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New Essays on the Platonic Tradition
In Honour of Paul Kalligas
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This book honours the scholarly contributions of Paul Kalligas through a collection of essays that explore the diverse dimensions of the Platonic tradition. It investigates central questions: How did interpretations of Platoâs thought evolve across institutional, dogmatic, and inspirational frameworks? What role did Plotinus play in systematising Platonism, and how did his work engage with earlier philosophical discourse? Spanning the Presocratics to late antiquity, the essays provide fresh perspectives on Platoâs metaphysics, Aristotleâs critical engagement with his master, and the Neoplatonic synthesis of classical thought. Anchored by Kalligasâ seminal scholarship on the Enneads, this volume represents a significant advancement in the study of ancient philosophy. It is an indispensable read for scholars of Platonism and the history of ideas.
Alexander Nehamas is Carpenter Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature Emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates and The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault.
Voula Tsouna is Distinguished Professor A/S at the Philosophy Department, University of California (Santa Barbara).â¯She is President of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Her publications include Platoâs Charmides. An Interpretative Commentary (Cambridge, 2022).
Riccardo Chiaradonna is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Roma Tre University. He has published widely on ancient philosophy, in particular on Plotinus, Galen, the Platonist tradition and the Aristotle commentators.
Richard McKirahan is Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and science, from the Presocratic philosophers through late antiquity. His publications include Philosophy Before Socrates (second edition, 2011).
Voula Tsouna is Distinguished Professor A/S at the Philosophy Department, University of California (Santa Barbara).â¯She is President of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Her publications include Platoâs Charmides. An Interpretative Commentary (Cambridge, 2022).
Riccardo Chiaradonna is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Roma Tre University. He has published widely on ancient philosophy, in particular on Plotinus, Galen, the Platonist tradition and the Aristotle commentators.
Richard McKirahan is Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and science, from the Presocratic philosophers through late antiquity. His publications include Philosophy Before Socrates (second edition, 2011).
Preface
Notes on Contributors
1 Divine Anonymity
âDavid Sedley
2 Introducing Philolaus
âRichard McKirahan
3 What Do We Learn about Philosophy and Philosophers in Republic V?
âAlexander Nehamas
4 The Music of Political Life
Music as a Simile and a Metaphor in Political Discourse from Plato to Plutarch
âAngelos Chaniotis
5 Remarks on the Relation between Plato and Thucydides
âVassilis Kalfas
6 Plato on Taste and Smell, and the Aristotelian Criticism
âKaterina Ierodiakonou
7 Aristotle in Dialogue with Plato
Revisiting the Puzzle in Aristotleâs De Anima III.2 (425b12â25)
âVoula Tsouna
8 The First Argument for the Law of Excluded Middle in Metaphysics Î
âDoukas Kapantais
9 Aristotle on Luck: Physics II.4â5
âPanos Dimas
10 The Affections of the Soul: Akrasia according to the Old Stoa
âMaria Protopapas-Marneli
11 Intentional Action in Lucretius: External and Internal Causality
âAnthony A. Long
12 On the Birth of Ancient Greek Civilization
âVassilis Karasmanis
13 Something about Severus
Some Intriguing Aspects of the Doctrine of a Second-Century Platonist
âJohn Dillon
14 The Odyssey of Soul in Plotinusâ First Writings
âDominic J. OâMeara
15 Plotinus on the Simplicity of Truth
âSpyridon Rangos
16 Plotinus on the Homonymy of Life
âRiccardo Chiaradonna
17 á½Ïον δύναÏαι ÏοῦÏο αá½Ïοῦ Ïá½³Ïειν
Degrees of Participation in Plotinus
âEleni Perdikouri
18 Plotinus on the Double Hamartia of the Soul in Ennead IV.8[6]
âSuzanne Stern-Gillet
19 The Structure and Argument of Plotinusâ Treatise Against the Gnostics
âGeorge Karamanolis
20 Motion and Activity in Plotinusâ Ennead VI.1.15â16
âEyjólfur K. Emilsson
21 From Athens to Rome
The Milestones in Porphyryâs Philosophical Education
âAlexandra Michalewski
22 Plotinusâ Legacy in Later Neoplatonism
His Parmenides-Interpretation or His Inspiration?
âHarold Tarrant
23 Why Teach Alcibiades? Iamblichus and Proclus on Pointless Providence
âPeter Adamson
Index
Notes on Contributors
Part 1
1 Divine Anonymity
âDavid Sedley
2 Introducing Philolaus
âRichard McKirahan
3 What Do We Learn about Philosophy and Philosophers in Republic V?
âAlexander Nehamas
4 The Music of Political Life
Music as a Simile and a Metaphor in Political Discourse from Plato to Plutarch
âAngelos Chaniotis
5 Remarks on the Relation between Plato and Thucydides
âVassilis Kalfas
6 Plato on Taste and Smell, and the Aristotelian Criticism
âKaterina Ierodiakonou
7 Aristotle in Dialogue with Plato
Revisiting the Puzzle in Aristotleâs De Anima III.2 (425b12â25)
âVoula Tsouna
8 The First Argument for the Law of Excluded Middle in Metaphysics Î
âDoukas Kapantais
9 Aristotle on Luck: Physics II.4â5
âPanos Dimas
10 The Affections of the Soul: Akrasia according to the Old Stoa
âMaria Protopapas-Marneli
11 Intentional Action in Lucretius: External and Internal Causality
âAnthony A. Long
12 On the Birth of Ancient Greek Civilization
âVassilis Karasmanis
Part 2
13 Something about Severus
Some Intriguing Aspects of the Doctrine of a Second-Century Platonist
âJohn Dillon
14 The Odyssey of Soul in Plotinusâ First Writings
âDominic J. OâMeara
15 Plotinus on the Simplicity of Truth
âSpyridon Rangos
16 Plotinus on the Homonymy of Life
âRiccardo Chiaradonna
17 á½Ïον δύναÏαι ÏοῦÏο αá½Ïοῦ Ïá½³Ïειν
Degrees of Participation in Plotinus
âEleni Perdikouri
18 Plotinus on the Double Hamartia of the Soul in Ennead IV.8[6]
âSuzanne Stern-Gillet
19 The Structure and Argument of Plotinusâ Treatise Against the Gnostics
âGeorge Karamanolis
20 Motion and Activity in Plotinusâ Ennead VI.1.15â16
âEyjólfur K. Emilsson
21 From Athens to Rome
The Milestones in Porphyryâs Philosophical Education
âAlexandra Michalewski
22 Plotinusâ Legacy in Later Neoplatonism
His Parmenides-Interpretation or His Inspiration?
âHarold Tarrant
23 Why Teach Alcibiades? Iamblichus and Proclus on Pointless Providence
âPeter Adamson
Index
This volume is of interest to scholars and advanced students of ancient philosophy, particularly those specializing in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and classical metaphysics. Also relevant for historians of ideas and philologists working on Greek philosophical texts.