicius passage may help us rethink those assumptions.

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Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the Soul, 2010
By: de Haas, F. A. J., Gerson, Lloyd P. (Ed.)
Title Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the Soul
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2010
Published in The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II
Pages 756–764
Categories no categories
Author(s) de Haas, F. A. J.
Editor(s) Gerson, Lloyd P.
Translator(s)
The text explores the life of Priscian of Lydia, a little-known philosopher from the late fifth century CE, who accompanied Damascius on a journey to the Sassanian king Chosroes I. Priscian's work "Solutiones ad Chosroem," translated into Latin, addresses various topics in natural history and meteorology. The text delves into questions about the nature of the human soul, the phenomenon of sleep, the connection between vision and dreams, the causes of seasons and climatic zones, the application of drugs with contrary effects, the influence of lunar phases on tides, the properties of air and fire, the diversity of species in different environments, and the purpose of venomous snakes in the world. Priscian's work exhibits a wide range of knowledge from various ancient sources, and it seemingly reinforces Platonic metaphysics through its analysis of physical phenomena. Despite being relatively obscure, the "Solutiones" has been known to some medieval scholars and copied in later centuries. [author’s abstract]

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Simplicius of Cilicia, 2010
By: Baltussen, Han, Gerson, Lloyd P. (Ed.)
Title Simplicius of Cilicia
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2010
Published in The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II
Pages 711-732
Categories no categories
Author(s) Baltussen, Han
Editor(s) Gerson, Lloyd P.
Translator(s)
The text discusses the life and works of Simplicius of Cilicia, a philosopher from the 6th century CE. Little is known about his life, but he received education from prominent figures such as Ammonius in Alexandria and Damascius in Athens. Simplicius' philosophical outlook was influenced by Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. The expulsion of Platonists from Athens in 532 CE halted school activities, and Simplicius' life span is estimated to be around 480-560 CE. The abstract mentions the debates about where Simplicius went after his trip to Persia, with some suggesting Harran in Syria as a possible safe haven. The works attributed to Simplicius include commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Physics, and On the Heavens, and possibly Metaphysics (lost) and De Anima. He also wrote a commentary on Epictetus' Handbook and a summary version of Theophrastus' Physics. Simplicius' importance as a source for ancient Greek philosophy and science has sometimes overshadowed his contributions as an independent thinker. The methodology of Simplicius' vast output is discussed, highlighting his role in transmitting Greek philosophy and science. While he is known for using quotations to substantiate and clarify his work, he is not merely seen as a conduit of earlier thinkers. The text emphasizes the need to view Simplicius as an independent thinker and not just a commentator. The neglectful view of Simplicius in the past is attributed to a focus on fragment-hunting and the recovery of early Greek philosophy. [introduction]

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I commentari all'Isagoge di Porfirio tra V e VI secolo, 2010
By: Militello, Chiara
Title I commentari all'Isagoge di Porfirio tra V e VI secolo
Type Monograph
Language Italian
Date 2010
Publication Place Roma
Publisher Bonanno Editore
Series Analecta Humanitatis
Volume 18
Categories no categories
Author(s) Militello, Chiara
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Oggetto di questo volume sono i commentari all.Isagoge di Porfirio che furono redatti tra il V e il VII secolo d.C. da Ammonio, Elia, Davide, pseudo-Elia (tutti rappresentanti della Scuola di Alessandria) e Boezio (che riprese nel mondo latino la tradizione delle Scuole neoplatoniche ateniese e alessandrina). All'analisi della struttura generale dei commentari si accompagna lo studio e la contestualizzazione all'interno del complesso sviluppo della tradizione esegetica (che comprende tanto fattori di continuità quanto momenti di rottura) dei passi che, vertendo sui concetti logico-metafisici di genere, specie e individuo, esemplificano le diverse soluzioni al problema dell'armonizzazione tra aristotelismo e platonismo. [author's abstract] Translation: The subject of this volume is the commentaries on Porphyry's Isagoge, which were written between the 5th and 7th centuries AD by Ammonius, Elias, David, pseudo-Elias (all representatives of the Alexandrian School), and Boethius (who brought the tradition of the Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonic Schools into the Latin world). Alongside the analysis of the general structure of the commentaries, the study also examines and contextualizes passages within the complex development of the exegetical tradition (which includes both factors of continuity and moments of rupture). These passages, focusing on the logical-metaphysical concepts of genus, species, and individual, illustrate various solutions to the problem of harmonizing Aristotelianism and Platonism.

