The Philosophy Of The Commentators 200 600 Ad Psychology With Ethics And Religion

Author : Richard Sorabji
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0801489873

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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and religion) by Richard Sorabji Pdf

The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas. First, the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works: the concepts of universal and particular underwent surprising transformations in this period, which gave rise to debates, still raging today, on personal survival after an interruption such as death. Second, logic in a more conventional sense: perhaps the most impressive debate was on the existence of the subject in singular and universal statements. There was also debate about the very different Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of syllogism, of modal logic, of induction, of the nature of mathematics, and of philosophy of language. Third, the higher metaphysics of the Neoplatonists taught Augustine, and indirectly Descartes, to look for truth within themselves. The Neoplatonists struggled with the question whether our higher intellectual selves have distinct individuality, and thus they fed both sides in the great medieval debate between Aquinas and the followers of Averroes on individual human immortality. All sources appear in English translation and are carefully linked and cross-referenced by editorial comment and explanation. Bibliographies are provided throughout.

Author : Richard Sorabji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0801489873

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Psychology (with Ethics and Religion). by Richard Sorabji Pdf

Author : Pauliina Remes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492894

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Neoplatonism by Pauliina Remes Pdf

Although Neoplatonism has long been studied by classicists, until recently most philosophers saw the ideas of Plotinus et al as a lot of religious/magical mumbo-jumbo. Recent work however has provided a new perspective on the philosophical issues in Neoplatonism and Pauliina Remes new introduction to the subject is the first to take account of this fresh research and provides a reassessment of Neoplatonism's philosophical credentials. Covering the Neoplatonic movement from its founder, Plotinus (AD 204-70) to the closure of Plato's Academy in AD 529 Remes explores the ideas of leading Neoplatonists such as Porphyry, lamblichus, Proclus, Simplicius and Damascius as well as less well-known thinkers. Situating their ideas alongside classical Platonism, Stoicism, and the neo-Pythagoreans as well as other intellectual movements of the time such as Gnosticism, Judaism and Christianity, Remes provides a valuable survey for the beginning student and non-specialist.

Author : Richard Sorabji
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080148989X

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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics by Richard Sorabji Pdf

The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas: the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works; logic; and the higher metaphysics of Neoplatonism.

Author : Richard Sorabji
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0801489881

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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Physics by Richard Sorabji Pdf

Physics in Neoplatonist thought, the subject which occupies the second volume of this sourcebook, was innovative: the world of space and time was causally ordered by a nonspatial, nontemporal world, and this view required original thinking

Author : Miira Tuominen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492580

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The Ancient Commentators on Plato and Aristotle by Miira Tuominen Pdf

In late antiquity the works of Plato and Aristotle were subject to intense study, which eventually led to the development of a new literary form, the philosophical commentary. Until recently these commentaries were understood chiefly as sources of information for the masters - Plato and Aristotle - they commented upon. However, in recent years, it has become increasingly acknowledged that the commentators themselves - Aspasius, Alexander, Themistius, Porphyry, Proclus, Philoponus, Simplicius and others - even though they worked in the Platonist - Aristotelian framework, contributed to this tradition in original, innovative and significant ways such that their commentaries are philosophically important sources in their own right. This book provides the first systematic introduction to the 'philosophy' of the commentators: their way of doing philosophy and the kind of philosophical problems they found interesting.Although there was no philosophy of the commentators in the sense of a definite set of doctrines, Tuominen shows how the commentary format was nevertheless a vehicle for original philosophical theorizing and argues convincingly that the commentators should take their place alongside other philosophers of antiquity in the history of western philosophy.

Author : Simo Knuuttila,Juha Sihvola
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400769670

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Sourcebook for the History of the Philosophy of Mind by Simo Knuuttila,Juha Sihvola Pdf

Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology are high-profile domains in current research, the volume will inform our understanding of philosophical questions by shedding light on the origins of core conceptual assumptions often arrived at before the instauration of psychology as a recognized subject in its own right. The chapters closely follow historical developments in our understanding of the mind, with sections dedicated to ancient, medieval Latin and Arabic, and early modern periods of development. The volume’s structural clarity enables readers to trace the entire progression of philosophical understanding on specific topics related to the mind, such as the nature of perception. Doing so reveals the fascinating contrasts between current and historical approaches. In addition to its all-inclusive source material, the volume provides subtle expert commentary that includes critical introductions to each thematic section as well as detailed engagement with the central texts. A voluminous bibliography includes hundreds of primary and secondary sources. The sheer scale of this new publication sheds light on the progression, and discontinuities, in our study of the philosophy of mind, and represents a major new sourcebook in a field of extreme importance to our understanding of humanity as a whole.​

Author : Christoph Helmig
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110267242

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Forms and Concepts by Christoph Helmig Pdf

Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Plato’s innatist approach and Aristotle’s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotle’s (and Alexander of Aphrodisias’) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.

Author : Lloyd Gerson,James Wilberding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108488341

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The New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus by Lloyd Gerson,James Wilberding Pdf

A new Companion offering student-friendly essays on this major figure in the Platonic tradition and in Greek philosophy.

