Philosophia togata, II : Plato and Aristotle at Rome
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Philosophia togata, II : Plato and Aristotle at Rome
Clarendon Press, 1999, c1997
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Papers delivered at a series of seminars on philosophy and Roman society in the University of Oxford which complements the first volume Philosophia togata, published in 1989 <BA07410117>
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-286) and indexes
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The role of philosophy as a valued and effective part of the culture of civilized Romans has aroused an increasing amount of scholarly interest in recent years. In this volume, which gathers together nine papers delivered at a series of seminars on philosophy and Roman society in the University of Oxford, scholars of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy investigate the place of Platonism and Aristotelianism in Roman intellectual, cultural, and
political life from the second century BC to the third century AD. In addition to chapters on such important figures as Cicero, Varro, Plutarch, Favorinus, Celsus, and Porphyry, the book contains essays on the tradition of Aristotle's library at Rome, the theory of the mixed constitution, and the
anonymous commentary on Plato's Theaetetus.
It thus forms a complement to Philosophia Togata I which addressed the importance of the doctrines of the Hellenistic schools to Roman society during the first century BC.
Table of Contents
- 1. Roman Aristotle
- 2. The Theory of the Mixed Constitution at Rome
- 3. From Aristotle to Atticus: Cicero and Matius on Friendship
- 4. Plato's Auctoritas and the Rebirth of the Commentary Tradition
- 5. Varro and the Antiquarianism of Philosophy
- 6. Plutarch, Plato, Athens, and Rome
- 7. Favorinus: the Man of Paradoxes
- 8. Celsus' Attack on the Christians
- 9. Porphyry: Ethnicity, Language, and Alien Wisdom
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