Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity /

The works of Plutarch, notably his Moralia , provide us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. As a priest of Apollo at Delphi, Plutarch was a first range witness of ancient religious experience; as a Middle Platonist, he was als...

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Corporate Author: International Plutarch Society.

Other Authors: Roig Lanzillotta, Lautaro., Munoz Gallarte, Israel.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition 14.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248663.

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Call Number: PA4382 .P58 2012

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta and Israel Muñoz Gallarte
  • Introduction: Plutarch at the Crossroads of Religion and Philosophy /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
  • Plutarch on the Sleeping Soul and the Waking Intellect and Aristotle's Double Entelechy Concept /
  • Abraham P. Bos
  • The Doctrine of the Passions: Plutarch, Posidonius and Galen /
  • Francesco Becchi
  • The Adventitious Motion of the Soul (Plu., De Stoic. repugn. 23, 1045B-F) and the Controversy between Aristo of Chios and the Middle Academy /
  • Raúl Caballero
  • Plutarch and "Pagan Monotheism" /
  • Frederick E. Brenk
  • Socrates and Alcibiades: A Notorious σχάυδαλου in the Later Platonist Tradition /
  • Geert Roskam
  • Salt in the Holy Water: Plutarch's Quaestiones Naturales in Michael Psellus' De omnifaria doctrina /
  • Michiel Meeusen
  • Iacchus in Plutarch /
  • Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
  • Plutarch's Idea of God in the Religious and Philosophical Context of Late Antiquity /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
  • Plutarch as Apollo's Priest at Delphi /
  • Angelo Casanova
  • Plutarch's Attitude towards Astral Biology /
  • Aurelio Pérez Jiménez
  • "Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura": Plutarch, Quaestio convivalis 5.7 /
  • Paola Volpe Cacciatore
  • The Eleusinian Mysteries and Political Timing in the Life of Alcibiades /
  • Delfim F. Leão
  • Mυτηριώδης θεολοΥία: Plutarch's fr. 157 Sandbach between Cultual Traditions and Philosophical Models /
  • Rosario Scannapieco
  • A Non-Fideistic Interpretation of \'pistis\' in Plutarch's Writings: The Harmony Between \'pistis\' and Knowledge /
  • George van Kooten
  • The Colors of the Souls /
  • Israel Muñoz Gallarte
  • Bibliography /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta and Israel Muñoz Gallarte
  • Index locorum /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta and Israel Muñoz Gallarte
  • Index rerum /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta and Israel Muñoz Gallarte
  • Index nominum /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta and Israel Muñoz Gallarte.