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2474Fate and Free Will in Stoicism: A Discussion of Susanne Bobzien, Determinism and Freedom in Stoic PhilosophyIn David Sedley (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 259-286. 2000.
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1261Epicurus on sex, marriage, and childrenClassical Philology 91 346-52. 1996.Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage. (The emendation has been accepted into Dorandi's new edition of Diogenes Laertius).
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757A Relative ImprovementPhronesis 59 (3): 246-271. 2014.The Mode of Relativity in Agrippa’s Five Modes does not fit with the other four modes, and disrupts an otherwise elegant system. We argue that it is not the familiar argument from epistemic relativism, but a formal condition on the structure of justifications: the principle that epistemic grounding relations cannot be reflexive. This understanding of Agrippan Relativity leads to a better understanding of the Modes of Hypothesis and Reciprocity, a clearer outline of the structure of Agrippa’s sys…Read more
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668The Stoic life: emotions, duties, and fateOxford University Press. 2005.Tad Brennan explains how to live the Stoic life--and why we might want to. Stoicism has been one of the main currents of thought in Western civilization for two thousand years: Brennan offers a fascinating guide through the ethical ideas of the original Stoic philosophers, and shows how valuable these ideas remain today, both intellectually and in practice. He writes in a lively informal style which will bring Stoicism to life for readers who are new to ancient philosophy. The Stoic Life will al…Read more
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581The Nature of the Spirited Part of the Soul and Its ObjectIn Rachel Barney, Tad Brennan & Charles Brittain (eds.), Plato and the Divided Self, Cambridge University Press. pp. 102--127. 2012.
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557Pyrrho on the CriterionAncient Philosophy 18 (2): 417-434. 1998.I argue that Pyrrho was an epistemological skeptic, rather than the possessor of a positive metaphysical view.
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486The Implicit Refutation of CritiasPhronesis 57 (3): 240-250. 2012.AtCharmides163, Critias attempts to extricate himself from refutation by proposing a Prodicean distinction betweenpraxisandpoiēsis. I argue that this distinction leads him further into contradictions.
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432Casey Perin’s The Demands of ReasonInternational Journal for the Study of Skepticism 3 (4): 283-293. 2013.
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283SORABJI, R. Emotion and Peace of MindPhilosophical Books 43 (3): 169-220. 2002.A longish (12 page) discussion of Richard Sorabji's excellent book, with a further discussion of what it means for a theory of emotions to be a cognitive theory.
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107Plato and the Divided Self (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2012.Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affect…Read more
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80Ethics and Epistemology in Sextus EmpircusRoutledge. 1999.This book defends the consistency, plausibility, and interest of the brand of Ancient Skepticism described in the writings of Sextus Empiricus, both through detailed exegesis of the original texts, and through sustained engagement with an array of modern critics
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79Stoic Moral PsychologyIn B. Inwood (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, Cambridge University Press. 2003.
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61Grammatica triumphans D. L. blank: Sextus empiricus: Against the grammarians. (Clarendon later ancient philosophers). Pp. xlix + 436. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1998. Cased, £55. Isbn: 0-19-824470- (review)The Classical Review 50 (02): 432-. 2000.
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48Review. Aristotle: On the Heavens I and II. S LeggattThe Classical Review 47 (2): 282-284. 1997.
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45Stoic Philosophy of ReligionIn Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Routledge. pp. 3--105. 2009.A survey of Stoic views on religion, with an emphasis on their proofs of the existence and nature of Zeus.
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36Criterion and Appearance in Sextus Empiricus: the Scope of Sceptical Doubt, the Status of Sceptical BeliefBulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 39 151-169. 1994.
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34Stoic Souls in Stoic CorpsesIn Dorothea Frede & Burkhard Reis (eds.), Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy, De Gruyter. pp. 389-408. 2009.
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29Simplicius: on Epictetus' Handbook 1-26 (edited book)Duckworth & Cornell. 2002.Originally published by Duckworth in 2002.
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27De Caelo S. Leggatt (ed., tr.): Aristotle: On the Heavens I and II (Classical Texts). Pp. vii + 273. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1995. £35/$49.95 (Paper, £14.95/$24.00). ISBN: 0-85668-662-X (0-85668-663-8) (review)The Classical Review 47 (02): 282-284. 1997.
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27Cephalus, patêr tou logouPhronesis 67 (4): 408-420. 2022.I argue that Cephalus introduces the argumentative paradigm of the entire Republic, the Challenge of Glaucon and Adeimantus, through his comments on wealth and his story about Themistocles.
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26Greek Philosophers of the Hellenistic AgeCambridge University Press. 1993.Greek Philosophers of the Hellenistic Age examines an important but frequently neglected group of philosophers writing after Aristotle between the third and first centuries B.C. The work of a distinguished intellectual historian, this book is based on an erudite reading of a vast number of primary sources: the Greek and Latin writings of the philosophers, and the fragments, paraphrases, and testimonies from their lost works. Kristeller explores the thought of Epicurus; Zenon and Cleanthes, the f…Read more
Princeton University
PhD, 1993
Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy |