Tianqin Ge
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tianqin Ge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tianqin |
| FAMILY NAME | Ge |
| SIGNATURE | GE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southeast University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Earliest Peripatetic Commentators in the First Century BCE and the Old Academy
This paper examines the references to the members of the Old Academy in Andronicus and Boethus. I defend the proposition that these earliest Peripatetic commentators’ use of Speusippus and Xenocrates is indicative of their notion of “the ancients” and “the recent authors.” These first-century BCE Peripatetics attempt to return to “the ancients” or their philosophical authorities, namely Plato’s first pupils: Aristotle, Speusippus, and Xenocrates.…
A Note on the Platonist Boethus
This article re-examines the identity and chronology of the lexicographer Boethus, by analyzing three pieces of evidence. It is argued that the lexicographer Boethus is a Middle Platonist flourishing in the late first or early second century, who believed in the transmigration of souls and was engaged in exegesis of Plato. In particular, this article draws attention to a testimony on Boethus from a newly discovered treatise preserved in Syriac, w…
Immortal or Everlasting? Book 3 of the Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima Ascribed to Philoponus
This article focusses on a hitherto underappreciated distinction between immortality and everlastingness in a Greek commentary of disputed authorship on Aristotle's De anima Book 3. This article argues that this distinction calls into question the attribution of the commentary to Philoponus
The Status of Xenocrates in the History of the Text of Plato's Corpus Reconsidered
This paper discusses the status of Xenocrates in the history of the text of the Platonic corpus, based on his general philosophical agenda. After spelling out in what sense one could say that Xenocrates produced an edition of the Platonic corpus, I argue that Xenocrates had enough motivation to organize an edition with definitive texts and to define the composition of a Platonic corpus, but that it is unclear what arrangement Xenocrates may have …
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The Status of Xenocrates in the History of the Text of Plato's Corpus Reconsidered
This paper discusses the status of Xenocrates in the history of the text of the Platonic corpus, based on his general philosophical agenda. After spelling out in what sense one could say that Xenocrates produced an edition of the Platonic corpus, I argue that Xenocrates had enough motivation to organize an edition with definitive texts and to define the composition of a Platonic corpus, but that it is unclear what arrangement Xenocrates may have …
A Note on the Platonist Boethus
This article re-examines the identity and chronology of the lexicographer Boethus, by analyzing three pieces of evidence. It is argued that the lexicographer Boethus is a Middle Platonist flourishing in the late first or early second century, who believed in the transmigration of souls and was engaged in exegesis of Plato. In particular, this article draws attention to a testimony on Boethus from a newly discovered treatise preserved in Syriac, w…
Immortal or Everlasting? Book 3 of the Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima Ascribed to Philoponus
This article focusses on a hitherto underappreciated distinction between immortality and everlastingness in a Greek commentary of disputed authorship on Aristotle's De anima Book 3. This article argues that this distinction calls into question the attribution of the commentary to Philoponus
The Earliest Peripatetic Commentators in the First Century BCE and the Old Academy
This paper examines the references to the members of the Old Academy in Andronicus and Boethus. I defend the proposition that these earliest Peripatetic commentators’ use of Speusippus and Xenocrates is indicative of their notion of “the ancients” and “the recent authors.” These first-century BCE Peripatetics attempt to return to “the ancients” or their philosophical authorities, namely Plato’s first pupils: Aristotle, Speusippus, and Xenocrates.…
Art (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)