Collected Papers 1962-1999 - Hardcover

Taran, Leonardo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004123040 ISBN 13: 9789004123045

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2001

Synopsis

The papers collected in this volume deal mainly with ancient Greek or Roman philosophy. They range chronologically from the 5th century BC to the 6th century AD, and in them the evidence is fully presented and discussed. They are concerned mainly with the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, the Early Academy, the Platonic and Aristotelian traditions, especially as represented by Neoplatonism. In addition, there are a few more general articles. The first deals with the saying "Amicus Plato sed magis amica veritas" and studies the different forms of this proverb from the time of Plato and Aristotle to Cervantes in the 17th century. Another one discusses the rather complex transmission of Plato's alleged epitaph. A third one deals in detail with an incomplete but interesting allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus' Aethiopica.

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About the Author:

Leonardo Tarán is Jay Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages at Columbia University, where he has taught for the last 34 years. He has published extensively on many areas of Ancient Philosophy, including Speusippus of Athens (Brill, 1981).

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9004123040
• ISBN 13: 9789004123045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 730