An edition of Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity
(2012)
Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity
by Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
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Either as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. This collection of articles sheds important light on the religious and philosophical discourse of Late Antiquity.
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Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity
2012, Brill
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Plutarch at the crossroads of religion and philosophy / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
Plutarch and philosophy
Plutarch on the sleeping soul and the waking intellect and Aristotle's double entelechy concept / Abraham P. Bos
The doctrine of the passions: Plutarch, Posidonius and Galen / Francesco Becchi
The adventitious motion of the soul (Plut., Stoic. repugn. 23, 1045b-f) and the controversy between Aristo of Chios and the middle academy / Raul Caballero
Plutarch and "pagan monotheism" / Frederick Brenk
Socrates and Alcibiades: a notorious skandalon in the later Platonist tradition / Geert Roskam
Salt in the holy water : Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales in Michael Psellus' De omnifaria doctrina / Michiel Meeusen
Plutarch and religion
Iacchus in Plutarch / Ana Isabel Jimenez San Cristobal
Plutarch's idea of god in the religious and philosophical context of late antiquity / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
Plutarch as Apollo's priest at Delphi / Angelo Casanova
Plutarch's attitude towards astral biology / Aurelio Perez Jimenez
"Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura": Plutarch, Quaestio convivalis 5.7 / Paola Volpe Cacciatore
The Eleusinian mysteries and political timing in the life of Alcibiades / Delfim F. Leao
Mysteriodes theologia: Plutarch's Fr. 157 Sandbach between cultual traditions and philosophical models / Rosario Scannapieco
A non-fideistic interpretation of 'pistis' in Plutarch's writings: the harmony between 'pistis' and knowledge / George van Kooten
The colors of the souls / Israel Munoz Gallarte.
Edition Notes
Papers from the XI Congress of the International Plutarch Society held June 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) and index.
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