Author : Hamid Taieb
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319988870

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Relational Intentionality: Brentano and the Aristotelian Tradition by Hamid Taieb Pdf

This book sheds new light on the history of the philosophically crucial notion of intentionality, which accounts for one of the most distinctive aspects of our mental life: the fact that our thoughts are about objects. Intentionality is often described as a certain kind of relation. Focusing on Franz Brentano, who introduced the notion into contemporary philosophy, and on the Aristotelian tradition, which was Brentano’s main source of inspiration, the book reveals a rich history of debate on precisely the relational nature of intentionality. It shows that Brentano and the Aristotelian authors from which he drew not only addressed the question whether intentionality is a relation, but also devoted extensive discussions to what kind of relation it is, if any. The book aims to show that Brentano distinguishes the intentional relation from two other relations with which it might be confused, namely, causality and reference, which also hold between thoughts and their objects. Intentionality accounts for the aboutness of a thought; causality, by contrast, explains how the thought is generated, and reference, understood as a sort of similarity, occurs when the object towards which the thought is directed exists. Brentano claims to find some anticipation of his views in Aristotle. This book argues that, whether or not Brentano’s interpretation of Aristotle is correct, his claim is true of the Aristotelian tradition as a whole, since followers of Aristotle more or less explicitly made some or all of Brentano’s distinctions. This is demonstrated through examination of some major figures of the Aristotelian tradition (broadly understood), including Alexander of Aphrodisias, the Neoplatonic commentators, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Francisco Suárez. This book combines a longue durée approach – focusing on the long-term evolution of philosophical concepts rather than restricting itself to a specific author or period – with systematic analysis in the history of philosophy. By studying Brentano and the Aristotelian authors with theoretical sensitivity, it also aims to contribute to our understanding of intentionality and cognate features of the mind.

Author : Michael James Griffin
Publisher : Oxford Classical Monographs
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198724735

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Aristotle's Categories in the Early Roman Empire by Michael James Griffin Pdf

This volume studies the origin and evolution of philosophical interest in Aristotle's 'Categories'. It reconstructs fragments of the earliest commentaries on the treatise, and illuminates their arguments for Aristotle's approach to logic as the foundation of higher education.

Author : Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107166196

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From Stoicism to Platonism by Troels Engberg-Pedersen Pdf

This book explores the process during 100 BCE-100 CE by which dualistic Platonism became the reigning school in philosophy.

Author : Michael Trapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351911412

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Philosophy in the Roman Empire by Michael Trapp Pdf

Drawing on unusually broad range of sources for this study of Imperial period philosophical thought, Michael Trapp examines the central issues of personal morality, political theory, and social organization: philosophy as the pursuit of self-improvement and happiness; the conceptualization and management of emotion; attitudes and obligations to others; ideas of the self and personhood; constitutional theory and the ruler; the constituents and working of the good community. Texts and thinkers discussed range from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aspasius and Alcinous, via Hierocles, Seneca, Musonius, Epictetus, Plutarch and Diogenes of Oenoanda, to Dio Chrysostom, Apuleius, Lucian, Maximus of Tyre, Pythagorean pseudepigrapha, and the Tablet of Cebes. The distinctive doctrines of the individual philosophical schools are outlined, but also the range of choice that collectively they presented to the potential philosophical 'convert', and the contexts in which that choice was encountered. Finally Trapp turns his attention to the status of philosophy itself as an element of the elite culture of the period, and to the ways in which philosophical values may have posed a threat to other prevalent schemes of value; Trapp argues that the idea of 'philosophical opposition', though useful, needs to be substantially modified and extended.

Author : David Bennett,Juhana Toivanen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030569464

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Philosophical Problems in Sense Perception: Testing the Limits of Aristotelianism by David Bennett,Juhana Toivanen Pdf

This volume focuses on philosophical problems concerning sense perception in the history of philosophy. It consists of thirteen essays that analyse the philosophical tradition originating in Aristotle’s writings. Each essay tackles a particular problem that tests the limits of Aristotle’s theory of perception and develops it in new directions. The problems discussed range from simultaneous perception to causality in perception, from the representational nature of sense-objects to the role of conscious attention, and from the physical/mental divide to perception as quasi-rational judgement. The volume gives an equal footing to Greek, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. It makes a substantial contribution not just to the study of the Aristotelian analysis of sense perception, but to its reception in the commentary tradition and beyond. Thus, the papers address developments in Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius, Avicenna, John of Jandun, Nicole Oresme, and Sayf al-Din al-Amidi, among others. The result of this is a coherent collection that attacks a well-defined topic from a wide range of perspectives and across philosophical traditions.

Author : Blossom Stefaniw
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520971929

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Christian Reading by Blossom Stefaniw Pdf

Christian Reading shifts the assumption that study of the Bible must be about the content of the Bible or aimed at confessional projects of religious instruction. Blossom Stefaniw focuses on the lesson transcripts from the Tura papyri, which reveal verbatim oral classroom discourse, to show how biblical texts were used as an exhibition space for the traditional canon of general knowledge about the world. Stefaniw demonstrates that the work of Didymus the Blind in the lessons reflected in the Tura papyri was similar to that of other grammarians in late antiquity: articulating the students’ place in time, their position in the world, and their connection to their heritage. But whereas other grammarians used revered texts like Homer and Menander, Didymus curated the cultural patrimony using biblical texts: namely, the Psalms and Ecclesiastes. By examining this routine epistemological and pedagogical work carried out through the Bible, Christian Reading generates a new model of the relationship of Christian scholarship to the pagan past.