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12Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings (edited book)Brill. 2023.This volume is the first to undertake a large-scale, longue durée study of pain in antiquity across multiple contexts, cultures and genres, providing a close analysis of the articulation of pain experiences, both mental and physical.
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Theophrastean echoes? The De sensibus in the Platonic and Aristotelian traditionIn William W. Fortenbaugh & Georg Wöhrle (eds.), On the Opuscula of Theophrastus: Akten der 3. Tagung der Karl-und-Gertrud-Abel-Stiftung vom 19.-23. Juli 1999 in Trier, Franz Steiner Verlag. 2002.
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Aristotelian commentary traditionIn Svetla Slaveva-Griffin & Pauliina Remes (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism, Routledge. 2014.
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Reputable Opinions" (endoxa) in Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Simplicius: Doxography or Endoxography?In Andreas Lammer & Mareike Jas (eds.), Received Opinions: Doxography in Antiquity and the Islamic World, Brill. 2022.
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1Plato in the placita (aëtius bk. IV): A dielsian blind spotPhilologus: Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur Und Ihre Rezeption 144 (2): 227-238. 2000.
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2Theophrastus’De sensibus in A-fragments of Diels-Kranz. Revisiting the Testimonia and their ValueRhizomata 7 (2): 120-145. 2020.As a crucial source for Presocratic theories of sense perception, Theophrastus’ De sensibus deserves a closer scrutiny than the placement among A-fragments, as often suggested or instigated. This paper proposes to refine our terminology for labelling the varying quality of reporting within the A-fragments has. It supplements the existing criticism of Diels’ division by analysing neglected features. A reassessment of the assumptions underlying the terms ‘fragment’ and ‘paraphrase’ can contribute …Read more
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2Aristotle's Heirs: An Introduction to the Peripatetic TraditionAcumen Publishing. 2014.Aristotle's Heirs explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or whether there was a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with He…Read more
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6J. J. Cleary : Traditions of Platonism. Essays in Honour of John Dillon. Pp. xxv + 416. Aldershot, etc.: Ashgate, 1999. Cased, £55. ISBN: 1-84014-684-2 (review)The Classical Review 51 (1): 69-71. 2001.
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5Fortenbaugh Theophrastean Studies. Pp. 345. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003. Cased, €72. ISBN: 3-515-07808-8. - Fortenbaugh, Sharples, Sollenberger Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, On Dizziness and On Fatigue. Pp. viii + 324, ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003. Cased, €85, US$99. ISBN: 90-04-12890-5 (review)The Classical Review 56 (2): 311-313. 2006.
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3Simplicius and the Commentator’s Task: Clarifying Exegeses and Exegetical TechniquesIn Benedikt Strobel (ed.), Die Kunst der Philosophischen Exegese Bei den Spätantiken Platon- Und Aristoteles-Kommentatoren, De Gruyter. pp. 159-184. 2018.Analyses the exegetical strategies of the Neoplatonist Simplicius
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3Review of William D. Desmond, The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (11). 2006.
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3The Purpose of Theophrastus' "de Sensibus" ReconsideredApeiron 31 (2). 1998.Re-examines the relationship between the fragments on Theophrastus' theory of perception and his critique in the On the Senses.
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5Personal Grief and Public Mourning in Plutarch's Consolation to His WifeAmerican Journal of Philology 130 (1): 67-98. 2009.In this article, I argue that Plutarch's consolation letter to his wife is not merely an act of public posturing but a moving personal document, a public statement on correct grieving, and a demonstration of the syncretistic trend in philosophy in early Imperial times. The letter can be connected to a tradition of ancient consolatory activities which established an ancient form of psychotherapy. Here I draw particular attention to the syncretistic aspect of philosophical stances. The case study …Read more
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1First analysis of the whole treatise On the sense by Theophrastus in the English language. Uses Aristotle's dialectic in its applied sense as analytical and heuristic tool to characterise the argumentative and polemical strategy on the Presocratic and Platonic views on perception and cognition
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5The Peripatetics: Aristotle's Heirs 322 Bce - 200 CeRoutledge. 2016.Aristotle's Heirs explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or whether there was a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with He…Read more
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1This study offers a new and stimulating interpretation of Theophrastus' "De sensibus, a treatise unique in content and method, as it reports and criticizes the ...
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11One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato's Timaeus Today (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 50 (1): 132-133. 2012.A new volume on one of the most influential and most discussed works from antiquity should offer something new. In this truly interdisciplinary volume, a great number of intriguing problems posed by Plato's Timaeus are given a fresh and lucid treatment. Contributors from an unusual range of backgrounds reflect on aspects of Plato's astounding synthesis of natural philosophy, including cosmology, theology, perception, physiology, and more. Plato's synthesis was original, reusing previous ideas fo…Read more
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1(1) Fortenbaugh (W.W.) Theophrastean Studies. (Philosophie der Antike 17.) Pp. 345. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003. Cased, €72. ISBN: 3-515-07808-8. (2) Fortenbaugh (W.W.), Sharples (R.W.), Sollenberger (M.G.) (edd.) Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, On Dizziness and On Fatigue. (Philosophia Antiqua 93.) Pp. viii + 324, ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003. Cased, €85, US$99. ISBN: 90-04-12890- (review)The Classical Review 56 (02): 311-. 2006.
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