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1 online resource |
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Issues in ancient philosophy |
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Issues in ancient philosophy.
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Taurus of Beirut- Front Cover; Taurus of Beirut; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1: Taurus in context; Life and school; Taurusâ#x80;#x99; writings; Taurus as a teacher of Platonism; Notes; Chapter 2: Taurus on Platoâ#x80;#x99;s cosmogony: Middle Platonism and literalism; The background; Taurusâ#x80;#x99; T26 as a literalist argument; The Middle Platonist pedagogical interpretation (ÎÍ̂¹ÎþÎ"Ï#x83;ÎðÎ"Î"ίÎ"Ï#x82; Ï#x87;ÎƠÏ#x81;ιÎư): Taurusâ#x80;#x99; T27; Some confirmation from Alexanderâ#x80;#x99;s criticism (T28); Literalist exegeses from the other side of Middle Platonism |
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Middle Platonists on Platoâ#x80;#x99;s obscurity, literalism, and the cosmogony of the TimaeusThe dismissing of literalism; Some conclusions: the Middle Platonist exegesis of Platoâ#x80;#x99;s cosmogony; Notes; Chapter 3: Taurusâ#x80;#x99; cosmology: the other side of Middle Platonism; The puzzle; Taurus on God as a non-craftsman-like cause (T26â#x80;#x93;27); Disseminating Taurusâ#x80;#x99; model; Non-craftsman-like causation in Alcinousâ#x80;#x99; Didaskalikos; The Peripatos takes the stage; Middle Platonist theories of divine causation: the story of a philosophical quarrel; Notes; Chapter 4: Taurus and Middle Platonist exegesis |
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The history of a misunderstanding: Taurusâ#x80;#x99; T27 and (allegedly) â#x80;#x98;ideologicalâ#x80;#x99; Middle Platonist emendationsThe micro-structure of Middle Platonist exegesis: from Taurusâ#x80;#x99; T12 to Middle Platonism; Taurusâ#x80;#x99; centres of gravity: the logic of Middle Platonist exegesis; The structure of Middle Platonist commentaries; From Taurus to philosophical exegesis in the Imperial age; Notes; Epilogue; Appendix: Taurus of Beirut: a new collection of texts with English translation; Premiss; Concordances; Bibliography; Index of sources; Index of ancient names |
| Summary |
This volume is the first monograph devoted to the philosophy of Taurus of Beirut, and provides a long-awaited analysis of his texts and their first English translation. Through close examination of the extant witnesses, Petrucci gives a new account of Middle Platonism based on a fresh approach to the theological and cosmological view of Taurus. In this way, the book contributes substantially to the debate on Post-Hellenistic Platonism from the point of view of both exegetical methods and philosophical doctrines, and offers a starting point for a new understanding of many aspects of ancient thought |
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Analysis of Tauros' work, biography, with Tauros' fragments, translated into English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Tauros, 105?-
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| SUBJECT |
Tauros, 105?- fast |
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Platonists -- Greece
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Platonists
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Greece
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Electronic book
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Tauros, 105?-
Works. Selections. English
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| LC no. |
2018026547 |
| ISBN |
9781315641621 |
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1315641623 |
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9781317280576 |
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1317280571 |
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9781317280569 |
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1317280563 |
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9781317280552 |
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1317280555 |
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