Geert Roskam
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 460427 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Geert Roskam |
| PRENOMES | Geert |
| SOBRENOME | Roskam |
| ASSINATURA | ROSKAM G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8158-6458 |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 6 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Epicureanism and Scientific Debates. Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception
Epicurean philosophy is a philosophy of knowledge, nature and pleasure. The second part of a two-volume set, this edited collection examines the core areas of Epicureanism : physiology, epistemology and ethics. The study is carried out from multiple perspectives: the reconstruction and analysis of primary sources, an examination of the debates and controversies surrounding the school of Epicurus, and a review of the reception of Epicurean philoso…
Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity
In the post-Enlightenment world, philosophy and religion have come to occupy different, even opposed, domains. But how were they related before this? What were the commonalities and dissimilarities between them? Did they already contain the seeds of their later division – or do they still share enough in common to allow meaningful conversation between them? This new Brill series “Ancient Philosophy & Religion” provides an interdisciplinary platfo…
Epicurus in Rome
The role of Greek thought in the final days of the Roman republic is a topic that has garnered much attention in recent years. This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicureanism, in the late republic. It focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosophe…
Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy
Extensively trained as a philosopher, Cicero was also a working politician with a keen awareness of the distance between pure intellectual endeavor and effective strategies of persuasion. This volume explores a series of interrelated problems in his works, from the use of emotion, self-correction, and even fiction in intellectual inquiry, to the motives of political agents and the morality of political arguments, to the means of justifying the us…
From Protology to Eschatology
This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Leuven in June 2017 as a follow-up to a previous meeting that dealt with views on the origin of the cosmos in Greek philosophical and early Christian tradition (published in STAC 104, 2017). The second conference focused on how both traditions have reflected on the end or the goal towards which the cosmos is moving. The Judeo-Christian concept of a creation with temporal …
Epicurus in Rome
The role of Greek thought in the final days of the Roman republic is a topic that has garnered much attention in recent years. This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicureanism, in the late republic. It focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosophe…
On Using Sources in Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Early Christian Literature
Did The Stoic Lentil Soup Come From The Epicurean Kitchen
status: Published
Politics and Society
From antiquity to the present, Epicurus’s view of politics has often been regarded as entirely negative. And indeed, from his philosophical perspective, where pleasure is regarded as the final end, politics is usually depreciated as a source of troubles and pains. While the politician eagerly pursues the fulfillment of his empty unnecessary desires, he constantly postpones the easily attainable pleasures. A careful analysis of the reality of poli…
How to Date the Timeless? The Difficult Problem of the Pseudo–Pythagorean Treatises On Kingship
Cet article propose un examen critique des principaux parallèles entre les traités néopythagoriciens Sur la royauté et la pensée politique de Plutarque. Les Néopythagoriciens et Plutarque s’accordent fondamentalement sur l’idée que le bon roi 1) imite Dieu ; 2) contrôle ses passions, est gouverné par la raison ; 3) est un modèle pour ses sujets ; 4) est une «loi animée». Cependant, chaque auteur poursuit un objectif propre et ignorer cette uolunt…
Philosophy Is Great Fun!
This chapter is a careful look at the different aspects of laughter in the history of Epicurean philosophy, from its very beginning (Epicurus and his fellow philosophers) to the Imperial period (Diogenes of Oenoanda). More precisely, the following facets of Epicurean laughter are examined: (1) its philosophical foundation (laughter is connected with truth in Epicurus and Polystratus, with true freedom in Metrodorus); (2) its objects (widespread o…
Philo of Alexandria on the Twelve Olympian Gods
The importance of pagan philosophy and literature for Philo’s thinking has long been acknowledged. What is less studied, however, is his attitude towards the individual gods of the Greek pantheon, and this is the topic of the present article. After a brief discussion of Philo’s critical stance towards Greek polytheism in general, a first survey of relevant material is provided that already allows for a few provisional conclusions. This is followe…
Cicero Against Cassius on Pleasure and Virtue
In the first two books of De finibus (= Fin. ), Cicero deals with the Epicurean view of the final goal of life. This philosophical discussion, which is preceded by a rhetorical proem that stands on itself, is framed as a dialogue between Torquatus, who defends the Epicurean position, Cicero, who attacks it, and Triarius, who confines himself to a few critical interventions. If philosophy starts in wonder, according to the celebrated passage from …
Light on Creation
The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium held in February 2015 at the Arts Faculty of the KU Leuven that brought together specialists in (late) ancient philosophy and early Christian studies. Contributors were asked to reflect on the reception of two foundational texts dealing with the origin of the world - the third book of Plato's Timaeus and the Genesis account of the creation. The organizers had a double aim:…
Diogenes’ Polemical Approach, or How to Refute a Philosophical Opponent in an Epigraphic Context
A Versatile Gentleman
Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a [...]
