Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1109388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svetla Slaveva-Griffin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svetla |
| FAMILY NAME | Slaveva-Griffin |
| SIGNATURE | SLAVEVA-GRIFFIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exhortations to Philosophy
Reviewed by: Exhortations to Philosophy: The Protreptics of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle by James Henderson Collins II Svetla Slaveva-Griffin James Henderson Collins II. Exhortations to Philosophy: The Protreptics of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xiv, 300. $74.00. ISBN 978–0-19–935859–5. This book examines the origin of the genre of philosophical and rhetorical protreptics (“turnings toward”) in …
Socrates’ Debt to Asclepius
This article examines the development of the aspect of health in late Neoplatonic ontology as originated in Proclus and illustrated in Marinus’ Life of Proclus and Damascius’ Life of Isidore . In light of the steadily growing Neoplatonic interest in the philosophic value of the body and the widely spreading presence of the new and only Savior, Proclus looks closer at the Demiurge’s cosmological activity in the universe to discern its health-insti…
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situated and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide . The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a m…
Is there philosophy after Aristotle
Plotinus on Number
Introduction: One by Number 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms Ennead VI.6 and Timaeus Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus Plotinus' apostasies and Numenius' stasis Universe as Degrees of Separation from One 2. Multiplicity as Number Surfacing from the Neopythagorean Underground Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in VI.6 Multiplicity as Effluence and Unity 3. The Number of Infinity Plato's Position Aristotle's Criticism of Plato an…
Plotinus on number
Unity of Thought and Writing
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Philosophy and Myth
The title of this special issue, “Philosophy and the Longing for Myth,” presents one of the growing topics in classical scholarship—the relationship between philosophy and myth—in a new light. It r
Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life (review)
Reviewed by: Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life Svetla Slaveva-Griffin Daniel Russell . Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp.ix, 272. $74.00. ISBN 0-19-928284-6. This book is important for two reasons. First, it offers a comprehensive analysis of the concept of pleasure and its relation to "the good life" (according to the philosophers) and happiness in the Euthydemus, Gorgias, Phaedo, Republic, Philebus…
Of Gods, Philosophers, and Charioteers
This article examines the ways in which Parmenides and Plato avail themselves of the literary motif of the charioteer's journey for philosophical discourse. I argue that the Phaedrus' myth of the soul as a charioteer exemplifies Plato's literary and philosophic appropriation of the charioteer allegory in Parmenides' proem and of Parmenides' concept of being, showing how the literary study of intertexts can be applied to questions of both content …
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Of Gods, Philosophers, and Charioteers
This article examines the ways in which Parmenides and Plato avail themselves of the literary motif of the charioteer's journey for philosophical discourse. I argue that the Phaedrus' myth of the soul as a charioteer exemplifies Plato's literary and philosophic appropriation of the charioteer allegory in Parmenides' proem and of Parmenides' concept of being, showing how the literary study of intertexts can be applied to questions of both content …
Philosophy and Myth
The title of this special issue, “Philosophy and the Longing for Myth,” presents one of the growing topics in classical scholarship—the relationship between philosophy and myth—in a new light. It r
Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life (review)
Reviewed by: Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life Svetla Slaveva-Griffin Daniel Russell . Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp.ix, 272. $74.00. ISBN 0-19-928284-6. This book is important for two reasons. First, it offers a comprehensive analysis of the concept of pleasure and its relation to "the good life" (according to the philosophers) and happiness in the Euthydemus, Gorgias, Phaedo, Republic, Philebus…
Unity of Thought and Writing
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Plotinus on Number
Introduction: One by Number 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms Ennead VI.6 and Timaeus Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus Plotinus' apostasies and Numenius' stasis Universe as Degrees of Separation from One 2. Multiplicity as Number Surfacing from the Neopythagorean Underground Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in VI.6 Multiplicity as Effluence and Unity 3. The Number of Infinity Plato's Position Aristotle's Criticism of Plato an…
Plotinus on number
Is there philosophy after Aristotle
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situated and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide . The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a m…
Exhortations to Philosophy
Reviewed by: Exhortations to Philosophy: The Protreptics of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle by James Henderson Collins II Svetla Slaveva-Griffin James Henderson Collins II. Exhortations to Philosophy: The Protreptics of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xiv, 300. $74.00. ISBN 978–0-19–935859–5. This book examines the origin of the genre of philosophical and rhetorical protreptics (“turnings toward”) in …
Socrates’ Debt to Asclepius
This article examines the development of the aspect of health in late Neoplatonic ontology as originated in Proclus and illustrated in Marinus’ Life of Proclus and Damascius’ Life of Isidore . In light of the steadily growing Neoplatonic interest in the philosophic value of the body and the widely spreading presence of the new and only Savior, Proclus looks closer at the Demiurge’s cosmological activity in the universe to discern its health-insti…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Art (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 works) · Soul (3 works)