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The Origins of the Platonic System: Platonisms of the early empire and their philosophical contexts, 2009
By: Bonazzi, Mauro (Ed.), Opsomer, Jan (Ed.)
Title The Origins of the Platonic System: Platonisms of the early empire and their philosophical contexts
Type Edited Book
Language undefined
Date 2009
Publication Place Louvain – Namur – Paris – Walpole, MA
Publisher Éditions Peeters. Société des études classique
Series Collection d'Études Classiques
Volume 23
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Bonazzi, Mauro , Opsomer, Jan
Translator(s)
From the 1st century BC onwards followers of Plato began to systematize Plato's thought. These attempts went in various directions and were subjected to all kinds of philosophical influences, especially Aristotelian, Stoic, and Pythagorean. The result was a broad variety of Platonisms without orthodoxy. That would only change with Plotinus. This volume, being the fruit of the collaboration among leading scholars in the field, addresses a number of aspects of this period of system building with substantial contributions on Antiochus and Alcinous and their relation to Stoicism; on Pythagoreanising tendencies in Platonism; on Eudorus and the tradition of commentaries on Aristotle's Categories; on the creationism of the Jewish Platonist Philo of Alexandria; on Ammonius, the Egyptian teacher of Plutarch; on Plutarch's discussion of Socrates' guardian spirit. The contributions are in English, French, Italian and German.

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Addendum: Simplicius, In Aristotelis Categorias Commentarium (CAG 8), V, P. 109, 5-110, 25 (Kalbfleish), 2009
By: Narbonne, Jean-Marc, Narbonne, Jean-Marc (Ed.), Poirier, Paul-Hubert (Ed.)
Title Addendum: Simplicius, In Aristotelis Categorias Commentarium (CAG 8), V, P. 109, 5-110, 25 (Kalbfleish)
Type Book Section
Language French
Date 2009
Published in Gnose et Philosophie. Études en hommage à Pierre Hadot
Pages 97-100
Categories no categories
Author(s) Narbonne, Jean-Marc
Editor(s) Narbonne, Jean-Marc , Poirier, Paul-Hubert
Translator(s)

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Simplicius on the Reality of Relations and Relational Change, 2009
By: Harari, Orna
Title Simplicius on the Reality of Relations and Relational Change
Type Article
Language English
Date 2009
Journal Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Volume 37
Pages 245-274
Categories no categories
Author(s) Harari, Orna
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
The ancient commentators’ approach to Aristotle’s account of relatives in Categories 7 is shaped by the conception that prevailed in later antiquity, in which relatives are composites of a substrate, i.e. an attribute that belongs to the other categories, and a relation. Simplicius shares this conception with the other commentators, but he formulates it in different terms. He calls the substrate on which relational attributes supervene a difference (διαφορά) or a character (χαρακτήρ) and the supervening relational attribute an inclination (ἀπόνευσις). In this study I attempt to clarify the significance of this terminology, arguing that through the notion of inclination Simplicius answers the question of the unity of Aristotle’s category of relatives, as formulated in Plotinus’ Ennead 6. 1. 6-9. To expound this contention, I outline Plotinus’ construal of Aristotle’s category of relatives. [Introduction, pp. 245 f.]

