•  1258
    Epicurus and Aesthetic Disinterestedness
    Mare Nostrum 7 56-74. 2017.
    ABSTRACT: Aesthetic disinterestedness is one of the central concepts in aesthetics, and Jerome Stolnitz, the most prominent theorist of disinterestedness in the 20th century, has claimed that (i) ancient thinkers engagement with this notion was cursory and undeveloped, and consequently, (ii) the emergence of disinterestedness in the 18th century marks the birth of aesthetics as a discipline. In this paper, I use the extant works of Epicurus to show that the ancient philosopher not only had simil…Read more
  •  71
    The Stoic Definition of Beauty as Summetria
    Classical Quarterly 67 (1). 2017.
    The Stoa might be not the first philosophical school that comes to mind when considering the most important ancient contributions to aesthetics, yet multiple extant fragments show that the Stoics had a non-marginal theoretical interest in aesthetic properties. Probably the most important piece of evidence for the Stoic attempts to theorize beauty is the definition of beauty as summetria of parts with each other and with the whole. In the first half of this article, I present and analyse the main…Read more
  •  70
    Apeiron Issue: Ahead of print. This paper is dedicated to exploring the alleged difference between Cleanthes’ and Chrysippus’ accounts of the post-mortal survival of the souls and the conceptions of personal identity that these accounts underpin. I argue that while Cleanthes conceptualised the personal identity as grounded in the rational soul, Chrysippus conceptualised it as an embodied rational soul. I also suggest that this difference between the two early Stoics might have been due to Chrysi…Read more
  •  31
    A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics (review)
    International Journal of Philosophical Studies 25 (5): 731-734. 2017.
    A free copy of the review can be obtained by following this link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/pKdJUN4BCKP7z8SneF6X/full
  •  18
    Ancient Aesthetics
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2016.
    This entry is a comprehensive study of ancient Greek and Roman aesthetic theories. The history of ancient aesthetics covers centuries, and during this time numerous nuanced arguments and positions were developed. In terms of theories of beauty it is possible to classify the theories into three distinct groups: those that attribute the origin of beauty to proportion, those that attribute it to functionality and those that attribute the Form as the cause of beauty. Ancient philosophers were also t…Read more
  •  17
    The Medico-oikonomic Model of Human Nature in Bryson’s Oikonomikos
    Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy 68 (2): 206-235. 2023.
    In this paper, I argue that Bryson’s Oikonomikos is a fascinating example of the oikonomia genre in several different respects. Although the problematic transmission of this Neopythagorean text makes studying it a challenge, such effort is well-rewarded with an elaborate argument which paints the human bodily constitution, the central bodily functions and oikonomic activities as intrinsically linked. Focusing on Bryson’s argument which roots oikonomic behaviour in human biology, I explore the un…Read more
  •  9
    The Stoic Theory of Beauty
    Edinburgh University Press. 2020.
    Aiste Čelkyte shows us that Stoic views about beauty were substantial and compelling.