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2960La Catena Delle Cause: Determinismo E Antideterminismo Nel Pensiero Antico E Contemporaneo (edited book)Hakkert. 2005.The volume contains 11 contributions of the best experts on the topics of fate, fortune and free will, in reference to Ancient Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism, Plotinus.
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2730Images and TruthIn Stefano Maso Francesca G. Masi (ed.), Epicurus on eidola. Peri Phuseos Book II. Update, Proposals, and Discussions, Hakkert. pp. 67-92. 2015.The new edition of the papiri of the second book of 'Peri Phuseos' allows for a detailed reconstruction of the mechanisms of vision. Some of the characteristic features of images according to Epicurus are presented here for the first time. One of the problems is the congruence between the representation and the object from which it originates: i.e. the truth of the image.
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2146Fate, Chance, and Fortune in Ancient ThoughtHakkert. 2013.The volume contains 11 contributions of the best experts on the topics of fate, fortune and free will, in reference to Ancient Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism, Plotinus.
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1733Antiaristotelismo (edited book)Hakkert. 1999.The book includes 13 contributions that deal with the first attempts of opposition to the of Aristotle's thought. From Theophrastus to Epicurus, and to Plotinus. The best specialists have collaborated (among others: M. Mignucci, E. Berti, K. Ierodiakonou, C. Natali, S. Maso, F. Ferrari, D. Taormina, A. Falcon, A. Schiaparelli)
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1360Quarundam rerum initia in nostra potestate suntIn Stefano Maso Francesca Masi (ed.), Fate, Chance, and Fortune in Ancient Thought, . pp. 125-144. 2013.Does the Stoic school really, accepting fate, reject free will? It would seem so, mainly if we read the evidences of Zeno or Chrysippus. The Stoic Senecais central to this particular theoretical inquiry, which hinges on the concepts of causality, of determinism and responsibility.
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630Teorie stoiche in Seneca tragicoIn Studi su ellenismo e filosofia romana, Edizioni Di Storia E Letteratura. pp. 3-31. 2017.L’autore delle tragedie è da identificare con lo stesso autore delle Lettere a Lucilio e delle altre opere “filosofiche”. Seneca è convinto che anche l’arte drammatica debba essere capace di produrre effetti etici; al centro egli pone infatti la questione del perfezionamento morale. Ci si può chiedere se la posizione di Seneca si sia allontanata dalla prospettiva della dottrina stoica ortodossa e se si possa definirla come un originale approccio neo-stoico. La questione può esser posta (a) in re…Read more
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435Diez estudios de filosofía helenística y romana. La escuela italiana contemporánea (edited book)UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA. 2022.En la obra que ahora presentamos al público hispanoparlante, reunimos diez trabajos previamente publicados en lengua italiana que abordan importantes cuestiones que ocupan en este momento a los estudiosos de la filosofía helenística y romana. Sus autores son diez de los más importantes especialistas italianos actuales en el estudio de este periodo histórico.
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353The Risk in the Educational Strategy of SenecaJournal of Ancient Philosophy 5 (1). 2011.To his pupil Nero and to Lucilius (friend and, as metonymy, representative of the entire mankind), Seneca testifies to his pedagogic vocation. With conviction he applies himself to demonstrate the perfect correspondence between the Stoic doctrine and the edu¬cational strategy that he proposes. Firstly, the reciprocity of the relationship between educator and pupil appears fundamental; both further their individual knowledge. Secondly, the limitations of an ethical precept that is not anchored in…Read more
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329‘Mentes caecus instiget furor’: akrasia in SenecaIn Fulvia De Luise & Irene Zavattero (eds.), La volontarietà dell'azione tra Antichità e Medioevo, Università Degli Studi Di Trento, Dipartimento Di Lettere E Filosofia. pp. 219-242. 2019.Seneca sembra rileggere la dottrina stoica delle passioni alla luce dell’interpretazione aristotelica; procedendo nell’ottica del- l’alternativa secca che si deve al monismo della versione crisip- pea, Seneca fa delle passioni qualcosa di esterno e alternativo al soggetto agente. Tuttavia, seguendo poi una dinamica prospetti- va di tipo dualistico, evoca il ruolo decisionale e responsabiliz- zante del soggetto agente, il quale ha il compito di optare per la ragione o per l’opinione30 e quindi d…Read more
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24Providential Disorder in Plato’s Timaeus?Peitho 9 (1): 37-52. 2018.Plato tries to explain the becoming of the cosmos by referring to the concepts of order and disorder. Scholars have usually focused on the relationship between the cosmos and the demiurge that Plato puts forward to explain the reasonable development. Along these lines, scholarship has examined the providential role played by both the demiurge and the soul of the world. Yet, an interesting problem still remains open: what exactly is the function of disorder? What is the sense of the concept of a…Read more
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23Seneca e la passione come esperienza fisicaElenchos: Rivista di Studi Sul Pensiero Antico 39 (2): 377-401. 2018.If the ancient Stoics conceived passion as a judgment or the consequence of a judgment referring to external reality, it is correct to define their conception of the psyche as ‘monistic’; it is very different if we consider that passion is due to another faculty independent of reason. In this second case, a scenario opens up in which a realistic and ‘reified’ conception of passion emerges. With reference to this, in theLetter113 Seneca discusses the paradoxical thesis of the ancient Stoic schola…Read more
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15Êthikê theôria: studi sull'Etica nicomachea in onore di Carlo Natali (edited book)Edizioni di storia e letteratura. 2019.
