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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Volume XXXVII (2022)
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This volume, the 37th year of published proceedings, contains five papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during 2022. Topics: Plato: Phaedo, where Socrates undermines his explicit arguments for immortality with quotes from his predecessors; Statesman, with Socratesâ impending death an occasion to reconsider the roles of dialectic, expertise, myth, image and law; Aristotle: De Caelo, examining inclination, natural places, and the elements, with a strong dissent in the comment; Metaphysics N that differentiate mathematical features from natural explanation, with the comment raising challenging anomalies. Finally, Plotinus on union with the One and human happiness, as frequent and common. The comments challenge or sustain the theses in the main papers.
Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has published on ancient philosophy, including three books, most recently From the Alien to the Alone: A Study of Soul in Plotinus (2022) as well as articles and reviews in various scholarly journals.
Daniel P. Maher, PhD (1997, Boston College) is Professor of Philosophy at Assumption University. He has published on ancient philosophy and other topics in journals such as Review of Metaphysics, Logos, Interpretation, Hermathena, Society, and Proceedings of the ACPA.
Daniel P. Maher, PhD (1997, Boston College) is Professor of Philosophy at Assumption University. He has published on ancient philosophy and other topics in journals such as Review of Metaphysics, Logos, Interpretation, Hermathena, Society, and Proceedings of the ACPA.
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Gazing at the Sun: Contemplation of the One and Happiness in the Philosophy of Plotinus
âMateusz StróżyÅski
Commentary on StróżyÅski
âGary M. Gurtler, S.J.
StróżyÅski/Gurtler Bibliography
The Contemplative Community: Pre-Socratic Teachings and Their Appropriation in the Phaedo
âMarina Marren
Commentary on Marren
âFr Ross Romero, S.J.
Marren/Romero Bibliography
Inclination and the Place of the Elements in De Caelo
âJosh Michael Hayes
Commentary on Hayes
âChristan Pfeiffer
Hayes/Pfeiffer Bibliography
Platoâs Statesman and the Nature of Philosophical Writing
âEric Sanday
Commentary on Sanday
âCristina Ionescu
Sanday/Ionescu Bibliography
Aristotleâs Rejection of Mathematized Metaphysics
âEmily Katz
Commentary on Katz
âIan C. McCready-Flora
Katz/McCready-Flora Bibliography
Index of Names
Notes on Contributors
Colloquium 1
Gazing at the Sun: Contemplation of the One and Happiness in the Philosophy of Plotinus
âMateusz StróżyÅski
Commentary on StróżyÅski
âGary M. Gurtler, S.J.
StróżyÅski/Gurtler Bibliography
Colloquium 2
The Contemplative Community: Pre-Socratic Teachings and Their Appropriation in the Phaedo
âMarina Marren
Commentary on Marren
âFr Ross Romero, S.J.
Marren/Romero Bibliography
Colloquium 3
Inclination and the Place of the Elements in De Caelo
âJosh Michael Hayes
Commentary on Hayes
âChristan Pfeiffer
Hayes/Pfeiffer Bibliography
Colloquium 4
Platoâs Statesman and the Nature of Philosophical Writing
âEric Sanday
Commentary on Sanday
âCristina Ionescu
Sanday/Ionescu Bibliography
Colloquium 5
Aristotleâs Rejection of Mathematized Metaphysics
âEmily Katz
Commentary on Katz
âIan C. McCready-Flora
Katz/McCready-Flora Bibliography
Index of Names
All those interested in recent scholarship within different traditions of interpretation in ancient philosophy and classics, including scholars and graduate students.