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This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient
moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in
2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure
in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature
of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that
shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on
a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's
ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected
here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that
were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The
papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's
Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his
ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or
indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's
universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to
their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the
considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of
ancient philosophy of her generation.
Charles Brittain's elegant new translation of Cicero's Academica
makes available for the first time a readable and accurate
translation into modern English of this complex yet crucial source
of our knowledge of the epistemological debates between the
skeptical Academics and the Stoics. Brittain's masterly
Introduction, generous notes, EnglishaLatinaGreek Glossary, and
Index further commend this edition to the attention of students of
Hellenistic philosophy at all levels.
This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient
moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in
2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure
in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature
of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that
shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on
a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's
ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected
here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that
were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The
papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's
Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his
ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or
indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's
universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to
their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the
considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of
ancient philosophy of her generation.
Charles Brittain's elegant new translation of Cicero's Academica
makes available for the first time a readable and accurate
translation into modern English of this complex yet crucial source
of our knowledge of the epistemological debates between the
skeptical Academics and the Stoics. Brittain's masterly
Introduction, generous notes, English-Latin-Greek Glossary, and
Index further commend this edition to the attention of students of
Hellenistic philosophy at all levels.
"' Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in
the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted
to direct the will, to purify the heart, and to confirm the
understanding, by a just confidence in the nature both of God and
man.'"Edward Gibbon"""'This book, written by a "pagan" philosopher,
makes the most Christian impression conceivable. The betrayal of
all reality through morality is here present in its fullest
splendour - pitiful psychology, the philosopher is reduced to a
country parson. And Plato is to blame for all of it He remains
Europe's greatest misfortune '"Fredrich Nietzsche Of these two
rival reactions the favourable one was most common. Epictetus'
"Handbook" on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and
Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the
nineteenth century. The commentary gives us a fascinating chance to
see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas, adding
Neoplatonist accounts of theology, theodicy, providence, free will
and the problem of evil. This translation of the Commentary on the
"Handbook "is published in two volumes. This is the first, covering
chapters 1-26; the second covers chapters 27-53.
The" Enchiridion" or "Handbook "of the first-century AD Stoic
Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian
monasteries and by the sixth-century pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius.
Simplicius chose it for beginners, rather than Aristotle's
"Ethics," because it presupposed no knowledge of logic. We thus get
a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed
Stoic ideas. The text was relevant to Simplicius because he too,
like Epictetus, was teaching beginners how to take the first steps
towards eradicating emotion, although he is unlike Epictetus in
thinking that they should give up public life rather than
acquiesce, if public office is denied them. Simplicius starts from
a Platonic definition of the person as rational soul, not body,
ignoring Epictetus' further whittling down of himself to just his
will or policy decisions. He selects certain topics for special
attention in chapters 1, 8, 27 and 31. Things are up to us, despite
Fate. Our sufferings are not evil, but providential attempts to
turn us from the body. Evil is found only in the human soul. But
evil is parasitic (Proclus' term) on good. The gods exist, are
provident, and cannot be bought off.With nearly all of this the
Stoics would agree, but for quite different reasons, and their own
distinctions and definitions are to a large extent ignored. This
translation of the "Handbook" is published in two volumes. This is
the second volume, covering chapters 27-53; the first covers
chapters 1-26.
Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of
dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his
most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It
presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse -
and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational'
part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened
to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each
shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like eros
and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this
book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's
work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was
developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch
and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in
philosophy and classics.
This is the first book-length study of Philo (159-84 BC), the principal philosophical teacher of Cicero. Charles Brittain reconstructs the Platonic Academy's gradual rejection of scepticism under Philo's leadership, which prepared the way for the revival of Platonism in the first century AD. The Appendix contains a full collection of the testimonia and 'fragments' of Philo.
Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of
dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his
most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It
presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse -
and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational'
part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened
to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each
shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like eros
and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this
book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's
work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was
developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch
and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in
philosophy and classics.
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