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Antisthenes' portrayal of SocratesIn Christopher Moore (ed.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Socrates, Brill. 2019.
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310Socrates’ Tomb in Antisthenes’ Kyrsas and its Relationship with Plato’s PhaedoInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 1176 (2): 163-177. 2022.Socrates’ burial is dismissed as philosophically irrelevant in Phaedo 115c-e although it had previously been discussed by Plato’s older contemporaries. In Antisthenes’ Kyrsas dialogue describes a visit to Socrates’ tomb by a lover of Socrates who receives protreptic advice in a dream sequence while sleeping over Socrates’ grave. The dialogue is a metaphysical explanation of how Socrates’ spiritual message was continued after death. Plato underplays this metaphorical imagery by lampooning Antisth…Read more
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24Socrates’ Burial in Plato and EuclidesInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 16 (1): 1-14. 2022.In Phaedo 115c-e Socrates scornfully rebukes Crito for enquiring how Socrates should be buried for Crito had not been persuaded by the previous arguments that burying Socrates’ body is not equal to burying Socrates. A parallel account is found in Aelian and Diogenes Laertius where Apollodorus is rebuked for attempting to persuade Socrates that he should be bothered how his remains would be clothed when laid out. Several scholars have suggested this should not be considered a copy of Plato but an…Read more
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17Thinking Knowing Acting: Epistemology and Ethics in Plato and Ancient Platonism, edited by Mauro Bonazzi, Filippos Forcignanò, Angela UlaccoInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 14 (2): 194-197. 2020.
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2Porphyry’s Philosophy of Art and Religious ImageryProceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 2 (4): 11-15. 2018.In the fragments of Porphyry’s On statues we find a coherent account of artistic appreciation by means of theological and metaphysical mechanisms, resolving some of the Platonic issues in Plotinus’ examination of art. He shows how divine wisdom is revealed on the level of myth and religious art, but also through philosophical contemplation. The former is through the influence of God’s powers by means of images akin to our perception used by the artist and grasped by the viewer. At the bottom lev…Read more
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15Ancient Commentries on Aristotle Priscian: Answers to King Khosroes of Persia_ _, edited by Richard Sorabji—Michael GriffinInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 11 (2): 234-236. 2017.
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10Stephen Gersh and Charles Kannegiessereds, eds., Platonism in Late AntiquityInternational Studies in Philosophy 28 (2): 132-134. 1996.
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The Rejected Versions in Plato's SymposiumPlato Journal 14 9-22. 2014.Apollodorus' prelude to Pl. Symp. is a complex rejection of earlier accounts of Socrates' participation in a symposium. This can be examined contextually as a literary mannerism, or sub-textually as a rejection of previous literary versions of this topos. Neither approach contradicts the other, but scholars have found difficulties in finding any earlier author who could have been rejected. Recently, it has been argued that Xen. Symp. preceded Pl. Symp. acting as a catalyst for Plato's work. Howe…Read more
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7Antisthenica Cynica Socratica_ _, written by Vladislav SuvákInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 10 (2): 219-222. 2016.
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8The Erlangen Papyrus 4 and Its Socratic OriginsInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 8 (2): 161-191. 2014.P. Erlangen 4 is papyrus fragment of an ancient Greek, “Socratic” dialogue discussing cures for the of the beautiful—and, by implication, the meaning of moral beauty itself. Previous discussions have made general comparisons with the works of Plato, Xenophon and Aeschines. Prior to its philosophical analysis, I will re-examine the fragment, suggesting new reconstructions of the text, accompanied by an English translation. Although the precise authorship still remains a mystery, I will attempt to…Read more
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4The Rejected Versions in Plato's SymposiumPlato Journal 14 9-22. 2015.Apollodorus' prelude to Pl. Symp. is a complex rejection of earlier accounts of Socrates' participation in a symposium. This can be examined contextually as a literary mannerism, or sub-textually as a rejection of previous literary versions of this topos. Neither approach contradicts the other, but scholars have found difficulties in finding any earlier author who could have been rejected. Recently, it has been argued that Xen. Symp. preceded Pl. Symp. acting as a catalyst for Plato's work. Howe…Read more
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32Book review: Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy Edited with Translation—Platonic Texts and Translations, written by L.G. Westerink (review)International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 8 (2): 252. 2014.
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Antisthenes’ Concept of PaideiaThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 3 186-190. 1998.Antisthenes of Athens was an older student of Socrates who had previously studied under the Sophists. His philosophical legacy also influenced Cynic and early Stoic thought. Consequently, he has left us an interesting theory of paideia followed by an even more brief one in divine paideia, the latter consisting of learning how to grasp the tenets of reason in order to complete virtue. Once properly grasped, the pupil will never lose it since it is embedded in the heart with true belief. However, …Read more
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1Knowledge of Knowledge in Plato's CharmidesIn Konstantine Boudouris (ed.), Greek Philosophy and Epistemology, Ionia Publications. pp. 100-110. 2001.
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7Gersh, Stephen and Kannengiesser, Charles, Platonism in Late AntiquityInternational Studies in Philosophy 28 (2): 132-133. 1996.
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26Porfirio mathematikós: Introduzione al Trattato sugli effetti prodotti dalle stelle di Tolemeo e le testimonianze e i frammenti relativi alle opere di matematica e di geometria. Testo greco a fronte, edited and translated by Muscolino, GInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 13 (1): 103-104. 2019.
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25Porphirio La Filosofia Rivelata dagli oracoli con tutti frammenti di Magia, Stregoneria (review)International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 6 (2): 232-234. 2012.This article is currently available as a free download on ingentaconnect