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The Theodicy Of The Timaeus, Thomas M. Robinson
The Theodicy Of The Timaeus, Thomas M. Robinson
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
I suggest that any explanation of the Demiurge that has a chance of being correct must take into account the fact that he is invariably described in non-contingent terms, and the entities to which many have wished to reduce him (the world’s soul, or the rationality within it) in invariably and unambiguously contingent terms. This holds true despite Timaeus’s readiness to speak without apparent qualm of the Demiurge as either a father or a craftsman or both, or even - after the manner of Anaxagoras - to talk of him on occasion simply as Reason; whatever the variants in the …
Seneca And The Stoic View Of Suicide, Walter Englert
Seneca And The Stoic View Of Suicide, Walter Englert
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
will present a summary of the Stoic doctrine on suicide before Seneca, followed by an analysis of Seneca’s own views. Our sources on Stoic views of suicide before Seneca are meager. But they allow us to construct a coherent Stoic theory of suicide, and in Seneca we see the theory fleshed out. Rist is right to point out that we find a connection between suicide and libertas for the first time in Seneca, but wrong to suppose that it is inconsistent with earlier Stoic teaching, pathological, or based on a hatred of life.8 Seneca’s views are consistent with earlier, orthodox …
Sagp Newsletter 1990/91.2 (December), Anthony Preus
Sagp Newsletter 1990/91.2 (December), Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Announcement of the Society's panels with the American Philological Association, and the Eastern, Pacific, and Central Divisions of the American Philosophical Association for 1990/91.
The Philosophical Economy Of Plato's Psychology: Common Concepts In The Timaeus, Dorothea Aline Frede
The Philosophical Economy Of Plato's Psychology: Common Concepts In The Timaeus, Dorothea Aline Frede
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Plato's insistence that the eternal immobile model is “the real thing” and the mobile world only an image is to stress the sincerity of his conviction that the intelligible pattern, the unchangeable network of principles, must be the foundation of the physical reality. Only because there is such a fundamentum in re can we have concepts that allow us to understand and explain the world. Without such really existing concepts our thinking would be nothing, it would be a groping for stability in a changing world that could at best provide similarities without any fix point to determine their nature. …
Sagp Newsletter 1990/91.1 (September) Ssips, Anthony Preus
Sagp Newsletter 1990/91.1 (September) Ssips, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Announcement of the panels for the December meetings of the Society, as well as the program for the 9th annual SSIPS/SAGP conference at Baruch College, October 1990.
The "Great Triangle" In Early Greek Rhetoric And Poetics, John T. Kirby
The "Great Triangle" In Early Greek Rhetoric And Poetics, John T. Kirby
Classics Articles and Papers
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Book Review: "Radical Christianity: A Reading Of Recovery" By Christopher Rowland, Vincent L. Wimbush
Book Review: "Radical Christianity: A Reading Of Recovery" By Christopher Rowland, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Christopher Rowland, Lecturer in Divinity, Dean and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, has written a fascinating and provocative book. Although drawing upon years of research on Christian origins, especially on apocalypticism in Judaism and early Christianity, this book goes far beyond antiquarian exegetical interests and questions. It is a most interesting attempt to determine the origins, then chart and account for major developments in the course of one type of Christian ethic and orientation-a type of "radical Christianity" rooted in apocalypticism.
