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Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius : the Methodology of a Commentator.

This is the first book-length study in English of the interpretative and philosophical approach of the commentaries of Simplicius of Cilicia (c. AD 530). Simplicius' work, marked by doctrinal complexity and scholarship, is unusually self-conscious, learned and rich in its sources, and he is the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baltussen, Han
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction. Simplicius of Cilicia and Philosophy in Late Antiquity; 0.1 Philosophy in Late Antiquity: eclecticism, syncretism and 'post-classicism'; 0.2 Simplicius of Cilicia: life and works; 0.3 Method and outline of this study; 1. The Scholar and His Books; 1.1 The author: philosophical and intellectual context; 1.2 Scholarly pursuits: exegetical objectives and practices; 1.3 A puzzle about location; 1.4 Of books and men: Simplicius' scholarly method; 2. Rethinking Early Greek Philosophy? Origins of Ancient Wisdom. 
505 8 |a 2.1 What we have thanks to Simplicius2.2 Two views on unity and plurality: Parmenides and Empedocles; 2.3 A special case: Anaxagoras; 2.4 The unity of Greek philosophy; 3. Towards a Canon: the Early Peripatetics; 3.1 Succeeding Aristotle, understanding Aristotle; 3.2 Teaching Aristotle: Theophrastus and Eudemus; 3.3 Simplicius and the early Peripatetics; 4. Ghost in the Machine? The Role of Alexander of Aphrodisias; 4.1 Two commentators, two traditions; 4.2 Alexander the pioneer: exegetical format and style; 4.3 Simplicius' use of Alexander; 4.4 Disagreeing with Alexander. 
505 8 |a 4.5 The ghost in the machine and the making of commentary5. Platonist Commentators: Sources and Inspiration; 5.1 A new Platonism: Plotinus; 5.2 Harmonising strategies: from Porphyry to Proclus; 5.3 Simplicius' teachers; 5.4 Two outsiders: Galen and Themistius; 5.5 Platonist exegesis from Plotinus to Simplicius; 6. Polemic and Exegesis in Simplicius: Defending Pagan Theology; 6.1 Polemic and philosophy: a very brief history; 6.2 Against the Christian Philoponus: defending Platonism or paganism?; 6.3 Extensive quotation and disagreement: Alexander revisited; 6.4 The rhetoric of interpretation. 
505 8 |a Epilogue. Simplicius and Greek Philosophy: The Last Pagan Gospel?7.1 The commentator's craft; 7.2 Simplicius on Simplicius: self-image and self-presentation; 7.3 Exegesis and philosophy: a complex relationship; 7.4 The methodology of a commentator: a final appraisal; Appendix I: The 'Library' of Simplicius; Appendix II: A. New Evidence on Alexander; B. Distribution of Alexander References in in Phys.; Appendix III: Sumphônia in Simplicius; Notes; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; U; X; Z; Subject Index; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L. 
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