Theoria, praxis, and the contemplative life after Plato and Aristotle / edited by Thomas Benatouil, Mauro Bonazzi.

• Superior document: Philosophia antiqua, v. 131
• TeilnehmendeR: Bénatouïl, Thomas.; Bonazzi, Mauro, 1973-
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia antiqua ; v. 131.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of a conference held in May 2009 in Gargnano, Italy.

Studies of the notion of theoria and of the contemplative life have often been restricted to Plato and Aristotle. This volume shows that aspirations to contemplation and the life of the intellect survived long after the classical period, turning into topics of heated debates, powerful arguments and original applications throughout the Hellenistic, imperial, and late antique periods. The introduction attempts to reconstruct all the problems pertaining to the contemplative life in Antiquity, and the twelve papers, written by distinguished scholars, offer a thorough study of the appropriation, criticism and transformation of Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions on the contemplative life, including its epistemological and metaphysical foundation. The volume ranges from Theophrastus to the end of Antiquity, including Jewish and Christian authors, with a focus on Platonism from Cicero to Damascius.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Thomas Bénatouïl and Mauro Bonazzi -- Θεωρια and Βιοσ Θεωρητικοσ from the Presocratics to the End of Antiquity: An Overview / T. Bénatouïl and M. Bonazzi -- Théophraste: Les Limites Éthiques, Psychologiques et Cosmologiques de la Contemplation / Thomas Bénatouïl -- Απλανησ Θεωρια. Einige Aspekte der Epikureischen Vorstellung vom Βιοσ Θεωρητικοσ / Michael Erler -- Cicéron et le problème des genres de vie: une problématique de la voluntas? / Carlos Lévy -- Seneca and the Contemplatio Veri De otio and Epistulae morales / Margaret Graver -- Beyond the Theoretikos Bios: Philosophy and Praxis in Sextus Empiricus / Emidio Spinelli -- La contemplation chez Philon d’Alexandrie / Valéry Laurand -- Theoria and Praxis: On Plutarch’s Platonism / Mauro Bonazzi -- The Theoretikos Bios in Alcinous / David Sedley -- Plotinus and Porphyry on the Contemplative Life / Alessandro Linguiti -- Damascius on the Contemplative Life / Gerd Van Riel -- Leah and Rachel as Figures of the Active and the Contemplative Life in Augustine’s Contra Faustum Manichaeum / Giovanni Catapano -- Maximus Confessor on Theory and Praxis A Commentary on Ambigua Ad Johannem VI (10) 1–19 / Carlos Steel -- Bibliography / Thomas Bénatouïl and Mauro Bonazzi -- Indexes / Thomas Bénatouïl and Mauro Bonazzi.