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16Plutarch on the probable principle of cold: epistemology and the De Primo FrigidoClassical Quarterly 47 (1): 227-238. 1997.The de primo frigido has long been recognized as an important text for our understanding of Plutarch′s epistemological position. It is the aim of this paper to show, however, that the sophistication of the work, and with it of Plutarch′s epistemology, is not generally given the credit due to it.
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15The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 B.C.)American Journal of Philology 125 (3): 459-462. 2004.
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14Plutarch, De stoicorum repugnantiis 1048DE: an emendationClassical Quarterly 47 (02): 613-. 1997.In CQ 46 , 591–5, I proposed an emendation to Plutarch, de Stoic, rep. 1048DE which included the adoption of the variant σχύουσιν for the σχύν otherwise attested in the MSS
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13Plutarch, De Stoicorum Repugnantiis 1048DEClassical Quarterly 46 (02): 591-. 1996.In chapters 30–1 of the de Stoicorum repugnantiis, Plutarch sets out to show that the Stoics involve themselves in self-contradiction if they claim that their philosophy allows them an intelligible notion of providence. In the first place, he says, this is so because the traditional boons which men expect to receive from the gods do not benefit them at all if they do not have wisdom. Indeed, the fool uses all things badly, so that to give him anything at all without giving him virtue should be p…Read more
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12The Platonic Art of Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2013.This is a collection of essays written by leading experts in honour of Christopher Rowe, and inspired by his groundbreaking work in the exegesis of Plato. The authors represent scholarly traditions which are sometimes very different in their approaches and interests, and so rarely brought into dialogue with each other. This volume, by contrast, aims to explore synergies between them. Key topics include: the literary unity of Plato's works; the presence and role of his contemporaries in his dialo…Read more
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11The epsilonpiepsilonlambdaepsilonupsilonsigmatauiotakappaeta deltaupsilonnualphamuiotasigma in Aristos Psychology of ActionPhronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy 41 (1): 75-94. 1996.
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10Platonist Philosophy 80 Bc to Ad 250: An Introduction and Collection of Sources in TranslationCambridge University Press. 2017.'Middle' Platonism has some claim to be the single most influential philosophical movement of the last two thousand years, as the common background to 'Neoplatonism' and the early development of Christian theology. This book breaks with the tradition of considering it primarily in terms of its sources, instead putting its contemporary philosophical engagements front and centre to reconstruct its philosophical motivations and activity across the full range of its interests. The volume explores th…Read more
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9Hesiod’s Verbal Craft: Studies in Hesiod’s Conception of Language and Its Ancient Reception by Athanassios VergadosReview of Metaphysics 74 (4): 644-645. 2021.
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9Corona ObservationsAncient Philosophy 42 (2): 509-513. 2022.Aetius 2.24.1 includes a reference to the ‘corona’ apparent during a total solar eclipse, and suggests a theory, also discernible in Plutarch, that it is a case of the optical phenomenon known as a ‘halo.’
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8The Platonic Art of philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2013.This is a collection of essays written by leading experts in honour of Christopher Rowe, and inspired by his groundbreaking work in the exegesis of Plato. The authors represent scholarly traditions which are sometimes very different in their approaches and interests, and so rarely brought into dialogue with each other. This volume, by contrast, aims to explore synergies between them. Key topics include: the literary unity of Plato's works; the presence and role of his contemporaries in his dialo…Read more
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8Eros in government: Zeno and the virtuous cityClassical Quarterly 48 (1): 168-174. 1998.According to a report in Athenaeus, the qualities of Erosled the Stoic Zeno to make him the tutelary god of his ideal state:Pontianus said that Zeno of Citium took Eros to be the god of love and freedom, and even the provider of concord, but nothing else. This is why he said in his Republic that Eros was the god who contributed to the safety of the city.
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6Plutarch, De stoicorum repugnantiis 1048DE: an emendationClassical Quarterly 47 (2): 613-613. 1997.In CQ 46, 591–5, I proposed an emendation to Plutarch, de Stoic, rep. 1048DE which included the adoption of the variant σχύουσιν for the σχύν otherwise attested in the MSS.
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6Who Speaks for Plato? Studies in Platonic Anonymity (review)The Classical Review 52 (1): 173-174. 2002.
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3Plutarch, De Stoicorum Repugnantiis 1048DEClassical Quarterly 46 (2): 591-595. 1996.In chapters 30–1 of the de Stoicorum repugnantiis, Plutarch sets out to show that the Stoics involve themselves in self-contradiction if they claim that their philosophy allows them an intelligible notion of providence. In the first place, he says, this is so because the traditional boons which men expect to receive from the gods do not benefit them at all if they do not have wisdom. Indeed, the fool uses all things badly, so that to give him anything at all without giving him virtue should be p…Read more
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3The Stoics' two types of allegoryIn Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions, Oxford University Press. 2003.
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Plutarch on κοινὸς λόγος: Towards an Architecture of De stoicorum repugnantiisOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 16 299-329. 1998.
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Time, Creation, and the Mind of God: The Afterlife of a Plationist Theory in OrigenOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 40 319-337. 2011.
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Numenius on intellect, soul, and the authority of PlatoIn Jenny Bryan, Robert Wardy & James Warren (eds.), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. 2018.
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