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23Ancient women philosophers: recovered ideas and new perspectives (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2023.This volume of essays retrieves the largely unresearched thought and the original ideas of ancient women philosophers and carves out a space for them in the canon. The broad focus includes women thinkers in ancient Indian, Chinese, and Arabic philosophy as well as in the Greek and Roman philosophical traditions.
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29Dorota Dutsch, Pythagorean Women Philosophers: Between Belief and Suspicion (review)Ancient Philosophy Today 4 (2): 237-241. 2022.Ancient Philosophy Today, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 237-241, October, 2022.
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18Life and Lifeforms in Early Greek AtomismApeiron 55 (4): 601-625. 2022.What is Leucippus and Democritus’ theory of the beginning of life? How, if at all, did Leucippus and Democritus distinguish different kinds of living things? These questions are challenging in part because these Atomists claim that all living beings – including plants – have a share of reason and understanding. We answer these questions by examining the extant evidence concerning their views on embryology, the soul and respiration, and sense perception, thereby giving an overview of life and lif…Read more
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26Hypatia of alexandria from icon to history - (s.) ronchey hypatia. The true story. English translation by nicolò sassi, with the collaboration of Giulia Maria paoletti. Pp. XVI + 268. Berlin and boston: De gruyter, 2021. Cased, £72.50, €79.95, us$91.99. Isbn: 978-3-11-071757-0 (review)The Classical Review 72 (2): 701-703. 2022.
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32Pythagorean WomenCambridge University Press. 2022.The Pythagorean women are a group of female philosophers who were followers of Pythagoras and are credited with authoring a series of letters and treatises. In both stages of the history of Pythagoreanism – namely, the fifth-century Pythagorean societies and the Hellenistic Pythagorean writings – the Pythagorean woman is viewed as an intellectual, a thinker, a teacher, and a philosopher. The purpose of this Element is to answer the question: what kind of philosopher is the Pythagorean woman? The…Read more
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27Life and the early greek philosophers - (c.) zatta interconnectedness. The living world of the early greek philosophers. Second edition. (International pre-platonic studies 7.) pp. 387. Baden-Baden: Academia verlag, 2019 (first edition 2017). Paper, €49. Isbn: 978-3-89665-796-1 (review)The Classical Review 70 (2): 318-320. 2020.
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79The Lives of Pythagoras: A Proposal for Reading Pythagorean MetempsychosisRhizomata 6 (2): 135-156. 2018.According to Dicaearchus, metempsychosis was the best known among Pythagoras’ teachings. In this paper, I investigate two features of Pythagorean metempsychosis: its non-retributive character and its epistemological value. I argue that the Pythagoreans did not conceive of reincarnation as a punishment for the wicked and a reward for the virtuous, but rather as a way to gain experience, knowledge and therefore wisdom. This reading enables us to throw light on the puzzling list of Pythagoras’ past…Read more
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University of GenevaPost-doctoral Fellow
Geneva, Switzerland
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Pre-Socratic Philosophy |
Pythagoreans |