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The Stoic Ontology of Geometrical Limits, 2009
By: Eunyoung Ju, Anna
Title The Stoic Ontology of Geometrical Limits
Type Article
Language English
Date 2009
Journal Phronesis
Volume 54
Issue 4/5
Pages 371-389
Categories no categories
Author(s) Eunyoung Ju, Anna
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Scholars have long recognised the interest of the Stoics' thought on geometrical limits, both as a specific topic in their physics and within the context of the school's ontological taxonomy. Unfortunately, insufficient textual evidence remains for us to reconstruct their discussion fully. The sources we do have on Stoic geometrical themes are highly polemical, tending to reveal a disagreement as to whether limit is to be understood as a mere concept, as a body or as an incorporeal. In my view, this disagreement held among the historical Stoics, rather than simply reflecting a doxographical divergence in transmission. This apparently Stoic disagreement has generated extensive debate, in which there is still no consensus as to a standard Stoic doctrine of limit. The evidence is thin, and little of it refers in detail to specific texts, especially from the school's founders. But in its overall features the evidence suggests that Posidonius and Cleomedes differed from their Stoic precursors on this topic. There are also grounds for believing that some degree of disagreement obtained between the early Stoics over the metaphysical status of shape. Assuming the Stoics did so disagree, the principal question in the scholarship on Stoic ontology is whether there were actually positions that might be called "standard" within Stoicism on the topic of limit. In attempting to answer this question, my discussion initially sets out to illuminate certain features of early Stoic thinking about limit, and then takes stock of the views offered by late Stoics, notably Posidonius and Cleomedes. Attention to Stoic arguments suggests that the school's founders developed two accounts of shape: on the one hand, as a thought-construct, and, on the other, as a body. In an attempt to resolve the crux bequeathed to them, the school's successors suggested that limits are incorporeal. While the authorship of this last notion cannot be securely identified on account of the absence of direct evidence, it may be traced back to Posidonius, and it went on to have subsequent influence on Stoic thinking, namely in Cleomedes' astronomy. [Author’s abstract]

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Heraclides on the Rotation of the Earth: Texts, Contexts and Continuities, 2009
By: Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.), Pender, Elizabeth E. (Ed.), Todd, Robert B., Bowen, Alan C.
Title Heraclides on the Rotation of the Earth: Texts, Contexts and Continuities
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2009
Published in Heraclides of Pontus: Discussion
Pages 155-183
Categories no categories
Author(s) Todd, Robert B. , Bowen, Alan C.
Editor(s) Fortenbaugh, William W. , Pender, Elizabeth E.
Translator(s)
This chapter1will present annotated translations of the texts and contexts that constitute the evidence for Heraclides’ most celebrated legacy—the theory that the Earth rotates daily on its axis from west to east. Its movement was inferred from the observable motions of the fixed stars, with these being explained as the apparent motions of an immobile celestial sphere. (Evidence for Heraclides’ special theories of the motions of Mercury and Venus will be discussed in the next two chapters: first by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd, and then by Paul Keyser.) The passages translated here (T1–6) go well beyond the brief reports found in the relevant “fragments” of modern editions (65C, 66–9, and 71 in volume XIV = 104–8 and 110 W). These fragments, drawn from secondary reports, consist only of the immediate context of passages in which Heraclides is named, in line with a practice prob-ably best known from Edelstein’s and Kidd’s edition of Posidonius’ fragments. But such limited parcels of evidence (enclosed in our translations by //…//) cannot indicate why Heraclides was mentioned within larger expositions. To be sure, such collections of source material are useful, but they have to be selective for pragmatic reasons and therefore also need to be complemented by the sort of project undertaken here, particularly where the focus is on one of antiquity’s most famous anticipations of modern cosmology, and where the contexts for the earliest references to it reveal the historical and theoretical framework within which it was received. To the authors in question Heraclides may have been just a footnote, but the texts to which his theory was attached amply repay careful study. [introduction]

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Eudoxus, Callipus and the Astronomy of the Timaeus, 2003
By: Gregory, Andrew, Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.), Sheppard, Anne D. (Ed.)
Title Eudoxus, Callipus and the Astronomy of the Timaeus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2003
Published in Ancient Approaches to Plato's Timaeus
Pages 5-28
Categories no categories
Author(s) Gregory, Andrew
Editor(s) Sharples, Robert W. , Sheppard, Anne D.
Translator(s)
Whether the astronomy of the Timaeus had any significant influence on Eudoxus’ theory of homocentric spheres is a matter of contention. Some commentators deny any such influence. Here I argue for a view of the Timaeus’ astronomy, and of Eudoxus’ astronomy, whereby Eudoxus’ work was as much a natural development of the Timaeus as Callippus’ work was of Eudoxus. I also argue for an important interpretative principle. This is that Plato, Eudoxus and Callippus could not account for all the phenomena they were aware of, and were aware of that fact. If the Timaeus presents a prototype, Eudoxus can then be seen to develop this astronomy,  making the model  more sophisticated and complex while staying within the cosmological principles, and attempting to solve the key problems which were left unsolved by the Timaeus model. He does this in much the same way as Callippus made Eudoxus’ model more complex and sophisticated, and attempted to solve the leading problems in that model. I also consider some further objections to a significant interaction between Plato and Eudoxus, based on supposed philosophical differences, dating, and the evidence of later commentators. I conclude that these provide no significant obstacle to considering there to be a fruitful liaison between Plato and Eudoxus. [introduction, p. 5]

