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The argument of the first Discours is governed by the antithesis between the ‘original’ nature of man on the one hand and the corruption of modern civilisation on the other; this antithesis is developed in terms of a contrast between the... more
The establishment of reason as the primordial source of force for better existence by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle was a significant contribution to humanity. Their emphasis on intelligence as a path of analysis that leads to... more
Résumé : Apollon et Orphée ont tous deux le dauphin comme animal-totem. Le nom de celui-ci, en grec delphis, se prononce comme le mot « utérus » et comme Delphes, le temple qui abrite l’oracle d’Apollon. Dans la mythologie grecque, le... more
Dear readers, I teach a course in Ancient Philosophy--primarily Plato and Aristotle--and have a fairly sturdy set of notes compiled over many years. I'm more than happy to share these with other instructors and scholars.
The journal publishes scientific articles on the problems of the Greek language, literature and culture throughout their historical existence: from Ancient Greek and Byzantine literature, culture and language to the Modern Greek period.... more
Contrary to what skeptics believed, there is Filipino philosophy in the Western traditional sense that should be distinguished from ethnophilosophy or cultural philosophy. This paper tries to elucidate this philosophical development by... more
This article marks the first in a series in which the author will publish famous phrases attributed to ancient Greek philosophers. Afier a brief introduction in wich details of the proposed study are given, the anide examines phrases by... more
Studiu introductiv, note, indice tematic şi indice terminologic de Pavel Apostol. Studiu analitic asupra "Fizicii" lui Aristotel şi note de Alexandru Posescu
The late Antique mosaic of Orpheus decorated a small room, approximately 18 m2 in area, connected with two even smaller ones, in 4 m2 and the other 2 m2 in area, belonging most likely to a small funerary chapel (or tomb) discovered in the... more
This paper focuses on one of the major criticisms made to Aristotle's virtue ethics, namely that it lacks explicit moral action guidance. The same criticism has been addressed to later developments of virtue ethics. There have been... more
More than 20 years after presenting his first interpretation of the mosaic from the House of Aion in a paper entitled “Uwagi na temat mozaiki z Domu Aiona w Nea Paphos (Cypr)” (Meander 9/10, 1987, p. 421-438, in Polish, and translated to... more
Rousseau’s attempt to combine authority and autonomy has led to him being described as both the theorist of the totalitarian state and as the exponent of the anarchist society. The complexities of Rousseau’s conception of self-legislation... more
This is a comparison of Agathon’s role in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae and Plato’s Symposium. Firstly, I examine the Platonic version, and the unique, idiosyncratic part Plato gives Agathon to play, as a host to all, and a hostage to... more
Survey of approaches to elpis in Plato and Aristotle with discussion of the extent to which these thematize what we should call 'hope'.
This paper explores aspects of "Socratic" rhetoric, which appear alongside "Sophistic" rhetoric in the Platonic dialogues, and focuses on Plato's rhetorical technique in Book I of the REPUBLIC, which gives a fine example of the way Plato... more
"Thaletas of Creta in Sparta A. V. Zaikov (А. В. Зайков ) The ancient tradition names Thaletas “the man expert in the legislation” because he was the carrier of ancient secret knowledge allowed him to act in Sparta as a re-organizer of... more
A packet distributed to a Stanford undergraduate seminar that included Plotinus .
Les Lois de Platon visent l’établissement de la constitution idéale d’une cité grecque et traitent une grande variété d’aspects nécessaires pour atteindre l’égalité et la vertu. Selon Platon, la première condition est d’avoir un partage... more
This is a collection of essays on Castoriadis with the translation of Castoriadis' early essays written originally in Greek (final proof text)
Traduction entièrement nouvelle de l'Apologie, tenant compte des dernières éditions ainsi que des enseignements tirés de l'édition-traduction du Dialogue avec Tryphon publiée en 2003, avec les articles qui l'accompagnent. Bien que les... more
Вступительная статья к переводу 1-го тома "Истории греческой философии".
This thesis presents a comprehensive examination of the relationship between philosophy and comedy in 5th and 4th Century B.C.E. Athens – a project which has been lacking in the scholarship to date. The thesis is divided into two... more
The present chapter aims at offering insights into Dionysius the Areopagite’s notion of theurgy, both with respect to the metaphysical principles that connect with “θεουργία” and the particular sacramental reality that emerges from it.... more
NOT FOR CITATION: early proofs of my commentary. For the final version see the Brill's New Jacoby online: http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/entry?entry=bnj_a6
""This thesis approaches 'Marx's politics' from its 'rational' origins in ancient Greek thought. Stated briefly, ‘rational freedom’ affirms a socio-relational and ethical conception of freedom in which individual liberty depends upon and... more
NB/ cultura CULTURA PRESOCRATICA ha preparato la strada a un volune che ora sta per essere pubblicato, RIPENSARE I PRESOCRATICI. Di questo libro è disponibile una sinossi. Si trova qui:... more
This thesis examines two conflicting images that can be presented in contemporary scholarship on the classical Epicurean movement: that they are either a reclusive and isolated group, or that they had a missionary dynamic/purpose akin to... more
The masculine/feminine notional pair represents far more than a mere biological, anthropological and social reality. Its omnipresence qualifies it as a fundamental, structural, quasi-Kantian category, shaping the vast majority of... more
"Rethinking the Presocratics" / "Ripensare i presocratici" is a book of mine, published by MIMESIS, Milano in July 2023.. A considerable discontinuity from the current image of most Presocratics marks it. To begin with: it is still... more
The study of the Derveni Papyrus offered by Valeria Piano, Il Papiro di Derveni tra religione e filosofia, Florence, Olschki, 2016, presents considerable weaknesses in the reconstruction of cols. 0-IV and of specific lines of the... more
How was the universe created, and what is our place within it? These are the questions at the heart of Plotinus’ Against the Gnostics. For the Gnostics, the universe came into being as a result of the soul’s fall from intelligible... more
450 π.Χ. Οι φιλόσοφοι δεν είναι οι εκπαιδευτικοί, οι ρήτορες, οι θεωρητικοί επιστήμονες με τη σημερινή έννοια. Είναι οι θετικοί, οι φυσικοί, οι κοσμολόγοι. Τι σχέση όμως μπορεί να έχει η σύσταση του κόσμου και του σύμπαντος, τα άτομα, τα... more
Gavrilyuk attends to divine simplicity according to the third-century AD pagan philosopher Plotinus. He shows that Plotinus draws his doctrine of divine simplicity from the earlier Greco-Roman philosophical tradition, in which the nature... more
Βασιλείου-Δαμβέργης, Αλέξανδρος-Νεκτάριος, Ιω. «Η πολιτική φιλοσοφία του Δημοκρίτου και η ελληνική πόλις-κράτος: συγκριτική θεώρηση και επίκαιρες προεκτάσεις για την Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη του 21ου αιώνα», Πρακτικά 3ου Πανελληνίου... more
This paper proposes a new interpretation of the famous fourth century A.D. mosaic of the “Seven Sages” and the “Anger of Achilles”. Discovered in Merida in 1982, this mosaic was previously analyzed and interpreted by J.M. Aharez Martinez... more
La lectura contextual. Metodología para la lectura de fragmentos de los filósofos presocráticos aplicada a la tradición interpretativa platónica sobre Heráclito* Liliana Carolina Sánchez-Castro** Resumen: La lectura contextual es una... more
This article is focused on answering the question to what extent one can be a sceptic. Sextus Empiricus’s Outlines of Scepticism serves as a guide. In section 1, it is investigated whether three logical laws have a certain foundation or... more
A CREATIVE translation from the best English source, notably faithful to thought but not character.