The Kavousi-Thriphti Survey, 1988-1989, Margaret S. Mook, Donald Haggis
The Kavousi-Thriphti Survey, 1988-1989, Margaret S. Mook, Donald Haggis
Margaret S. Mook
Excavation was continued in four Late Minoan buildings on the north side of the Roussolakkos town site (Buildings 1 and 3-5). Building 1 was severely eroded but was fully revealed in outline, and good evidence was recovered for its history: founded in late LM lA, it replaced an MM IIB/LM lA structure in which metallurgical work in copper had taken place. Domestic activity (grinding grain and cooking) and some religious functions are among those suggested for the successive periods of later occupation (LM IB, LM II, and LM Ill). Building 3, adjacent to this, was much better preserved, up to …
Plotinus On Freedom, Creativity And The One, Laura Westra
Plotinus On Freedom, Creativity And The One, Laura Westra
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
In this paper I want to show the import and the centrality of Freedom as Creativity in the philosophy of Plotinus. I will only say a little about Freedom's cardinal role and centrality in his thought, as I defend that position at length in my forthcoming book on the topic (and on Enneads 6.8). Instead, I will show the link between Freedom and Creativity in Section 1, then speak of Creativity as a human good and ideal when understood in the Plotinian sense, touching also upon the light it sheds on general problem of philosophy (Section 2); and finally, of …
Aristotle On Unity: Metaphysics Delta 6, Constantine Georgiadis
Aristotle On Unity: Metaphysics Delta 6, Constantine Georgiadis
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
The brief passage on accidental unity (ἕv κατὰ συμβεβηκός) in Chapter 6 of Metaphysics Δ (1015b 16-34) raises a number of questions for which the text does not provide explicit answers. Aristotle does not define the nature of accidental unity, nor does he explain the status and character of the items which partake in accidental unities. One may wonder whether those items pertain to language, or to reality or whether they involve a certain relation of language to reality. Aristotle lists different examples which are purported to illustrate different kinds of accidental unity but those kinds are not described in …
Sagp Newsletter 1989/90.4 (March), Anthony Preus
Sagp Newsletter 1989/90.4 (March), Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Announcement of the Society's panel with the Central Division, April 1990
Sagp Newsletter 1989/90.3 (February), Anthony Preus
Sagp Newsletter 1989/90.3 (February), Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Announcement of the SAGP Panel with the Pacific Division for 1990
Augustine's Contribution To Star Wars, Scott Franklin
Augustine's Contribution To Star Wars, Scott Franklin
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
The parallels between Augustine’s Confessions and the movie Star Wars might at first seem to be few and far between, but this paper argues for that the opposite in fact is true when viewed through the lens of rhetoric. This paper suggests that both the Confessions and Star Wars reframe traditional storylines for their own times. For Augustine it is the Bible and for Star Wars it is a traditional WWII Storyline.
Neoplatonic Influences In Augustine's Confessions, Shon H. Kraley
Neoplatonic Influences In Augustine's Confessions, Shon H. Kraley
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
Augustine wrote the Confession at a time when Christianity was still a small religion mostly populated with peasants and lower-class individuals. This paper argues that he actively utilized Neoplatonic philosophies and ideas in order to give credibility to his Christian doctrine. By doing so he accomplished the goal of expanding Christianity and appealing to the Intellegentsia.
Intellectual Traditions As Predecessors To St. Augustine, Jennifer Lovell
Intellectual Traditions As Predecessors To St. Augustine, Jennifer Lovell
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
St. Augustine both explicitly and implicitly relied on existing intellectual traditions in the construction of his Confessions. He not only explicitly references Neoplatonic thought, he also implicitly constructs his argument around Neoplatonic ideals. He also used rhetorical and epic traditions to create his Christian Doctrine. By blending the teachings of the Bible with these traditions, this paper argues that St. Augustine effectively appealed to the intellectual elite.
The Loss Of Feminine Representation From The Aeneid To The Confessions, Merlin Douglass
The Loss Of Feminine Representation From The Aeneid To The Confessions, Merlin Douglass
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
This paper argues that “the change in the power of women from the time of Vergil to the time of Augustine altered the way in which they were represented” in the seminal texts of Vergil’s Aeneid and Augustine’s Confessions. Augustine’s Confessions have long been thought to be inspired by and echoing of the Aeneid. This paper, however, suggests that the striking loss of the female voice from the Aeneid to the Confessions is a result of the changed status of female power between the two time periods as well as a reminder of the purpose of the Confessions: to show …
Vergil's Aeneid: A Homeric Dichotomy?, David Dysert
Vergil's Aeneid: A Homeric Dichotomy?, David Dysert
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
This paper investigates the question of why scholars have traditionally labeled Vergil's Aeneid a "Homeric dichotomy." The Aeneid is often seen as a combination of the two great Homeric epics, the Odyssey and the Illiad, and is of criticized for its lack of transitions between the two. This paper argues that while the Aeneid certainly should be seen as a dichotomous work, its allusions stretch further than only to Homer’s epics. The paper traces a number of these allusions and suggests that the Aeneid should be viewed as a synthesis of Homer with other Greek traditions and epics rather than …