Anders Dahl Sørensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3602569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anders Dahl Sørensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anders Dahl |
| FAMILY NAME | Sørensen |
| SIGNATURE | SORENSEN A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1908 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Anonymus Iamblichi’
This is a new edition of the fragments of 'Anonymus Iamblichi', the mysterious Greek author excerpted by Iamblichus in chapter 20 of Protrepticus. The fragments are an important but overlooked source for early Greek ethical and political thought. Among other things, they criticize traditional forms of social benefaction, and they offer a strikingly modern approach to the analysis of society and economy revolving around the concept of pistis ('tru…
The Second Best City and its Laws in Plato’s Statesman
Taking up the controversial issue of the value of the laws of non-ideal cities in Plato’s Statesman , the paper argues for a modified version of the traditional interpretation, as defended against Christopher Rowe’s influential criticism. The paper agrees with the traditional view that the established laws of non-ideal cities are assumed to be good laws and that the Eleatic Stranger’s justification for this assumption can be found in 300b. But it…
On the Political Outlook of the ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels–kranz 89)
The political outlook of the so-called ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (DK 89) has been a subject of controversy in the scholarly literature, with some commentators judging him to be a committed democrat, while others see in him a partisan of aristocracy or even oligarchy. This disagreement is not surprising, for the text contains passages that seem to pull in opposite directions. The article suggests that we move beyond the one-dimensional oligarch-or-demo…
Anonymus Iamblichi and Nomos: Beyond the Sophistic Discourse
The paper challenges the traditional assumption that the fragments of ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels-Kranz 89) are best understood and interpreted against the intellectual and cultural background of the so-called ‘sophistic movement’. I begin by suggesting that we can distinguish, in the fragments, between two separate ‘discourses’ concerning nomos (‘law’) and its role in human life: an abstract ‘sophistic’ discourse, centered around the defense of …
Political Office and the Rule of Law in Plato’s Statesman
The article discusses the relation between political office (archē) and the rule of law in Plato’s dialogue Statesman. Taking its starting-point from an observation about the Statesman’s peculiar approach to constitutional analysis, the article argues that what Plato is concerned to show is how the reconceptualisation of the role of law in government proposed in that dialogue has important implications for what we take the role of the institution…
Sophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras’ Challenge to Socrates, written by Robert C. Bartlett
Plato on democracy and political techne
In 'Plato on Democracy and Political techne' Sørensen argues that the question of democracy's 'epistemic potential' was one that Plato took more seriously than is usually assumed. While he famously rejected democracy on the basis of its inherent inability to accommodate political expertise ('techne'), he did not think that this failure on democracy's part was necessarily inevitable but a concept that required further examination. Sorensen shows t…
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
Contemporary Australia: Exploration in Economy, Society and Geography
New search for the soul
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
On the Political Outlook of the ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels–kranz 89)
The political outlook of the so-called ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (DK 89) has been a subject of controversy in the scholarly literature, with some commentators judging him to be a committed democrat, while others see in him a partisan of aristocracy or even oligarchy. This disagreement is not surprising, for the text contains passages that seem to pull in opposite directions. The article suggests that we move beyond the one-dimensional oligarch-or-demo…
Anonymus Iamblichi and Nomos: Beyond the Sophistic Discourse
The paper challenges the traditional assumption that the fragments of ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels-Kranz 89) are best understood and interpreted against the intellectual and cultural background of the so-called ‘sophistic movement’. I begin by suggesting that we can distinguish, in the fragments, between two separate ‘discourses’ concerning nomos (‘law’) and its role in human life: an abstract ‘sophistic’ discourse, centered around the defense of …
New search for the soul
Contemporary Australia: Exploration in Economy, Society and Geography
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
Plato on democracy and political techne
In 'Plato on Democracy and Political techne' Sørensen argues that the question of democracy's 'epistemic potential' was one that Plato took more seriously than is usually assumed. While he famously rejected democracy on the basis of its inherent inability to accommodate political expertise ('techne'), he did not think that this failure on democracy's part was necessarily inevitable but a concept that required further examination. Sorensen shows t…
Political Office and the Rule of Law in Plato’s Statesman
The article discusses the relation between political office (archē) and the rule of law in Plato’s dialogue Statesman. Taking its starting-point from an observation about the Statesman’s peculiar approach to constitutional analysis, the article argues that what Plato is concerned to show is how the reconceptualisation of the role of law in government proposed in that dialogue has important implications for what we take the role of the institution…
Sophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras’ Challenge to Socrates, written by Robert C. Bartlett
On the Political Outlook of the ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels–kranz 89)
The political outlook of the so-called ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (DK 89) has been a subject of controversy in the scholarly literature, with some commentators judging him to be a committed democrat, while others see in him a partisan of aristocracy or even oligarchy. This disagreement is not surprising, for the text contains passages that seem to pull in opposite directions. The article suggests that we move beyond the one-dimensional oligarch-or-demo…
Anonymus Iamblichi and Nomos: Beyond the Sophistic Discourse
The paper challenges the traditional assumption that the fragments of ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’ (Diels-Kranz 89) are best understood and interpreted against the intellectual and cultural background of the so-called ‘sophistic movement’. I begin by suggesting that we can distinguish, in the fragments, between two separate ‘discourses’ concerning nomos (‘law’) and its role in human life: an abstract ‘sophistic’ discourse, centered around the defense of …
The Second Best City and its Laws in Plato’s Statesman
Taking up the controversial issue of the value of the laws of non-ideal cities in Plato’s Statesman , the paper argues for a modified version of the traditional interpretation, as defended against Christopher Rowe’s influential criticism. The paper agrees with the traditional view that the established laws of non-ideal cities are assumed to be good laws and that the Eleatic Stranger’s justification for this assumption can be found in 300b. But it…
‘Anonymus Iamblichi’
This is a new edition of the fragments of 'Anonymus Iamblichi', the mysterious Greek author excerpted by Iamblichus in chapter 20 of Protrepticus. The fragments are an important but overlooked source for early Greek ethical and political thought. Among other things, they criticize traditional forms of social benefaction, and they offer a strikingly modern approach to the analysis of society and economy revolving around the concept of pistis ('tru…
Philosophy (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works)