Making Room For Matter,
2012
Northwestern University
Making Room For Matter, David Ebrey
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Socrates rejects material causes in the Phaedo, in sharp contrast to Aristotle, who gives them a fundamental role in his account of the natural world. Why do they disagree about this? It is sometimes suggested that Socrates rejects material causation because he requires causes to be rational or to be teleological. You might think, then, that Aristotle can have material causes because he does not have any such requirement. In this paper I argue for a different explanation. Plato and Aristotle ultimately disagree about material causation because of a difference in their causal frameworks: Socrates thinks that each change has …
The Republic’S Reluctant Rulers,
2012
University of California at Davis
The Republic’S Reluctant Rulers, Christopher Buckels
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
I attempt to resolve three closely related problems concerning philosophers’ rule over Kallipolis in Plato's Republic. First and foremost, it seems that the rulers should willingly take up ruling, since it is just to rule and the rulers are just people. So why does Plato emphasize that they must be compelled to rule? Second, since just acts are beneficial, how does ruling, qua just act, benefit philosophers? Third, since Plato has been accused of jumping unfairly between just actions and just souls, what exactly is the connection between the two? I submit that these questions are intricately related, so that …
Review Of "Aesopic Conversations: Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, And The Invention Of Greek Prose" By L. Kurke,
2012
Swarthmore College
Review Of "Aesopic Conversations: Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, And The Invention Of Greek Prose" By L. Kurke, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Classics Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Genius Loci. Zu Nietzsche, Lou Und Dem Sacro Monte, Bzw. Den Sacri Monti,
2012
Fordham University
Genius Loci. Zu Nietzsche, Lou Und Dem Sacro Monte, Bzw. Den Sacri Monti, Babette Babich
Research Resources
No abstract provided.
Gender And Genre In Athletic Epigrams: The Case Of Kyniska (Ceg 820),
2012
Western University
Gender And Genre In Athletic Epigrams: The Case Of Kyniska (Ceg 820), Peter Miller
Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education)
No abstract provided.
[Review Of] The Ghosts Of Cannae: Hannibal And The Darkest Hour Of The Roman Republic
By Robert L. O'Connell,
2012
San Jose State University
[Review Of] The Ghosts Of Cannae: Hannibal And The Darkest Hour Of The Roman Republic By Robert L. O'Connell, Jonathan P. Roth
Faculty Publications, History
No abstract provided.
Respect Des Fonds D'Archives: Theory And Application,
2012
University of Western Ontario
Respect Des Fonds D'Archives: Theory And Application, Danielle Lee-Muma
Data and Test Instruments
This paper examines the principle of Respect des fonds, its history and reason for becoming a dominant principle, and what its aspects mean: interpreting original order as an internal arrangement, and discussing external arrangement in the principle of provenance. Case studies (both real world examples and hypothetical examples based on real fonds and archives) will be used to discuss how the twin principles of respect des fonds, original order and provenance can be put into practice. The case studies are used to discuss what problems can arise in the application of respect des fonds.
Monsters And Mayhem: Physical And Moral Survival In Stephen King's Universe,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Monsters And Mayhem: Physical And Moral Survival In Stephen King's Universe, Jaime L. Davis
Theses and Dissertations
The goal of my thesis is to analyze physical and moral survival in three novels from King's oeuvre. Scholars have attributed survival in King's universe to factors such as innocence, imaginative capacity, and career choice. Although their arguments are convincing, I believe that physical and moral survival ultimately depends on a character's knowledge of the dark side of human nature and an understanding of moral agency. I have chosen three novels that span several decades of Kings work-'Salem's Lot, Needful Things, and Desperation-to illustrate the relationship between knowledge and survival. In 'Salem's Lot, King uses the main character's interest in …
Sagp Newsletter 2011/12.4 Pacific,
2012
Binghamton University
Sagp Newsletter 2011/12.4 Pacific, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Homeopoesis: Aristotle On Nutrition And Growth,
2012
Western University
Homeopoesis: Aristotle On Nutrition And Growth, John Thorp
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
This paper seeks to understand how Aristotle’s ideas about nutrition avoid cancerous growth: why does the flesh that is distilled out of the digestive process, and that travels out to the various parts of the body, not just produce formless growth? De Anima II.5 gives a purely formal reply ("limit and ratio:") Using GA and GC I try to put together Aristotle's schematic account of the process.
Sagp Newsletter 2011/12.3 Central,
2012
Binghamton University
Sagp Newsletter 2011/12.3 Central, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Letter From David Gallop,
2012
Trent University
Letter From David Gallop, David Gallop
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Recollections from the 1964 SAGP conference at Amherst College.
Politeia As Citizenship In Aristotle,
2012
University of Pennsylvania
Politeia As Citizenship In Aristotle, John J. Mulhern
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Recent studies of the citizen and citizenship in Aristotle, such as those of Hansen, Morrison, and Collins, have focused attention on a somewhat neglected topic in Aristotle’s work. While a definitive treatment of this topic awaits a comprehensive catalogue of the uses of politeia in the Politica and the Ath. at least, with over 500 occurrences in the Politica alone, in this paper I contribute to the catalogue project by considering some examples of Aristotle’s use of politeia in idioms from earlier Greek literature which express participation in citizenship, giving a share in citizenship, and so on. I consider also …
Aristotle's Rhetorodicy,
2012
Western University
Aristotle's Rhetorodicy, John Thorp
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
There is a well-known question about Aristotle's view of rhetoric: on the one hand he inherited the typical Platonic disdain for rhetoric as a concealer of truth; but on the other he throws himself with verve into the elaboration of a rhetorical manual. This paper points up a little-noticed Aristotelian justification for rhetoric, one that sees rhetorical contests as means for discovering the truth; it asks how such an optimistic view might be grounded.
A Contract For The Advance Sale Of Wine,
2012
Wilfrid Laurier University
A Contract For The Advance Sale Of Wine, Scott Gallimore
Archaeology and Heritage Studies Faculty Publications
Edition of a sale of wine in advance from Byzantine Egypt (P.Vindob. inv. G 40267). Notable features include the guarantee clause and the supply of jars by the seller, both of which are put in a wider context.
(Review) Roman Historiography: An Introduction To Its Basic Aspects And Development,,
2012
Connecticut College
(Review) Roman Historiography: An Introduction To Its Basic Aspects And Development,, Eric Adler
Classics Faculty Publications
Andreas Mehl, Roman Historiography. An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development, trans. Hans-Friederich Mueller. Blackwell Introductions to the Ancient World. Maiden, Massachusetts and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Pp. viii + 290. Cloth (ISBN 978-1-4051-2183-5) $124.95.
(Review) Republicanism, Rhetoric, And Roman Political Thought: Sallust, Livy, And Tacitus,
2012
Connecticut College
(Review) Republicanism, Rhetoric, And Roman Political Thought: Sallust, Livy, And Tacitus, Eric Adler
Classics Faculty Publications
Daniel J. Kapust, Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought. Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. viii + 196. Cloth (ISBN 978-1-107-00057-5) $85.00.
Lend Me Your Voice: Discovering Romanity In Seneca's De Otio And De Brevitate Vitae,
2012
Marshall University
Lend Me Your Voice: Discovering Romanity In Seneca's De Otio And De Brevitate Vitae, Joshua Dean Wimmer
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This thesis is primarily concerned with the theory that the writings of Seneca the Younger display an array of stylistic choices theretofore unprecedented in the production of philosophical works in Latin, as well as that, in so doing, Seneca is able to cultivate an approach to Latin literature that is uniquely Roman in character. By using two of the “dialogues” of Seneca—De otio and De breuitate uitae—as representative of his prose works, particularly those philosophical in nature, I analyze the author’s specific use of language in order to highlight and to detail those methods which he employs in an effort …
A Feminist Critique Of Beowulf: Women As Peace-Weavers And Goaders In Beowulf's Courts,
2012
Marshall University
A Feminist Critique Of Beowulf: Women As Peace-Weavers And Goaders In Beowulf's Courts, Charles Phipps
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This thesis documents the relationship between “Goaders" and "Peace-Weavers" amongst the women of Beowulf. These roles have a large place to play within the framework of the Beowulf narrative and all of its female characters fall into one of these descriptors. Goaders are women who have the role of driving men to violence with words. They do not actually perform the violence themselves but instead induce it in others, souring relationships and compelling men to war. Peace-weavers, by contrast, urge men toward reconciliation with speech and encouragement. Examining the poem's context for these two roles and how they relate to …
Politics And Heidegger: Aristotle, Superman, And Žižek,
2012
Fordham University
Politics And Heidegger: Aristotle, Superman, And Žižek, Babette Babich
Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections
This essay discusses Heidegger's thinking on the political and technology in the context of metaphysics in an age that is increasingly directed to both technology and the imaginary or the virtual. The context of Aristotelian phronesis is traced back to Aristotle's youth in Macedonia and the circumstance of war and world conquest, to the allure of a comic book character (that would be the Action Comic's figure of Superman) and the cinematic seduction of a pair of eyeglasses to conclude with a review of Latour's network actants and Žižek on Marxism (and Occupy Wall Street).
