Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy : Volume XXIV (2008)
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This volume contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the academic year 2007-8. The papers discuss a wide range of topics related to Plato and Aristotle. On Plato, topics include false pleasures in the Philebus, the tripartite soul in the Republic, and rhetoric in the Phaedrus, and on Aristotle, the relation of the physical and psychological in De Anima, of virtue and happiness in the Ethics, of body and nature in the Physics, and the role of pros hen in the Metaphysics. One other paper argues for the Aristotelian origin of Stoic determinism.
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Product details
- Paperback | 310 pages
- 155 x 235 x 12.7mm | 505g
- 01 Jun 2009
- Brill
- Leiden, Netherlands
- English
- 9004177418
- 9789004177413
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This volume contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the academic year 2007-8. The papers discuss a wide range of topics related to Plato and Aristotle. On Plato, topics include false pleasures in the "Philebus," the tripartite soul in the "Republic," and rhetoric in the "Phaedrus," and on Aristotle, the relation of the physical and psychological in "De Anima," of virtue and happiness in the "Ethics," of body and nature in the "Physics," and the role of pros hen in the "Metaphysics." One other paper argues for the Aristotelian origin of Stoic determinism.
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About John J. Cleary
John J. Cleary is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and Associate Professor of Philosophy at NUI Maynooth (Ireland). He has published extensively on ancient philosophy, including a monograph on Aristotle and Mathematics (Leiden, 1995).
Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has published on ancient philosophy, with special attention to Neoplatonism, including a book on Plotinus: The Experience of Unity (Bern, 1988).
Contributors include: David Charles, Alvaro Vallejo, Daniel Russell, Rachana Kamtekar, Priscilla Sakezles, Helen Lang, Harvey Yunis, Heike Sefrin-Weis, Victor Caston, Rachel Singpurwalla,Tim Roche, Martha Nussbaum, Joel Martinez, Silvia Carli, Adam Beresford, and Daniel Devereux
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Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has published on ancient philosophy, with special attention to Neoplatonism, including a book on Plotinus: The Experience of Unity (Bern, 1988).
Contributors include: David Charles, Alvaro Vallejo, Daniel Russell, Rachana Kamtekar, Priscilla Sakezles, Helen Lang, Harvey Yunis, Heike Sefrin-Weis, Victor Caston, Rachel Singpurwalla,Tim Roche, Martha Nussbaum, Joel Martinez, Silvia Carli, Adam Beresford, and Daniel Devereux
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