Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Seeds (2)
- "thing" (1)
- Archaic Greek poetry (1)
- Chremata (1)
- Combination and separation (1)
-
- Diogenes Laertius 10.12 (1)
- Divination (1)
- Empedocles B.9 (1)
- Epigenesis (1)
- Epistemology (1)
- Essences (1)
- Homer (1)
- Homogene (1)
- Homoiomere (1)
- Homoiomere? (1)
- Individual objects (1)
- Matter (1)
- Nous (1)
- Parmenides 8.1-21 (1)
- Plato Phaedo 98 (1)
- Preformation and pangenesis (1)
- Semen (1)
- Simplicius (1)
- Simplicius Phys. 164.18 (1)
- Skepticism (1)
- Snow is black and white (1)
- Species (1)
- Spermata (1)
- Teratology (1)
- Theophrastus (1)
Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Anaxagoras On The Composition Of Matter, David Sider
Anaxagoras On The Composition Of Matter, David Sider
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
We will try to ignore the often-repeated "everything in everything," which if taken literally leads to an infinite regress. We hope that Anaxagoras' theory of the composition of matter can be established by first examining his more straightforward and conventional statements; then, perhaps, the paradox will take care of itself.
Anaxagoras And Epicurus, Margaret Reesor
Anaxagoras And Epicurus, Margaret Reesor
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
It is, I believe, clear that Epicurus adopted an interpretation of the impression which was alien to Democritus’ atomic theory and closer to that of Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras may have believed that the qualities of the impression accurately reproduced the attributes of the objects; and he certainly regarded the objects of sense perception as true. He held that that from which an entity emerges had predominant parts which were the same as the predominant parts of the entity. Anaxagoras' experiments suggest that he was aware in some degree of the principle of confirmatory evidence and evidence to the contrary. His form …
Anaxagoras' Theory Of Change: A Response To Parmenides, David J. Furley
Anaxagoras' Theory Of Change: A Response To Parmenides, David J. Furley
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Assuming that Anaxagoras was responding to Parmenides, I shall examine the nature of his response. I aim to show that the fragments and other evidence can and should be interpreted as belonging to a system whose main purpose is to provide an apparatus for explaining change without "coming to be" or "perishing".
Xenophanes' Skepticism, James H. Lesher
Xenophanes' Skepticism, James H. Lesher
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
The character of Xenophanes’ skepticism was the subject of dispute as early as the 4th century BC and the central statement of his position, fragment 34, has been variously interpreted ever since. In this paper I argue that Xenophanes’ remarks about knowledge are best understood in connection with his distinctive, austere conception of the divine (B 23-26) and related rejection of the claims of seers and diviners to gain access to divine matters (A 52). When Xenophanes denies that there ever was or will be anyone who “knows about the gods and such things as I say about all things,” …
Morphogenesis: Some Elements Of Aristotelian Embryology And Some Ontological Ramifications, Montgomery Furth
Morphogenesis: Some Elements Of Aristotelian Embryology And Some Ontological Ramifications, Montgomery Furth
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Aristotle's metaphysical theory of individual objects and their essences is preeminently aimed at formulating and resolving several fundamental issues regarding biological objects, living things. For this reason the biological writings are in some ways a better resource than the Metaphysics for a vivid intuitive conceptualization of what 'substantial being' concretely comes to.
Listing Of The 1975-1976 Sagp Content, Anthony Preus
Listing Of The 1975-1976 Sagp Content, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.