An unresolved crux in Hermias of Alexandria (In Phdr. 68.11 Couvreur)
Will the Epicurean Sage Break the Law if He is Perfectly Sure that He Will Escape Detection?
This paper deals with a notorious vexata quaestio in the domainof the Epicurean philosophy of law and justice: will the Epicurean sage break the law if he can be sure that his deed will never be detected (εἰδὼς ὅτι λήσει)? Epicurus himself remained quite cautious on this topic, as appears from his answer that “the unqualified predication is not free from difficulty.” After a discussion of several traditional interpretations, which often unduly ne…
Virtues for the People
Virtues for the People
Plutarch of Chaeronea was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying ph…
Bene vixit qui bene latuit
This article deals with the last will of Ferenc Császár, one of the prominent Hungarian intellectuals of his day and editor in chief of the important newspaper Pesti Napló. At the very end of this will, a reference can be found to the Epicurean ideal of an ‘unnoticed life’. A correct understanding of Császár’s own position presupposes a thorough insight into Epicurus’ ideal, which is discussed first. It is argued then that Császár did not adopt t…
Live unnoticed
Against the background of age-old Greek wisdom, Epicurus' advice to 'live unnoticed' (lathe biosas) was particularly provocative and scandalous. Why, after all, would an unknown Greek soldier in Agamemnon's army have been happier than famous Achilles? Or why should an ordinary Athenian be regarded as more blessed and enviable than Pericles? Yet Epicurus' ideal was far from unattractive, guaranteeing as it did a quiet and untroubled existence far …
Live unnoticed
Philoxenus Once Again
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Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity
In the post-Enlightenment world, philosophy and religion have come to occupy different, even opposed, domains. But how were they related before this? What were the commonalities and dissimilarities between them? Did they already contain the seeds of their later division – or do they still share enough in common to allow meaningful conversation between them? This new Brill series “Ancient Philosophy & Religion” provides an interdisciplinary platfo…
An unresolved crux in Hermias of Alexandria (In Phdr. 68.11 Couvreur)
Philoxenus Once Again
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
Live unnoticed
Against the background of age-old Greek wisdom, Epicurus' advice to 'live unnoticed' (lathe biosas) was particularly provocative and scandalous. Why, after all, would an unknown Greek soldier in Agamemnon's army have been happier than famous Achilles? Or why should an ordinary Athenian be regarded as more blessed and enviable than Pericles? Yet Epicurus' ideal was far from unattractive, guaranteeing as it did a quiet and untroubled existence far …
Live unnoticed
Bene vixit qui bene latuit
This article deals with the last will of Ferenc Császár, one of the prominent Hungarian intellectuals of his day and editor in chief of the important newspaper Pesti Napló. At the very end of this will, a reference can be found to the Epicurean ideal of an ‘unnoticed life’. A correct understanding of Császár’s own position presupposes a thorough insight into Epicurus’ ideal, which is discussed first. It is argued then that Császár did not adopt t…
Virtues for the People
Virtues for the People
Plutarch of Chaeronea was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying ph…
Will the Epicurean Sage Break the Law if He is Perfectly Sure that He Will Escape Detection?
This paper deals with a notorious vexata quaestio in the domainof the Epicurean philosophy of law and justice: will the Epicurean sage break the law if he can be sure that his deed will never be detected (εἰδὼς ὅτι λήσει)? Epicurus himself remained quite cautious on this topic, as appears from his answer that “the unqualified predication is not free from difficulty.” After a discussion of several traditional interpretations, which often unduly ne…
An unresolved crux in Hermias of Alexandria (In Phdr. 68.11 Couvreur)
A Versatile Gentleman
Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a [...]