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Exegesis as Philosophy: Notes on Aristotelian Methods in Neoplatonic Commentary, 2023
By: Griffin, Michael J., Muzala, Melina (Ed.)
Title Exegesis as Philosophy: Notes on Aristotelian Methods in Neoplatonic Commentary
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2023
Published in Ancient Greek Dialectic and Its Reception
Pages 371-396
Categories no categories
Author(s) Griffin, Michael J.
Editor(s) Muzala, Melina
Translator(s)

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Exegesis in the Derveni Papyrus, 2004
By: Betegh, Gábor, Adamson, Peter (Ed.), Baltussen, Han (Ed.), Stone, Martin W. F. (Ed.)
Title Exegesis in the Derveni Papyrus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2004
Published in Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin commentaries, Volume 1
Pages 37-50
Categories no categories
Author(s) Betegh, Gábor
Editor(s) Adamson, Peter , Baltussen, Han , Stone, Martin W. F.
Translator(s)
The text of the Derveni papyrus has often been labeled ‘a commentary’, or a hypomnema 
and its unidentified author has habitually been called ‘the Derveni commentator.’ The roll, 
which was found among the remains of the funeral pyre of a Macedonian tomb, has been 
dated to the last third of the fourth century BC on the basis of the archeological evidence. 
Moreover, there is an overriding consensus among scholars that the text was composed 
sometime around the end of the Presocratic period.1 Given this early dating of the text, it 
appears to be most significant for our knowledge of the early, pre-Hellenistic phase of the 
commentary tradition. Indeed, if both the dating and the above characterization is correct, 
the Derveni text is probably the earliest surviving specimen of this genre, and certainly the 
earliest document providing first-hand evidence of sufficient length for direct textual 
analysis.Alas, things with the Derveni papyrus are never so clear-cut. Most importantly, it is not 
entirely evident whether it is legitimate to call the whole text a ‘commentary’ at all, and, if 
so, with what qualifications. This is the basic question that I shall try to examine in this 
paper. I shall tackle the issue by breaking it down into two, more or less independent, sets 
of problems. The first of the two is largely formal and relatively simple. It amounts to 
asking whether or not the  Derveni  text, or more  precisely  what  has  survived  of it, 
conforms with certain formal  and structural features that we normally expect from a 
commentary. The second set of problems is considerably more complex. To put it bluntly, 
I shall ask why the Derveni author set out in the first place to interpret the object of his 
exegesis. This question thus pertains to both the author’s cognitive and pragmatic attitude 
towards the object of his interpretative enterprise, and, closely related to these, to the 
specific cultural and sociological context in which the author pursues his exegesis. It is 
also in this second part that I shall try to present a sympathetic rendering of the so-called 
‘allegorical’ method of the Derveni author. [Introduction, p. 37]

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Fallgesetz und Massebegriff. Zwei wissenschaftshistorische Untersuchungen zur Kosmologie des Johannes Philoponus, 1971
By: Wolff, Michael
Title Fallgesetz und Massebegriff. Zwei wissenschaftshistorische Untersuchungen zur Kosmologie des Johannes Philoponus
Type Monograph
Language German
Date 1971
Publication Place Berlin
Publisher de Gruyter
Series Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie
Volume 2
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wolff, Michael
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

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Fate, providence and moral responsibility in ancient, medieval and early modern thought. Studies in honour of Carlos Steel, 2014
By: Hoine, Pieter d' (Ed.), Van Riel, Gerd (Ed.)
Title Fate, providence and moral responsibility in ancient, medieval and early modern thought. Studies in honour of Carlos Steel
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 2014
Publication Place Leuven
Publisher Leuven University Press
Series Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Series 1
Volume 49
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Hoine, Pieter d' , Van Riel, Gerd
Translator(s)
This book forms a major contribution to the discussion on fate, providence and moral responsibility in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modern times. Through 37 original papers, renowned scholars from many different countries, as well as a number of young and promising researchers, write the history of the philosophical problems of freedom and determinism since its origins in pre-socratic philosophy up to the seventeenth century.
The main focus points are classic Antiquity (Plato and Aristotle), the Neoplatonic synthesis of late Antiquity (Plotinus, Proclus, Simplicius), and thirteenth-century scholasticism (Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent). They do not only represent key moments in the intellectual history of the West, but are also the central figures and periods to which Carlos Steel, the dedicatary of this volume, has devoted his philosophical career. 

