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Even Friends Cannot Have All Things In Common: Aristotle's Critique Of Plato's Republic, Christos C. Evangeliou

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Aristotle considered as the core of Plato's ideal polity the proposal of communism in its double form, community of women and children and community of property for the guardians who, thus, would be able to provide the means to achieving the perfect unification of the state. Aristotle objected to these innovations and came out as a defender of common sense and common Greek political practice. His arguments were intended to show not only the impracticability of Plato's proposals and their incompatibility with common Greek practices but also their undesirability. He believed that, human nature being what it is, a political …

Material Alteration And Cognitive Activity In Aristotle's De Anima, John Sisko

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

In this paper, I would like to sketch my account of the relation between cognitive activity and material alteration within Aristotle's psychological theory. I will begin by suggesting a new framework through which to view the important issues (§2). I will then show that on Aristotle's account material alteration is required both for any episode of perception in animals taken generally (§3) and for any episode of thought in human beings (§4). Finally, I will examine Aristotle's rationale for supposing that material alteration is required for human thought (§5).

Plato's Theologia Revisited, Gerard Naddaf

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The word theologia is attested for the first time in Plato’s Republic II, 379a4: Hoi tupoi peri theologias. According to Werner Jaeger (The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers, Oxford 1947, 4-­‐13), Plato coined the word to support the introduction of a new doctrine which resulted from a conflict between the mythical and the natural (rational) approach to the problem of God. For Jaeger, the word theologia designates what Aristotle was later to call theologikê or “first philosophy (hê protê philosophia) – whence his translation of hoi tupoi peri theologias by “outlines of theology.” Victor Goldschmidt, for his part, in …

Sagp Newsletter 1995-96.2 November, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the panels of SAGP with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association December 28 in New York and with the American Philological Association December 28 in San Diego.

Hadashot Arkheologiyot 104 / חדשות ארכיאולוגיות קד, Israel Antiquities Authority

חדשות ארכיאולוגיות (סדרה עברית) Hadashot Arkheologiyot (Hebrew Series)

מבצר נמרוד, 1968-A, משה הרטל [1] בניאס, אמת המים, 1876-A-2002 ,A-2122 ,A, משה הרטל [5] בניאס, 1993, 2057-A, וסיליוס צפיריס ושושנה ישראלי [8] בניאס, 1994, 58/94-G, וסיליוס צפיריס ושושנה ישראלי [10] תל דן, 1994, 38/94-G, אברהם בירן [13] מבצר מרגליות, 2069-A, עידן שקד [16] ח' אל-חורמייה, 1933-A *, הנא אבו עוקסה [17] סאסא, (מערב), 1927-A *, הווארד סמיטליין [18] פקיעין, 2297-A, צבי גל, הווארד סמיטליין ודינה שלם [20] נחל כזיב, אמת עבדון, 1614-A, צביקה צוק [22] מערת היונים, 1993-1994, 72/93-G-62/94 ,G-102/94 ,G, …

Review Of Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Limc), Vol. 7 (Oidipous-Theseus), Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Review Of Parasarathy's Translation Of The Cilappatikaram Of Ilanko Atikal, Paula Saffire

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The recent translation of Ilanko Atikal's ilappatikaram (The Ankle Bracelet), a South Indian epic dating from the second or third century c.e., by R. Parthasarathy is indispensable for anyone who wishes to have an accurate rendering of the text into English.

Responsive Form: Dostoyevsky’S Notes From Underground And The Confessional Tradition, Rene E. Fortin

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Editor's Notes, Brian Barbour

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Frontmatter, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Stendhal, Fielding, And The Fiction Of Discrimination, Robert Alter

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Does Teleology Imply An Intellect?, Gregory Rocca, O.P.

