Reading ancient texts : essays in honour of Denis O'Brien. / Volume II, : Aristotle and neoplatonism / / edited by Suzanne Stern-Gillet and Kevin Corrigan.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 162
• TeilnehmendeR: O'Brien, Denis, 1936-; Stern-Gillet, Suzanne, 1943-; Corrigan, Kevin.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 162.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

What is the history of philosophy? Is it history or is it philosophy or is it by some strange alchemy a confluence of the two? The contributors to the present volume of essays have tackled this seemingly simple, but in reality difficult and controversial, question, by drawing on their specialised knowledge of the surviving texts of leading ancient philosophers, from the Presocratics to Augustine, through Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus. These contributions, which reflect the range of methods and approaches currently used in the study of ancient texts, are offered as a tribute to the scholarship of Denis O’Brien, one of the most original and penetrating students of the thousand-year period of intense philosophical activity that constitutes ancient philosophy. Contributors include: T. Buchheim, J. Cleary, K. Corrigan, D. Evans, G. Gurtler S.J., C. Horn, J.-M. Narbonne, C. Natali, G. O'Daly, F. Schroeder, S. Stern-Gillet, P. Thillet, and C. Viano. Publications by Denis O’Brien : • Theories of Weight in the Ancient World: Four Essays on Democritus, Plato and Aristotle - A Study in the Development of Ideas. 1. Democritus: Weight and Size. An Exercise in the Reconstruction of Early Greek Philosophy , ISBN : 978 90 04 06134 7 (Out of print) • Pour interpréter Empédocle , ISBN : 978 90 04 06249 8 (Out of print) • Theories of Weight in the Ancient World: Four Essays on Democritus, Plato and Aristotle - A Study in the Development of Ideas. 2. Plato: Weight and Sensation. The Two Theories of the 'Timaeus' , ISBN : 978 90 04 06934 3 • Théodicée plotinienne, théodicée gnostique , ISBN : 978 90 04 09618 9

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / S. Stern-Gillet and K. Corrigan -- Aristotle’s Conception Of Dunamis And Techne / Carlo Natali -- Aristotle And The Starting Point Of Moral Development: The Notion Of Natural Virtue / Cristina Viano -- Akrasia And Moral Education In Aristotle / John J. Cleary -- Effective Primary Causes: The Notion Of Contact And The Possibility Of Acting Without Being Affected In Aristotle’s De Generatione Et Corruptione / Thomas Buchheim -- The Organization Of The Soul: Some Overlooked Aspects Of Interpretation From Plato To Late Antiquity / Kevin Corrigan -- The Final Metamorphosis: Narrative Voice In The Prologue Of Apuleius’ Golden Ass / Frederic M. Schroeder -- Plotinus: Omnipresence And Transcendence Of The One In VI 5[23] / Gary M. Gurtler -- The Concept Of Will In Plotinus / Christoph Horn -- Divine Freedom In Plotinus And Iamblichus (Tractate VI 8 (39) 7, 11–15 And De Mysteriis III, 17–20) / Jean-Marc Narbonne -- Was The Vita Plotini Known In Arab Philosophical Circles? / Pierre Thillet -- Friendship And Transgression: Luminosus Limes Amicitiae (Augustine, Confessions 2.2.2) And The Themes Of Confessions 2 / Gerard O’Daly -- Augustine And The Philosophical Foundations Of Sincerity / Suzanne Stern-Gillet -- Innovation And Continuity In The History Of Philosophy / David Evans -- Bibliography / Denis O’Brien -- Subject Index / S. Stern-Gillet and K. Corrigan -- Index Of Names / S. Stern-Gillet and K. Corrigan.