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Ficino's Lecture on the Good?, 1977
By: Allen, Michael J. B.
Title Ficino's Lecture on the Good?
Type Article
Language English
Date 1977
Journal Renaissance Quarterly
Volume 30
Issue 2
Pages 160-171
Categories no categories
Author(s) Allen, Michael J. B.
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
This article discusses Plato's Lecture on the Good, the only lecture attributed to Plato by ancient sources. The lecture was attended by Aristotle and other students of Plato and was described as a blend of formal exposition, digressions, and asides. Although it was not a public success, the Lecture became famous in the ancient world for what the Neoplatonists presumed was its Pythagorean content. The Lecture played a role in the history of fifteenth-century Florentine Platonism under its chief architect, Marsilio Ficino, who was interested in reviving Neoplatonism and wedding it to Christianity while also dreaming of revitalizing the day-to-day life of the ancient Athenian Academy. [introduction/conclusion]

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Filologisch-Historische Navorsingen over de Middleeuwse En Humanistische Latijnse Vertalingen van Den Commentaren van Simplicius, Deel I: De Commentaren In Ench., In Phys., In Cat., In De Anima; Deel II: De Commentaar In De Caelo; Deel III: Teksten En Documenten (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Leuven), 1975
By: Bossier, Fernand
Title Filologisch-Historische Navorsingen over de Middleeuwse En Humanistische Latijnse Vertalingen van Den Commentaren van Simplicius, Deel I: De Commentaren In Ench., In Phys., In Cat., In De Anima; Deel II: De Commentaar In De Caelo; Deel III: Teksten En Documenten (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Leuven)
Type Monograph
Language Dutch
Date 1975
Categories no categories
Author(s) Bossier, Fernand
Editor(s)
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Formal Argument and Olympiodorus’ Development as a Plato-Commentator, 2021
By: Tarrant, Harold
Title Formal Argument and Olympiodorus’ Development as a Plato-Commentator
Type Article
Language English
Date 2021
Journal History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis
Volume 24
Issue 1
Pages 210-241
Categories no categories
Author(s) Tarrant, Harold
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Olympiodorus led the Platonist school of philosophy at Alexandria for several decades in the sixth century,
and both Platonic and Aristotelian commentaries ascribed to him survive. During this time the school’s
attitude to the teaching of Aristotelian syllogistic, originally owing something to Ammonius,
changed markedly, with an early tendency to reinforce the teaching of syllogistic even in Platonist
lectures giving way to a greater awareness of its limitations. The vocabulary for arguments and their
construction becomes far commoner than the language of syllogistic and syllogistic figures, and also of
demonstration. I discuss the value of these changes for the dating of certain works, especially where the
text lectured on does not demand different emphases. The commitment to argument rather than to authority
continues, but a greater emphasis eventually falls on the establishment of the premises than on formal
validity.

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Forms and Concepts. Concept Formation in the Platonic Tradition, 2012
By: Helmig, Christoph
Title Forms and Concepts. Concept Formation in the Platonic Tradition
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 2012
Publication Place Berlin
Publisher De Gruyter
Series Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina
Volume 5
Categories no categories
Author(s) Helmig, Christoph
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Plato’s innatist approach and Aristotle’s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotle’s (and Alexander of Aphrodisias’) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.

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Forms, Souls, and Embryos: Neoplatonists on Human Reproduction, 2016
By: Wilberding, James
Title Forms, Souls, and Embryos: Neoplatonists on Human Reproduction
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 2016
Publication Place London – New York
Publisher Routledge
Series Issues in ancient philosophy
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wilberding, James
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Forms, Souls, and Embryos allows readers coming from different backgrounds to appreciate the depth and originality with which the Neoplatonists engaged with and responded to a number of philosophical questions central to human reproduction, including: What is the causal explanation of the embryo’s formation? How and to what extent are Platonic Forms involved? In what sense is a fetus ‘alive,’ and when does it become a human being? Where does the embryo’s soul come from, and how is it connected to its body? This is the first full-length study in English of this fascinating subject, and is a must-read for anyone interested in Neoplatonism or the history of medicine and embryology.

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