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Greek Memories aims to identify and examine the central concepts
underlying the theories and practices of memory in the Greek world,
from the archaic period to Late Antiquity, across all the main
literary genres, and to trace some fundamental changes in these
theories and practices. It explores the interaction and development
of different 'disciplinary' approaches to memory in Ancient Greece,
which will enable a fuller and deeper understanding of the whole
phenomenon, and of its specific manifestations. This collection of
papers contributes to enriching the current scholarly discussion by
refocusing it on the question of how various theories and practices
of memory, recollection, and forgetting play themselves out in
specific texts and authors from Ancient Greece, within a wide
chronological span (from the Homeric poems to Plotinus), and across
a broad range of genres and disciplines (epic and lyric poetry,
tragedy, comedy, historiography, philosophy and scientific prose
treatises).
This Companion provides a comprehensive guide to ancient logic. The
first part charts its chronological development, focussing
especially on the Greek tradition, and discusses its two main
systems: Aristotle's logic of terms and the Stoic logic of
propositions. The second part explores the key concepts at the
heart of the ancient logical systems: truth, definition, terms,
propositions, syllogisms, demonstrations, modality and fallacy. The
systematic discussion of these concepts allows the reader to engage
with some specific logical and exegetical issues and to appreciate
their transformations across different philosophical traditions.
The intersections between logic, mathematics and rhetoric are also
explored. The third part of the volume discusses the reception and
influence of ancient logic in the history of philosophy and its
significance for philosophy in our own times. Comprehensive
coverage, chapters by leading international scholars and a critical
overview of the recent literature in the field will make this
volume essential for students and scholars of ancient logic.
Greek Memories aims to identify and examine the central concepts
underlying the theories and practices of memory in the Greek world,
from the archaic period to Late Antiquity, across all the main
literary genres, and to trace some fundamental changes in these
theories and practices. It explores the interaction and development
of different 'disciplinary' approaches to memory in Ancient Greece,
which will enable a fuller and deeper understanding of the whole
phenomenon, and of its specific manifestations. This collection of
papers contributes to enriching the current scholarly discussion by
refocusing it on the question of how various theories and practices
of memory, recollection, and forgetting play themselves out in
specific texts and authors from Ancient Greece, within a wide
chronological span (from the Homeric poems to Plotinus), and across
a broad range of genres and disciplines (epic and lyric poetry,
tragedy, comedy, historiography, philosophy and scientific prose
treatises).
This Companion provides a comprehensive guide to ancient logic. The
first part charts its chronological development, focussing
especially on the Greek tradition, and discusses its two main
systems: Aristotle's logic of terms and the Stoic logic of
propositions. The second part explores the key concepts at the
heart of the ancient logical systems: truth, definition, terms,
propositions, syllogisms, demonstrations, modality and fallacy. The
systematic discussion of these concepts allows the reader to engage
with some specific logical and exegetical issues and to appreciate
their transformations across different philosophical traditions.
The intersections between logic, mathematics and rhetoric are also
explored. The third part of the volume discusses the reception and
influence of ancient logic in the history of philosophy and its
significance for philosophy in our own times. Comprehensive
coverage, chapters by leading international scholars and a critical
overview of the recent literature in the field will make this
volume essential for students and scholars of ancient logic.
A 'self-refutation argument' is any argument which aims at showing
that (and how) a certain thesis is self-refuting. This study was
the first book-length treatment of ancient self-refutation and
provides a unified account of what is distinctive in the ancient
approach to the self-refutation argument, on the basis of close
philological, logical and historical analysis of a variety of
sources. It examines the logic, force and prospects of this
original style of argumentation within the context of ancient
philosophical debates, dispelling various misconceptions concerning
its nature and purpose and elucidating some important differences
which exist both within the ancient approach to self-refutation and
between that approach, as a whole, and some modern counterparts of
it. In providing a comprehensive account of ancient
self-refutation, the book advances our understanding of influential
and debated texts and arguments from philosophers like Democritus,
Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Stoics, the Academic sceptics, the
Pyrrhonists and Augustine.
A 'self-refutation argument' is any argument which aims at showing
that (and how) a certain thesis is self-refuting. This study was
the first book-length treatment of ancient self-refutation and
provides a unified account of what is distinctive in the ancient
approach to the self-refutation argument, on the basis of close
philological, logical and historical analysis of a variety of
sources. It examines the logic, force and prospects of this
original style of argumentation within the context of ancient
philosophical debates, dispelling various misconceptions concerning
its nature and purpose and elucidating some important differences
which exist both within the ancient approach to self-refutation and
between that approach, as a whole, and some modern counterparts of
it. In providing a comprehensive account of ancient
self-refutation, the book advances our understanding of influential
and debated texts and arguments from philosophers like Democritus,
Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Stoics, the Academic sceptics, the
Pyrrhonists and Augustine.
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