Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity:

Name: Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity:
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ISBN: 9789004234741

ISBN-10: 9004234748

ISBN-13: 9789004234741

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Israel Munoz Gallarte

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Either as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. This collection of articles sheds important light on the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity.

Book details

List price: $149.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Binding: Cloth Text
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386



Preface


Abbreviations


List of Contributors


Introduction: Plutarch at the Crossroads of Religion and Philosophy


Plutarch and Philosophy


Plutarch on the Sleeping Soul and the Waking Intellect and Aristotle's Double Entelechy Concept


The Doctrine of the Passions: Plutarch, Posidonius and Galen


The Adventitious Motion of the Soul (Plu., De Stoic, repugn. 23, 1045B-F) and the Controversy between Aristo of Chios and the Middle Academy


Plutarch and "Pagan Monotheism"


Socrates and Alcibiades: A Notorious ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ in the Later Platonist Tradition


Salt in the Holy Water: Plutarch's Quaestiones Naturales in Michael Psellus' De omnifaria doctrina


Plutarch and Religion


Iacchus in Plutarch


Plutarch's Idea of God in the Religious and Philosophical Context of Late Antiquity


Plutarch as Apollo's Priest at Delphi


Plutarch's Attitude towards Astral Biology


"Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura": Plutarch, Quaestio convivalis 5.7


The Eleusinian Mysteries and Political Timing in the Life of Alcibiades


ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½: Plutarch's fr. 157 Sandbach between Cultual Traditions and Philosophical Models


A Non-Fideistic Interpretation of ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ in Plutarch's Writings: The Harmony between ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ and Knowledge


The Colors of the Souls


Bibliography


Index locorurn


Index rerum


Index nominum