Light on Creation
The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium held in February 2015 at the Arts Faculty of the KU Leuven that brought together specialists in (late) ancient philosophy and early Christian studies. Contributors were asked to reflect on the reception of two foundational texts dealing with the origin of the world - the third book of Plato's Timaeus and the Genesis account of the creation. The organizers had a double aim:…
Diogenes’ Polemical Approach, or How to Refute a Philosophical Opponent in an Epigraphic Context
Philosophy Is Great Fun!
This chapter is a careful look at the different aspects of laughter in the history of Epicurean philosophy, from its very beginning (Epicurus and his fellow philosophers) to the Imperial period (Diogenes of Oenoanda). More precisely, the following facets of Epicurean laughter are examined: (1) its philosophical foundation (laughter is connected with truth in Epicurus and Polystratus, with true freedom in Metrodorus); (2) its objects (widespread o…
Philo of Alexandria on the Twelve Olympian Gods
The importance of pagan philosophy and literature for Philo’s thinking has long been acknowledged. What is less studied, however, is his attitude towards the individual gods of the Greek pantheon, and this is the topic of the present article. After a brief discussion of Philo’s critical stance towards Greek polytheism in general, a first survey of relevant material is provided that already allows for a few provisional conclusions. This is followe…
Cicero Against Cassius on Pleasure and Virtue
In the first two books of De finibus (= Fin. ), Cicero deals with the Epicurean view of the final goal of life. This philosophical discussion, which is preceded by a rhetorical proem that stands on itself, is framed as a dialogue between Torquatus, who defends the Epicurean position, Cicero, who attacks it, and Triarius, who confines himself to a few critical interventions. If philosophy starts in wonder, according to the celebrated passage from …
Politics and Society
From antiquity to the present, Epicurus’s view of politics has often been regarded as entirely negative. And indeed, from his philosophical perspective, where pleasure is regarded as the final end, politics is usually depreciated as a source of troubles and pains. While the politician eagerly pursues the fulfillment of his empty unnecessary desires, he constantly postpones the easily attainable pleasures. A careful analysis of the reality of poli…
How to Date the Timeless? The Difficult Problem of the Pseudo–Pythagorean Treatises On Kingship
Cet article propose un examen critique des principaux parallèles entre les traités néopythagoriciens Sur la royauté et la pensée politique de Plutarque. Les Néopythagoriciens et Plutarque s’accordent fondamentalement sur l’idée que le bon roi 1) imite Dieu ; 2) contrôle ses passions, est gouverné par la raison ; 3) est un modèle pour ses sujets ; 4) est une «loi animée». Cependant, chaque auteur poursuit un objectif propre et ignorer cette uolunt…
Did The Stoic Lentil Soup Come From The Epicurean Kitchen
status: Published
From Protology to Eschatology
This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Leuven in June 2017 as a follow-up to a previous meeting that dealt with views on the origin of the cosmos in Greek philosophical and early Christian tradition (published in STAC 104, 2017). The second conference focused on how both traditions have reflected on the end or the goal towards which the cosmos is moving. The Judeo-Christian concept of a creation with temporal …
Epicurus in Rome
The role of Greek thought in the final days of the Roman republic is a topic that has garnered much attention in recent years. This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicureanism, in the late republic. It focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosophe…
On Using Sources in Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Early Christian Literature
Epicurus in Rome
The role of Greek thought in the final days of the Roman republic is a topic that has garnered much attention in recent years. This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicureanism, in the late republic. It focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosophe…
Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy
Extensively trained as a philosopher, Cicero was also a working politician with a keen awareness of the distance between pure intellectual endeavor and effective strategies of persuasion. This volume explores a series of interrelated problems in his works, from the use of emotion, self-correction, and even fiction in intellectual inquiry, to the motives of political agents and the morality of political arguments, to the means of justifying the us…
Epicureanism and Scientific Debates. Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception
Epicurean philosophy is a philosophy of knowledge, nature and pleasure. The second part of a two-volume set, this edited collection examines the core areas of Epicureanism : physiology, epistemology and ethics. The study is carried out from multiple perspectives: the reconstruction and analysis of primary sources, an examination of the debates and controversies surrounding the school of Epicurus, and a review of the reception of Epicurean philoso…
Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity
In the post-Enlightenment world, philosophy and religion have come to occupy different, even opposed, domains. But how were they related before this? What were the commonalities and dissimilarities between them? Did they already contain the seeds of their later division – or do they still share enough in common to allow meaningful conversation between them? This new Brill series “Ancient Philosophy & Religion” provides an interdisciplinary platfo…
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