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Nonostante il tentativo di Aristotele di offrire un’esposizione esaustiva di tutta la problematica del luogo e di darne una soluzione definitiva con l’arcinota definizione di luogo come primo limite immobile del contenente, fin... more
Aristotle emphasizes the central role of perception for knowledge acquisition in many of his writings. But how should these programmatic declarations be worked into an overall interpretation? Does perception provide the foundation on... more
Many have argued that Plato’s intermediates are not independent entities. Rather, they exemplify the incapacity of discursive thought (διάνοια) for cognizing Forms. But just what does this incapacity consist in? Any successful answer will... more
VII-ARISTOTLES HYLOMORPHISM RECONCEIVED MARY LOUISE GILL Metaphysics Θ treats potentiality (δύναμις) and actuality (ἐνέργεια), and many scholars think that Aristotle broaches these topics once he has answered his main questions in Ζ and... more
Chapter 5, Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Che posto occupavano gli animali nell’antichità? Come noi oggi, anche i Greci e i Romani avevano a che fare con cani, cavalli, galline; avevano allevamenti, vivari, acquari, e adottavano pratiche zootecniche. Amavano i loro animali da... more
Drawing upon John Burnet’s interpretation of mesotēs, I explore the original meanings of this important Greek word and its inherent relations to the concepts of formal cause, final cause, and actuality [energeia]. My investigation reveals... more
ABSTRACT: This paper serves two purposes: (i) it can be used by students as an introduction to chapters 1-5 of book iii of the NE; (ii) it suggests an answer to the unresolved question what overall objective this section of the NE has.... more
It is hard to think of an area of Christian theology that provides more scope for interdisciplinary conversation than the doctrine of creation. This doctrine not only invites reflection on an intellectual concept: it calls for... more
On the History of Political Philosophy is a lively and lucid account of the major political theorists and philosophers of the ancient Greek, Roman, medieval, renaissance, and early modern periods. Topics include discussions concerning... more
RÉSUMÉ : Nous nous pencherons sur les travaux du jeune Heidegger afin de montrer que, s’il affirme dans Être et temps que les animaux ne sont ni chose, ni Dasein, mais participent d’un énigmatique mode d’être propre – le « simplement... more
The second Book of the Politics has been object of multiple considerations, but it has called the attention of the scholars mainly because of its detailed criticism of Plato's political projects, especially the Republic. In fact Aristotle... more
Jahrbuch» a cura di Hans-Ulrich Lessing 1 ; la seconda, a cura di Günther Neumann, condotta oltre che sulla versione di Gottinga sul dattiloscritto rimasto in possesso di Heidegger, in edizione singola per la casa editrice Reclam nel 2003... more
Rather than attacking Aristotle for not attributing efficient causality to the unmoved mover, Syrianus can be seen as more favorable, maintaining that Aristotle himself implies such causality without expressly saying so.
The argument of the first Discours is governed by the antithesis between the ‘original’ nature of man on the one hand and the corruption of modern civilisation on the other; this antithesis is developed in terms of a contrast between the... more
One of the questions regarding the Parmenides is whether Plato was committed to any of the arguments developed in the second part of the dialogue. This paper argues for considering at least one of the arguments from the second part of the... more
In Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during... more
Early literary instances of artificial humanoid and intelligent systems anticipate in a general way the kinds of thematic issues that cyborgs, androids, and intelligent networks like supercomputers bring up for the contemporary notion of... more
δρ. Βασίλειος Μπετσάκος καθηγητής Μ.Ε., διδάσκων στο Τμ. Φιλοσοφίας-Παιδαγωγικής Α.Π.Θ. Η αριστοτελική ερμηνεία του χρόνου. Απόλυτος ή σχετικός χρόνος;
In recent debates on empathy in various disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, cognitive sciences, neurophysiology, the discussion has focused on empathic experiences within the intersubjective context, either... more
Deriving from the myth of Narcissus, in which a beautiful youth falls in love with his own reflection, the concept of narcissism was given its first systematic treatment in Sigmund Freud's 1914 essay “On Narcissism.” Since Freud's account... more
In this piece, I consider various problematic themes of the transhumanist literature that carry significant ethical import, to point out that traditional utilitarian approaches, the ones standardly preferred by transhumanism, reveal some... more
İslâmî dönem tercüme faaliyetleri (9. ve 10. asır) kapsamında Aristoteles'e atfedilen siyasete dâir ilk eser Sırru'l-Esrâr'dır. Bu eserin Ortaçağlarda Doğu'da ve Batı'da sıkça başvurulan ve bilinen bir eser olma hüviyetine sahip olmasında... more
This article traces the radical devaluation of the phantasm throughout Western civilization. With the help of Nietzsche's critical perspective, I develop a notion of hystery as the series of collective traumas repeated in each... more
This is a new translation (not a revision of my 1998), which is co-ordinate with my Nicomachean Ethics (2014), Metaphysics (2016), and forthcoming De Anima (2017) and Rhetoric (2018). It is due out in March 2017.
The pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica (hereafter PsAH) are a group of texts surviving in Arabic that claim to record conversations between Aristotle and Alexander the Great. In these conversations, Aristotle instructs Alexander about the... more
Platon ve Aristoteles'te Tümeller Problemi Theory of Universals in Aristotle and Plato Özet Tümeller probleminde öne çıkan çözüm önerileri gerçekçilik ve adcılık altında toplanabilir. Platon ve Aristoteles görüşleriyle... more
Ce volume comporte trois chapitres : le premier décrit les linéaments d'une doctrine archaïque de la « phusis » visant toujours à connaître la « nature » de chaque chose, cet ensemble de caractéristiques qui fonde sa puissance, sa... more
Philosophy tries to answer the questions regarding the source of being. This endeavour reached the highest point with Aristotle in ancient Greece. Our claim is that Aristotle contructs his ontologic theory as the truth by using a... more
We firstly find traces of systematical and comprehensive thought related to existence of the universe in Plato and Aristotle. Plato, by the doctrine of ideas which is the basis of his whole philosophy, accepted that the objective world... more
Aristotle, Aquinas, and Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi are representatives of the three periods and the worlds of thought, and all of them have played an important role in establishing or consolidating their ethical attitudes. In this essay, it... more
Le zoonosi contemporanee ci costringono a porci una domanda che già gli antichi pensatori si erano posti più o meno esplicitamente. Le risposte sono spiazzanti e per molti versi attuali: mangiamo gli animali perché non siamo dèi (e quindi... more
The concept of "virtual" widely used today is polysemantic, but the reasons for this are not quite clear. The article is devoted to the study of some linguistic (semantic) and philosophical reasons for the existence of “Platonic” (real,... more
A Revista Aproximação é uma publicação acadêmica eletrônica especializada em Filosofia. Seu objetivo principal é veicular o trabalho de pesquisa dos graduandos da UFRJ. Estamos abertos, entretanto, a qualquer proposta cujo principal... more
Je mehr Möglichkeiten der Lebensführung wir erkennen, desto dringlicher wird die Frage: Wie lebe ich gut? Wer allerdings in der gegenwärtigen Philosophie die Klärung seiner Frage erwartet, wird zunächst enttäuscht. Er wird ein... more