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Full-Text Articles in Ancient Philosophy
Theoria As Practice And As Activity, Julie Ward
Theoria As Practice And As Activity, Julie Ward
Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works
In Book X chapter 7 of Nicomachean Ethics (henceforth, EN), Aristotle reaches two decisive conclusions: frst, the activity of our intellect which he terms θεωρία is the highest kind and comprises “complete happiness” (ἡ τελεῖα εὐδαίμονια, EN 1177a19); second, a theoretical life, being divine, counts as the highest, and is the one to aim at (EN 1178a5-7). These are compelling claims, rightly generating much scholarly comment, particularly about the balance of excellent theoretical and moral activity in the best human life.2 Yet the present paper proposes to follow a diferent standard, one with a broader, thematic approach to θεωρία. My …
Socratic Elenchos And Maieusis In Euripides' Medea, Laurie K. Haight
Socratic Elenchos And Maieusis In Euripides' Medea, Laurie K. Haight
Dissertations
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A Papyrus Letter About Epicurean Philosophy Books, James G. Keenan
A Papyrus Letter About Epicurean Philosophy Books, James G. Keenan
Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
The J. Paul Getty Museum is housed in a successful recreation of the Villa dei Papyri in Herculaneum. Of the various types of artwork and artifacts bequeathed to the modern world by antiquity and now among the Museum's holdings, however, there was until recently a gap whose filling would have made the correspondence between the two buildings even more nearly complete. There were no papyri in the Museum's collection even though the original Villa was named after its rich library of papyrus rolls, containing mostly Epicurean texts. The first step to improve the situation in Malibu was taken by Mrs. …
Sophists And Sophistry In Plato, Jeremiah J. O'Callaghan
Sophists And Sophistry In Plato, Jeremiah J. O'Callaghan
Master's Theses
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