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The Unity Of The Laches, Michael J. O'Brien Dec 1962

The Unity Of The Laches, Michael J. O'Brien

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

On the level of ideas the dialogue remains incomplete. A satisfactory conception of courage is never formulated. On the level of personalities, however, there is a solution, in the person of Socrates. He has fought bravely at Delium and has matched or surpassed Laches in steadfastness. But he can also examine courage rationally and realizes the importance of knowledge to virtue, like Nicias. Neither Laches nor Nicias is fully worthy as a person of courage, as Socrates is. But there is a harmony between the incomplete definitions they offer and their own characters. The unity of the Laches is both …


Hiccups And Other Interruptions In The Symposium, George Kimball Plochmann Dec 1962

Hiccups And Other Interruptions In The Symposium, George Kimball Plochmann

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The hoped-for result of my study will be to discover that the genius of philosophy and that of literature do not change places, yet are somehow the same; and if this conclusion involves getting rid of certain textbook conceptions of either philosophy or literature, this too will be all to the good.


Sagp Program For 1962, John H. Randall Jr., Rosamond K. Sprague Dec 1962

Sagp Program For 1962, John H. Randall Jr., Rosamond K. Sprague

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association and with the American Philological Association for 1962.


Aristotle's Treatment Of Phantasia, D. A. Rees Nov 1962

Aristotle's Treatment Of Phantasia, D. A. Rees

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Review of the relevant passages in Aristotle, and (briefly) the scholarship on Aristotle's concept of phantasia. Aristotle's treatment of phantasia is contrasted with Plato's discussions of eikasia, mimesis, the receptacle in the Timaeus, the Sophist as maker of phantasmata, the treatment of memory in the Philebus, and eidola in several places. De Anima 3.3 concerns mental images; further discussion involves passages in EN, MA, and the Parva Naturalia.


Brief History Of The Society For Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rosamond Kent Sprague Jan 1962

Brief History Of The Society For Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rosamond Kent Sprague

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

A historical report of the society covering 1953 to 1962.


Listing Of The 1962-1963 Sagp Content, Society For Ancient Greek Philosophy Jan 1962

Listing Of The 1962-1963 Sagp Content, Society For Ancient Greek Philosophy

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

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