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1Sensation and Scepticism in PlotinusIn Brad Inwood (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Volume 39, Oxford University Press. pp. 249-297. 2010.
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73The thesis offers a reconstruction of Plotinus' reading of the Theaetetus, and it presents an account of his epistemology that rests on that reading. It aims to show that Plotinus reads the Theaetetus as containing two anti-sceptical arguments. The first argument is an answer to radical scepticism, namely, to the thesis that nothing is apprehensible and judgement must be suspended on all matters. The second argument is an answer to a more moderate form of scepticism, which does not endorse a uni…Read more
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60Plotinus on the Inner SenseBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 23 (5): 864-887. 2015.Recently, there has been a growing interest in ancient views on consciousness and particularly in their influence on medieval and early modern philosophers. Here I suggest a new interpretation of Plotinus’s account of consciousness which, if correct, may help us to reconsider his role in the history of the notion of the inner sense. I argue that, while explaining how our divided soul can be a unitary subject of the states and activities of its parts, Plotinus develops an original account of cons…Read more
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102Nature and Utopia in Epictetus’ Theory of OikeiōsisPhronesis 63 (3): 293-350. 2018._ Source: _Volume 63, Issue 3, pp 293 - 350 It is widely agreed that there is a gap between the personal and the social ethics of the Stoics due to the difficulty of harmonizing personal and social _oikeiōsis_. By reconstructing Epictetus’ theory of _oikeiōsis_, this paper aims to show that, in his ethics, there is no such gap, and this for two reasons: first, his account of social _oikeiōsis_ is not meant to ground his social ethics; second, his theory of personal _oikeiōsis_ is a philosophical…Read more
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17Freedom and Responsibility in Neoplatonist Thought: Coope, Ursula, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. xi + 279, £55 (hb) (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 100 (1): 207-209. 2022.
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Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy |
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Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy |