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Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.2 (November), Anthony Preus Nov 1993

Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.2 (November), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Programs of the Society with the Eastern Division and with the American Philological Association, December 1933.


Living In A Disenchanted World, John Margiotta May 1993

Living In A Disenchanted World, John Margiotta

Fenwick Scholar Program

This thesis draws on Allan Bloom and Martin Heidegger, among others, to articulate the communitarian vision of how Enlightenment philosophy has led the Western world into an age of philosophical and religious homelessness.


Aristotle On The Principles Of Perceptible Body (Gen. Corr. 2.1-3), David E. Hahm Apr 1993

Aristotle On The Principles Of Perceptible Body (Gen. Corr. 2.1-3), David E. Hahm

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

With his clarification of the philosophical significance of the Pre- Socratic theories of elements Aristotle completes his discussion of the principles of perceptible bodies. He had embarked on this subject with the intent of explaining the first bodies and their role as principles of genesis and destruction. Jumping off from the theories of the Ionian philosophers who first proposed simple elemental bodies as principles of change, he probed behind these to discover even more fundamental principles, one of which was anticipated by another Ionian and by his teacher Plato. These ultimate principles will become for Aristotle the foundation of all …


Memorials 1993, James A. Borland Mar 1993

Memorials 1993, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.4 (March), Anthony Preus Mar 1993

Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.4 (March), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the SAGP panel at the Central Division in Kansas City, May 1994.


Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.3 (February), Anthony Preus Feb 1993

Sagp Newsletter 1993/4.3 (February), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Program of the Society with the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association March/April 1994.


Anaximander And The Architects, Robert Hahn Dec 1992

Anaximander And The Architects, Robert Hahn

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

This essay is divided into several sections. In (B) I set out the problem of making a diagram or model of Anaximander's cosmos, then in (C) I outline the relevant fragments and testimony - for Anaximander's picture of the cosmos and its formation — from which a diagram or model might be constructed. Next, in (D) I invite the reader to reflect on the differences between plan and elevation perspectives: two ways of Imagining. In (D.l), evidence for plan and elevation perspectives in ancient Egyptian architecture is examined, and the contributing influence is considered; in (D.2) evidence for plan and …


Alexander On Form-In-Matter And The Breakdown Of Aristotle's Categories, John O. Ellis Dec 1992

Alexander On Form-In-Matter And The Breakdown Of Aristotle's Categories, John O. Ellis

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

My discussion is divided into six sections. In the first I provide some background to the form-in-matter problem in Aristotle; the second focusses on Alexander's solution to the problem; in the third, we consider Plotinus' contribution; in the fourth, there's brief treatment of the problem by the commentators on the Categories; and finally in the fifth section I look at what I call the 'Lucius problem' - this pertains directly to the substantial qualities doctrine, and it reveals, I suggest, how Alexander's way of solving the form-in-matter problem contributes to the breakdown of Aristotelian categories. In the sixth section …


Foundationalism, Coherentism, And Aristotle, Robin A. Smith Dec 1992

Foundationalism, Coherentism, And Aristotle, Robin A. Smith

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

It is the need to respond to various forms of relativism, with their nihilistic consequences for philosophy and science, that was the primary epistemological goal for Plato and Aristotle. Such a goal is a far more credible and a far more urgent one for them than the refutation of Cartesian radical skepticism, a position they do not even seem to take seriously.


Aristotle's Account Of Courage In En Iii.6-9, Howard Curzer Dec 1992

Aristotle's Account Of Courage In En Iii.6-9, Howard Curzer

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

I shall argue that Aristotle (a) does not limit courage to life- threatening situations on the battlefield; (b) is right to maintain that courage governs both fear and confidence; (c) applies a plausible doctrine of the mean to courage; (d) appropriately distinguishes courage from continence; and (e) does not affirm that courageous acts are overall pleasant for courageous people.


