Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 507 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 995 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 507 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 995 g
Reihe: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1
ISBN: 978-90-5867-476-0
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR
The second part of the study deals with the polemical reception of the Stoic doctrine of moral progress in (Middle-)Platonism. The first author who is discussed is Philo of Alexandria. Philo deals with the Stoic doctrine in a very ideosyncratical way. He never explicitly attacked the Stoic view on moral progress, although it is clear from various passages in his work that he favoured the Platonic-Peripatetic position rather than the Stoic one. Next, Plutarch's position is examined, through a detailed analysis of his treatise 'De profectibus in virtute'. Finally, attention is given to two school handbooks dating from the period of Middle-Platonism (Alcinous and Apuleius). In both of them, the Stoic doctrine is rejected without many arguments, which shows that a correct (and anti-Stoic) conception of moral progress was regarded in Platonic circles as a basic knowledge for beginning students.The whole discussion is placed into a broader philosophical-historical perspective by the introduction (on the philosophical tradition before the Stoa) and the epilogue (about later discussions in Neo-Platonism and early Christianity).
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Introduction
PART I: STOICISM
Chapter 1: The problem of moral progress in Ancient Stoicism
Chapter 2: The doctrine of moral progress in later Stoic thinking
1. Panaetius
2. Hecato
3. Posidonius
4. Seneca
5. Musonius Rufus
6. Epictetus
7. Marcus Aurelius
PART II: (MIDDLE-)PLATONISM
Introduction
Chapter 3: Philo of Alexandria
1. Introduction
2. Philo on moral progress
3. Philo and the Stoic doctrine
4. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Plutarch of Chaeroneia
1. Introduction
2. Chapters 1-3a(75A-76C): Plutarch on moral progress against Stoicism
3. Chapters 3b-5 (76C-78A): continuity as indication of moral progress
4. Chapters 6-7a (78A-E): mildness and lack of jealousy as indication of moral progress
5. Chapters 7b-9 (78E-80E)
6. Chapters 10-11 (80E-82F)
7. Chapter 12: (82F-83E): clear, untroubled dreams as indication of moral progress
8. Chapter 13 (83E-84B): alleviation and mildness of the passions as indication of moral progress
9. Chapters 14-15 (84B-85B): consistency between words and deeds as indication of moral progress
10. Chapter 16 (85B-D): ability to associate with men of high morals as indication of moral progress
11. Chapter 17: (85E-86A): attentive watchfulness regarding all faults as indication of moral progress
12. Conclusion: Plutarch's conception of moral progress in De profectibus in virtue
Chapter 5: The Perspective of the SChool: Two Handbooks on Platonic Doctrine
1. Alcinous
2. Apuleius
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Indices
1. Index nominum
2. Index locorum