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When should a philosopher consult divination? : Epictetus amd Simplicius on fate and what is up to usIn Pieter D' Hoine, Gerd van Riel & Carlos G. Steel (eds.), Fate, providence and moral responsibility in ancient, medieval and early modern thought: studies in honour of Carlos Steel, Leuven University Press. 2014.
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Hermias on dialectic, the Techne of rhetoric, and the methods of collection and division in the Phaedrus commentaryIn John F. Finamore, Christina-Panagiota Manolea & Sarah Klitenic Wear (eds.), Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s _phaedrus_, Brill. 2019.
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11Colloquium 1 The Authorship of the Pseudo-Simplician Neoplatonic Commentary on the De AnimaProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 35 (1): 1-22. 2020.The traditional ascription of the Neoplatonic commentary on the De Anima to Simplicius has prominently been disputed by Carlos Steel and Fernand Bossier, along with J.O. Urmson and Francesco Piccolomini, among others. Citing problems with terminology, diction, cross-references, doctrine, and other features, these authors have argued that the commentary cannot have been composed by Simplicius and that Priscian of Lydia is a favored alternative. In this paper, I present some new arguments for why…Read more
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20Proclus: Commentary on Plato’s Republic: Volume 1, edited by Dirk Baltzly, John Finamore, Graeme MilesPolis 37 (3): 596-599. 2020.
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51Conversations Platonic and Neoplatonic: Intellect, Soul, and NatureInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 5 (2): 339-341. 2011.This article is currently available as a free download on ingentaconnect
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12The Justification and Derivation of Aristotle’s Categories in Ammonius and SimpliciusQuaestiones Disputatae 4 (2): 100-113. 2014.
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29Philoponus and His Development: Four Recent Translations on Nature, Knowledge, and the Physical WorldInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 9 (1): 89-98. 2015.
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8Rethinking Secularization: Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age (edited book)Cambridge Scholars Press. 2009.Offers a philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of re-emergence of religion in the past several decades. This book explores the adequacy of classical theories of secularization, as well as what might be offered in their place. It asks the question to what extent philosophy itself has nourished and inspired these kinds of prophecies
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39Commentary On Van Den BergProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 28 (1): 232-237. 2013.I agree with Robbert Van den Berg that Plotinus endorses Socratic intellectualism, but I challenge his view that Plotinus rejects the phenomenon of akrasia. According to Van den Berg, the only form of akrasia acknowledged by Plotinus is a conditional, or ‘weak,’ akrasia. I provide some reasons for thinking that Plotinus might have accepted complete or ‘strong’ akrasia—full stop. While such strong forms of akrasia are usually taken to conflict with Socratic intellectualism, I argue that Plotinus’…Read more
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37A COMMENTARY ON PLOTINUS. P. Kalligas The Enneads of Plotinus. A Commentary, Volume 1. Translated by Elizabeth Key Fowden and Nicolas Pilavachi. Pp. xxii + 706, ills, map. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014 . Cased, £59, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-691-15421-3 (review)The Classical Review 66 (1): 87-89. 2016.
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