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The four elements: living beings or inert matter? Plato’s Timaeus against Empedocles’s On nature
Abstract. In this paper, I argue that Empedocles’s peculiar expression according to which the roots – living entities, each endowed with thought and desires – “are themselves” forces the reader to think of them not solely as the principles of genera…
The four elements: living beings or inert matter? Plato’s Timaeus against Empedocles’s On nature
Abstract. In this paper, I argue that Empedocles’s peculiar expression according to which the roots – living entities, each endowed with thought and desires – “are themselves” forces the reader to think of them not solely as the principles of genera…
Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
The aim of this paper is to analyse the ways in which the nature of true philosophers is described in Plato’s Timaeus. Byexamining the distinction between two kinds of opinion – one (produced by sensation) absolutely false, the other (developed thro…
The metaphysical “monistic” approach of the Platonic Timaeus by the Neo-Platonist Proclus
In this article, we focus on Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus (30a3-6) about how the divine Demiurge intervenes in matter. It is an interesting extract due to the fact that Proclus manages to combine philosophical perspective with theological…
The metaphysical “monistic” approach of the Platonic Timaeus by the Neo-Platonist Proclus
In this article, we focus on Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus (30a3-6) about how the divine Demiurge intervenes in matter. It is an interesting extract due to the fact that Proclus manages to combine philosophical perspective with theological…
Traces of the Platonic Theory of Evil in the Theaetetus
The purpose of this article is to offer analysis of the passage on evil in the Theaetetus 176a4-8. I submit that it stands in anticipatory relation to Plato’s mature theory of evil, as it can be deduced from the Timaeus. My assumption is that in the…
Traces of the Platonic Theory of Evil in the Theaetetus
The purpose of this article is to offer analysis of the passage on evil in the Theaetetus 176a4-8. I submit that it stands in anticipatory relation to Plato’s mature theory of evil, as it can be deduced from the Timaeus. My assumption is that in the…
El tratado Ars rhetorica y el comentario al Timeo de Casio Longino. Testimonios de La Recepción de Platón en La Antigüedad Tardía
El tratado Ars Rhetorica de Casio Longino no es una obra que haya gozado de particular popularidad en los estudios sobre retórica antigua ni en los que se realizan sobre la actividad filosófica de la Antigüedad tardía. Esta situación se de…
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