Studies on Plato, Aristotle and Proclus: The Collected Essays on Ancient Philosophy of John J. Cleary

641 Pages·2013·3.66 MB·English

by  John J. Cleary

Studies on Plato, Aristotle and Proclus
Ancient Mediterranean
and Medieval Texts
and Contexts
Editors
RobertM.Berchman
JacobNeusner
Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism,
and the Platonic Tradition
Editedby
RobertM.Berchman
DowlingCollegeandBardCollege
JohnF.Finamore
UniversityofIowa
EditorialBoard
JOHNDILLON(TrinityCollege,Dublin)–GARYGURTLER(BostonCollege)
JEAN-MARCNARBONNE(LavalUniversity,Canada)
VOLUME15
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Studies on Plato,
Aristotle and Proclus
Collected Essays on Ancient Philosophy of John J. Cleary
Editedby
JohnDillon
BrendanO’Byrne
FranO’Rourke
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2013
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments..................................................... xi
JohnCleary:APhilosophicalPortrait.................................. xiii
BrendanO’Byrne
JohnCleary:APersonalMemory ...................................... xxiii
FranO’Rourke
PAIDEIA
BacktotheTextsThemselves.......................................... 3
ThePaideiaoftheHistoricalProtagoras............................... 19
CompetingModelsofPaideiainPlato’sGorgias....................... 37
EroticPaideiainPlato’sSymposium ................................... 53
CultivatingIntellectualVirtueinPlato’sPhilosopher-Rulers .......... 73
PaideiainPlato’sLaws ................................................. 99
SocraticInfluencesonAristotle’sEthicalInquiry...................... 111
AkrasiaandMoralEducationinAristotle ............................. 131
HISTORYOFMATHEMATICS
TheMathematicalCosmologyofPlato’sTimaeus ..................... 153
AbstractingAristotle’sPhilosophyofMathematics.................... 181
Proclus’PhilosophyofMathematics................................... 201
HISTORYOFPHILOSOPHY
A.Plato
Plato’sTeleologicalAtomism .......................................... 223
TheRoleofTheologyinPlato’sLaws................................... 233
‘PowersthatBe’:TheConceptofPotencyinPlatoandAristotle....... 251