Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXXV
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780199557790 |
| Open Library | OL20464428W |
| Total publications | 7 |
| Coverage period | 2008 - 2008 |
| Language | EN |
Abstract Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. ‘The serial Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (OSAP) is fairly regarded as the leading venue for publication in ancient philosophy. It is where one looks to find the state-of-the-art. That the serial, which presents itself more as an anthology than as a journal, has traditionally allowed space for lengthier studies, has tended only to add to its prestige; it is as if OSAP thus declares that, since it allows as much space as the merits of the subject require, it can be more entirely devoted to the best and most serious scholarship.’ Michael Pakaluk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The Self, The Soul, And The Individual In The City Of The Laws
the question of the role played in Plato’s Laws by his conception of the soul, and in particular by his understanding of psychological conflict, has experienced changing fortunes in Plato scholarship. In 1957 D. A. Rees noted that the question of the division of the soul in Plato’s last work ‘seems to have been on the whole neglected by scholars’, while at the same time observing that the tripartite conception presented in the Republic plays a no…
Plato On The Possibility Of Hedonic Mistakes
most of us—philosophers and non-philosophers alike—accept that at least some pleasures are appropriate targets of ethical criticism. Even hedonists typically concede that there is something bad about taking pleasure in certain states or events, such as the undeserved suffering of other people.1 So it is not particularly surprising to find that Plato, the first philosopher to deal with this issue in any significant detail, holds a similar view. In…
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXXV
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. ‘The serial Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (OSAP) is fairly regarded as the leading venue for publication in ancient philosophy. It is where one looks to find the state-of-the-art.…
Aristotle’ S Notion Of Priority In Nature And Substance
I would like to thank David Charles and Lindsay Judson for their invaluable criticisms, objections, and suggestions. Thanks are also due to Brad Inwood and an anonymous referee of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Any mistakes made in the present paper are, of course, solely due to me. K. Fine, ‘Ontological Dependence’ [‘Dependence’], Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 95 (1995), 269–90 at 271. Fine notes that Aristotle’s account of ont…
Heraclitus’ Critique Of Pythagoras’ Enquiry In Fragment 129
Heraclitus is famous for his harsh critiques of predecessors and contemporaries. Homer (frs. 56 and 42), Hesiod (frs. 57 and 40), Archilochus (fr. 42), Hecataeus (fr. 40), and Xenophanes (fr. 40) are all objects of his scorn. It was above all Pythagoras, however, whom Heraclitus singled out for abuse (frs. 40, 81, and 129). In this paper I shall argue that two standard assumptions about his attack on Pythagoras in fragment 129 are mistaken and ha…
Does Socrates Claim To Know That He Knows Nothing?
1 Or so we are told. I do not know when this claim was first attributed to Socrates. One early source often thought to do so is Cicero, Acad 1. 16: ‘nihil se scire dicat nisi id ipsum’. Cf. 1. 44–5: ‘itaque Arcesilas negabat esse quicquam quod sciri posset, ne illud quidem ipsum quod Socrates sibi reliquisset, ut nihil scire se sciret’. (Notice that the only cognitive terms Cicero uses are forms of scire.) Cf. 2. 74. For this reading of what Cice…
Hesiod, Prodicus, And The Socratics On Work And Pleasure
since poetry, especially the epic poetry of Homer and Hesiod, was central to Greek culture in the late archaic and classical periods, those individuals engaged in the formation and early development of philosophy, in many ways a reaction and alternative to conventional culture and forms of expression, inevitably engaged with their illustrious predecessors. Plato’s criticism of poetry in the Republic is the most obvious example. But in general, ph…
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The Self, The Soul, And The Individual In The City Of The Laws
the question of the role played in Plato’s Laws by his conception of the soul, and in particular by his understanding of psychological conflict, has experienced changing fortunes in Plato scholarship. In 1957 D. A. Rees noted that the question of the division of the soul in Plato’s last work ‘seems to have been on the whole neglected by scholars’, while at the same time observing that the tripartite conception presented in the Republic plays a no…
Plato On The Possibility Of Hedonic Mistakes
most of us—philosophers and non-philosophers alike—accept that at least some pleasures are appropriate targets of ethical criticism. Even hedonists typically concede that there is something bad about taking pleasure in certain states or events, such as the undeserved suffering of other people.1 So it is not particularly surprising to find that Plato, the first philosopher to deal with this issue in any significant detail, holds a similar view. In…
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXXV
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. ‘The serial Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (OSAP) is fairly regarded as the leading venue for publication in ancient philosophy. It is where one looks to find the state-of-the-art.…
Aristotle’ S Notion Of Priority In Nature And Substance
I would like to thank David Charles and Lindsay Judson for their invaluable criticisms, objections, and suggestions. Thanks are also due to Brad Inwood and an anonymous referee of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Any mistakes made in the present paper are, of course, solely due to me. K. Fine, ‘Ontological Dependence’ [‘Dependence’], Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 95 (1995), 269–90 at 271. Fine notes that Aristotle’s account of ont…
Heraclitus’ Critique Of Pythagoras’ Enquiry In Fragment 129
Heraclitus is famous for his harsh critiques of predecessors and contemporaries. Homer (frs. 56 and 42), Hesiod (frs. 57 and 40), Archilochus (fr. 42), Hecataeus (fr. 40), and Xenophanes (fr. 40) are all objects of his scorn. It was above all Pythagoras, however, whom Heraclitus singled out for abuse (frs. 40, 81, and 129). In this paper I shall argue that two standard assumptions about his attack on Pythagoras in fragment 129 are mistaken and ha…
Does Socrates Claim To Know That He Knows Nothing?
1 Or so we are told. I do not know when this claim was first attributed to Socrates. One early source often thought to do so is Cicero, Acad 1. 16: ‘nihil se scire dicat nisi id ipsum’. Cf. 1. 44–5: ‘itaque Arcesilas negabat esse quicquam quod sciri posset, ne illud quidem ipsum quod Socrates sibi reliquisset, ut nihil scire se sciret’. (Notice that the only cognitive terms Cicero uses are forms of scire.) Cf. 2. 74. For this reading of what Cice…
Hesiod, Prodicus, And The Socratics On Work And Pleasure
since poetry, especially the epic poetry of Homer and Hesiod, was central to Greek culture in the late archaic and classical periods, those individuals engaged in the formation and early development of philosophy, in many ways a reaction and alternative to conventional culture and forms of expression, inevitably engaged with their illustrious predecessors. Plato’s criticism of poetry in the Republic is the most obvious example. But in general, ph…