Sagp/Ssips 1992, Anthony Preus Oct 1992

Sagp/Ssips 1992, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Ethics, Aesthetics and Ontology: 11th Annual SAGP/SSIPS conference, at Columbia University: panels


Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.1 (September), Anthony Preus Sep 1992

Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.1 (September), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Programs of the Society with the Eastern Division, in Washington DC December 28, and with the American Philological Association, December 30.


Character And Method In Plato's Republic, Mary Whitlock Blundell, Ruby Blondell Apr 1992

Character And Method In Plato's Republic, Mary Whitlock Blundell, Ruby Blondell

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

It is obvious enough that Plato's literary style, including his use of dramatic form and character, alters drastically along with his philosophical method. It is most economical, though not essential, to attribute these parallel changes to Plato's own chronological development. As Guthrie puts it, "Plato began by giving vivid pictures of Socrates engaged on his mission, and as he went on became more concerned to develop positive doctrines. He retains the dialogue form, but it becomes less dramatic and pictorial and he allows Socrates to indulge in uncharacteristically long discourses only punctuated by expressions of assent from the others" (HGP …


Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.4 (April), Anthony Preus Apr 1992

Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.4 (April), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Program of the Society with the Central Division, April 22, 1993, in Chicago.


Were The Neoplatonists Itealists Or Realists?, John Bussanich Mar 1992

Were The Neoplatonists Itealists Or Realists?, John Bussanich

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Although it is relatively uncontroversial to characterize all Platonists as metaphysical idealists or immaterialists, the ascription to some of them of explicit arguments for epistemological idealism is controversial and problematic. It will be necessary to consider Neoplatonic attitudes toward perception of an external material world, but also the direct intellectual "perception" of the Forms.


Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.3 (March), Anthony Preus Mar 1992

Sagp Newsletter 1992/3.3 (March), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Program of the Society with the Pacific Division March 25, 1993, in San Francisco. Includes an announcement of the Central Division meeting April 22, 1993, in Chicago.


Positive And Negative Liberty, Steven J. Heyman Feb 1992

Positive And Negative Liberty, Steven J. Heyman

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Development, Ethics And The Ethics Of Nationalism, Messay Kebede Jan 1992

Development, Ethics And The Ethics Of Nationalism, Messay Kebede

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In a world which exhibits so much power and yet does so little to drive back underdevelopment, it is not to be wondered if the thinking endeavour is shrouded with the impression of being confronted with the greatest enigma, with the most disconcerting sphinx of all times. However, concerning this most pressing and controversial issue of underdevelopment, of all the disciplines which study man, philosophy is the one which until now said the least. Is this due to simple insensitiveness, or to pure neglect, or to the feeling of not being directly concerned? Whatever the reasons may be, the simple …


Seneca And The Schools Of Philosophy In Early Imperial Rome, Victoria Larson Jan 1992

Seneca And The Schools Of Philosophy In Early Imperial Rome, Victoria Larson

Department of Classics and General Humanities Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


The Truth Of Antiphon's 'Truth', Michael Gagarin Dec 1991

The Truth Of Antiphon's 'Truth', Michael Gagarin

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

My intention in this paper is to explore some of the implications of the fact that the fifth century sophistic thinker Antiphon entitled his main "sophistic" treatise, published in two books. Truth (Alêtheia). As in the case of Protagoras' treatise of the same name, this title may be understood as an indication that Antiphon is responding to Parmenides' "Way o f Truth" and is affirming his own view of the truth about the world, that physis is more real or truer than nomos, or in other words, statements are true if and only if they correspond to physis, but not …


Some Ways Of Being In Plato, Allan Silverman Dec 1991

Some Ways Of Being In Plato, Allan Silverman

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

I propose to examine on this occasion three closely related issues in the interpretation of Plato's metaphysics, the separation of Forms, participation, and the nature of particulars. In the compass of this talk, I cannot do justice to all three of these issues, indeed probably to none of them. A fortiori, I cannot do a semblance of justice to the closely related topics of predication, both ontological and linguistic; the status of Aristotle's remarks about Plato's metaphysics and his own treatment of these issues, or the vexing problem of the development of Plato’s thinking. Nonetheless, I cannot avoid these topics. …


Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.2 (November), Anthony Preus Nov 1991

Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.2 (November), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Programs of the Society with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association and with the American Philological Association.


Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.1 (September) Ssips, Anthony Preus Sep 1991

Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.1 (September) Ssips, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the Program for the 10th annual SSIPS/SAGP conference, at Baruch College, October 1991.


The Birth Of Logic, John Corcoran Apr 1991

The Birth Of Logic, John Corcoran

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The last two decades have witnessed a debate concerning whether Aristotle's syllogistic is a system of deductive discourses having epistemic import exemplifying an Aristotelian theory of deductive reasoning and justifying the claim that Aristotle is the founder of logic taken as the scientific study of proof or whether, on the contrary, the syllogistic is a system of true propositions of a theory of classes justifying the claim that Aristotle is the founder of logic is taken as the scientific study of formal relations such as class inclusion. An epistemically-oriented interpretation has been contending with an ontically-oriented interpretation. This debate should …


Plato On The Souls Of Beasts, Eve Browning (Cole) Apr 1991

Plato On The Souls Of Beasts, Eve Browning (Cole)

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Although Plato's emphasis on rationality and calculative reason, along with his faith in the soul's immortality, place him well to mark a clear-cut distinction between the human and the beast, that clear distinction is somewhat difficult to locate. While there is no strong evidence that Plato was inclined to attribute human-like cognitive capabilities to animals, the absence of extended textual engagements with animal cognition make this an uncertain issue. And in the moral domain, there do seem to be texts which suggest that a kind of natural virtue may be found among animals. These appear in the Laws. and are …


Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.4 (April), Anthony Preus Apr 1991

Sagp Newsletter 1991/2.4 (April), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Program of the Society with the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association April 24, 1992, in Louisville.


Sagp Newsletter 1990/1.4 (April), Anthony Preus Apr 1991

Sagp Newsletter 1990/1.4 (April), Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the panel for the Society's meeting with the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association in Chicago, April 26, 1991.


Nietzsche And The Future Of The University, Gary Shapiro Apr 1991

Nietzsche And The Future Of The University, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Nietzsche's first generation of readers tended to see him as a thinker, philosopher or prophet of the future; he was the teacher of the superman, the transvaluator of all values, the founder of a new philosophy of the will to power. In the many discourses of the early twentieth century that are devoted in various ways to 'Nietzsche and the Future' there are obvious signs of the nineteenth century cult of progress, although interpreted divergently by social Darwinism, socialism or anarchism. Now we are more sophisticated. Those first readers saw Nietzsche as radicalizing and rewriting the modernist metanarrative (substituting the …


Division And Explanation In Aristotle's Parts Of Animals, Allan Gotthelf Mar 1991

Division And Explanation In Aristotle's Parts Of Animals, Allan Gotthelf

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The nature and proper methods of logical division, διαίρεσις, are important concerns in at least four of Plato’s later dialogues, and reflections on the process may even have led Plato to a revised conception of the very nature of a Form. The place of division in Aristotle’s Topics - both in the organization of some of its materials and as the method for seeking definitions which many of the topoi are designed to regulate - suggests the importance διαίρεσις must have had in the Academy, as does the Epicrates fragment and Aristotle’s criticism of alternative views of the nature or …


Plotinus On The Objects Of Thought, Eyolfur Emilsson Mar 1991

Plotinus On The Objects Of Thought, Eyolfur Emilsson

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The strong identity Plotinus maintains between the intellect and its objects, the ideas, can be explained in terms of his acceptance of certain sceptical arguments; in particular he holds that unless the subject and the object of thought are strictly identical, there is room for doubt and error. Moreover, I suppose that Plotinus believed that without this identity the traditional account of the forms as at once ontological and epistemological standards cannot hold. Thus, I am suggesting that we see Plotinus' position here as that of a Platonist who says to his fellow Platonists: if you wish to hold, as …