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13M. Tullius Cicero. Über das Schicksal/de fato, Leteinisch–deutsch, heraugegeben (review)Elenchos: Rivista di Studi Sul Pensiero Antico 41 (1): 195-200. 2019.
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12Cicero's philosophyDe Gruyter. 2022.Cicero was not only a great Roman politician, lawyer and orator: he also dealt extensively with philosophy, which he believed constituted the surest foundation for his commitment to civic affairs. Not limiting himself to the translation of previous philosophical thought, he critically addressed central theoretical questions, and thereby made a lasting impact on Roman intellectual life. This book offers a modern guide to interpretations of Cicero's philosophical studies, one that ranges across hi…Read more
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11Capire e dissentire: Cicerone e la filosofia di Epicuro (edited book)Bibliopolis. 2008.The present study is an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of Cicero’s philosophical training. In particular, and for the first time in Ciceronian scholarship, the Roman philosopher’s relation with Epicurean philosophy is made the focus of a specific, thorough investigation. Cicero’s philosophical competence in the Academic school is well known. What is less acknowledged is Cicero being an expert in Epicurus ’s philosophy. The research presented in this volume will, as somewhat expected…Read more
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10M. Tullius Cicero. Über das Schicksal/de fato, Leteinisch–deutsch, heraugegeben (review)Elenchos: Rivista di Studi Sul Pensiero Antico 41 (1): 195-200. 2020.
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9Vincenzo Damiani: La_ Kompendienliteratur _nella scuola di Epicuro. Forme, funzioni, contestoElenchos: Rivista di Studi Sul Pensiero Antico 44 (1): 197-200. 2023.
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8U. Dietsche, Strategie und Philosophie bei Seneca. Untersuchungen zur therapeutischen Technik in den Epistulae moralesElenchos 36 (1): 165-168. 2015.
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7Grasp and Dissent: Cicero and Epicurean PhilosophyBrepols Publishers. 2015.The present study centres on the distinctive characteristics of Cicero's philosophical training. Not only does Cicero exhibit his lofty philosophical proficiency anchored in the Academic school, but he also proves an excellent authority on Epicurus's proposed philosophy.
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6J.SCHAFER, Ars didactica. Seneca's 94thand 95thLetters(''Hypomnemata. Untersuchungen zur Antike und zu ihren Nachleben"), Vandenhoeck& Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009 (review)Elenchos 32 (1): 178-182. 2011.
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5Reading Aristotle Physics VII.3: ‘What is alteration?’ (edited book)Parmenides Publishing. 2012.This volume presents the results of the ESAP-HYELE conference on "Aristotle, Physics 7.3: What is Alteration?", which took place in Vitznau, Switzerland, 12–15 February 2007. The contributors are part of a team of Aristotelian scholars who came together for the first time in 1995, and have since been meeting every spring. The purpose of their gatherings is to read and interpret line by line a short, but important chapter of Aristotle's works. In this way, attention is focussed on key texts of pa…Read more
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4Dissoi logoi, Edizione criticamente rivista, introduzione, traduzione, commentoEdizioni di Storia e Letteratura. 2018.I Dissoi Logoi sono presentati in un nuova edizione criticamente rivista, accompagnata da introduzione e commento linguistico e storico-filosofico. Inoltre: Il tentativo di definire che cosa siano i Dissoi Logoi, e di collocarli all'interno di un quadro di sviluppo storico filosofico affidabile, è davvero arduo, poiché oggettivamente poggia su una serie di variabili che purtroppo sono interdipendenti. Nulla da cui partire appare con sicurezza assodato, se si esclude il fatto che lo scritto è an…Read more
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3This is an overview of the main schools of philosophy in Rome. The study of the thought of the most significant Roman philosophers (Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius) is presented in reference to the partition between physics, ethics and logic, previously opened by Academician Xenocrates.
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Motus animi voluntarius : the Ciceronian Epicurus from libertarian free will to free choiceIn M. R. & Zingano Salles P. Destrée (ed.), What is Up to Us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in ancient Philosophy., Academia Verlag. 2014.
Stefano Maso
CA' Foscari - Unversity Of Venice
University of Venice
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CA' Foscari - Unversity Of VeniceDepartment Of Philosophy And Cultural HeritageAssociate Professor
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Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy, Misc |