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Niccolo Paganini: Byronic Hero And Romantic Icon, Robert Prescott

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Rethinking Jewish Faith: The Child Of A Survivor Responds By Steven L. Jacobs. Albany: State University Of New York Press,1994. Pp. Xix, 150 [Includes Appendices I And Ii, Notes And Bibliography, And Glossary]. $16.95. (Suny Series In Modern Jewish Literature And Culture, Sarah Blacher Cohen, Editor), Robert Frey

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Ineffability: The Failure Of Words In Philosophy And Religion. Ben-Ami Scharfstein. Albany, Ny: State University Of New York Press, 1993. Pp.Xii,291. $59.50, Paul Trainor

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Notes On Contributors, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Back Issues, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Gaining Upon Certainty: Selected Literary Criticism, Rene E. Fortin

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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How To Submit A Manuscript, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Greek Popular Music In An American Cafe, Nancy Sultan

Scholarship

style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In my last contribution to Laografia (May/June 1994), I wrote about xenitiá and the poetics of pain associated with emigration in Greece. I examined some modern Greek songs along with some ancient Greek poetry to illustrate the long tradition of negativity associated with the idea of xenitiá. In this issue I will approach this same topic from a different angle; I present some results of field research that I conducted in 1987-88 with a group of Greek musicians who performed weekly at the Middle East Café in Cam­bridge, MA.

Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Fall 1995, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Christianity And Change In South Africa, Bevil Bramwell

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Levels Taken On The Nike Bastion, Ira S. Mark, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Excavations And Surveys In Israel 14, Israel Antiquities Authority

Excavations and Surveys in Israel (English Series)

Banias – 1992, G-32/92, Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli [1] Tel Dan – 1992, G-31/92, Avraham Biran [3] Qiryat Shemona, Giv‘at Sheḥumit, A-1957*, Idan Shaked [6] Rosh Pinna Map, Survey – 1992, G-6/92, Yosef Stepansky [11] Kisra, A-1875, Ronny Lieberman-Wander [13] Kabri – 1992/1993, G-63/92, G-65/93, Ahron Kempinski and Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier [14] Oshrat, A-1842, Howard Smithline [17] Hayonim Cave, G-59/92, Ofer Bar-Yosef [18] Akko, the Citadel, A-1766, G-102/92, Miriam Avissar and Eliezer Stern [19] Bethsaida – 1992, G-39/92, Ram Arav [22] ‘Amud Cave – 1992, G-67/92, Erella Hovers and …

The Length Of The Siege Of Masada, Jonathan Roth

Faculty Publications, History

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Review Of: Solving The Mysteries Of The Dead Sea Scrolls: New Light On The Bible, By Edward M. Cook, Sidnie White Crawford

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

Edward M. Cook's new book makes an excellent addition to the growing list of "introductions" to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Aimed primarily at a Christian lay and clerical audience, it succeeds admirably in leading its readers through the labyrinthine world of Scroll scholarship and controversy. The book divides itself into two uneven parts. In the first part, chapters 1-4, Cook deals with the discovery of the Scrolls in 1947 and the subsequent history of their decipherment and (often delayed) publication. Cook's treatment of this controversial topic is the most fair and evenhanded I have ever read; he has done meticulous …

Dialectic And Definition In Aristotle's Topics, May Sim

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The middle term between dialectic and being is definition. Definitions are formulae of essences or substances. Thus, one’s view of substance will depend on one’s view of definition: what a definition is, and how it is acquired. Further, insofar as definitions are arrived at through dialectic, definitions depend on dialectic. That is, the specific procedure of dialectic shapes the mode of definition, and the mode of definition shapes the notion of being. Not only does dialectic shape being through definition, but being and knowledge of it also determines dialectic. In short, these three things go together: dialectic, definition and being. …

Aristotle's Child: Formation Through Genes, Oikos, Polis, Daryl Mcgowan Tress

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The discussion of children in Pol VII and the linking of nature, habit and reason supports our thesis that Aristotle has a composite conception of the child and that it can be reconstituted by way of a linked examination of his analyses in the biology, ethics and politics.The child has his or her beginnings prior to birth and grows from unfinished to finished adulthood through linked phases. Each phase of development has its own telos - the complete human animal nature at birth, the complete ethical character later on, and the cultured, educationally complete person ready for adult life in …

The Rise And Fall Of Goritz's Feasts, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Aristotle On The Αρχή Of Practical Reasoning: Countering The Influence Of Sub-Humeanism, Lynn Holt

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

My central aim is to show that Aristotle convincingly avoids what has been the linchpin of the dominant contemporary view of the starting point of practical reasoning: that practical reasoning must begin, both normatively and motivationally, with some desire or want (call this sub-Humeanism). My task is made more difficult by the presence of a now common interpretation of Aristotle himself in which desire is both normatively and motivationally super-ordinate. On this view, Aristotle cannot be a genuine alternative to the contemporary view, since he just is a contemporary: Aristotle is the first sub-Humean about practical reasoning.

In order to …