Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31964-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture

Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy brings together papers written by specialists in the field of ancient philosophy on the topic of polemics. Despite the central role played by polemics in ancient philosophy, the forms and mechanisms of philosophical polemics are not usually the subject of systematic scholarly attention. The present volume seeks to shed new light on familiar texts by approaching them from this neglected angle. The contributions address questions such as: What is the role of polemic in a philosophical discourse? What were the polemical strategies developed by ancient philosophers? To what extent did polemics contribute to the shaping of important philosophical doctrines or standpoint?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weisser, Sharon

Thaler, Naly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Weisser, Ph.D. (2012) Hebrew University of Jerusalem and l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris) is lecturer of Philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the author of several papers on Stoicism, and on Philo of Alexandria.

Naly Thaler, Ph.D (2008) Princeton University, is lecturer of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published various papers on Plato’s Theaetetus and Republic, and on Plotinus’ philosophy of nature.

Contributors are Mauro Bonazzi, André Laks, Robert Lamberton, Carlos Lévy, Daniel Markovic, Jozef Müller, Charlotte Murgier, Christopher Shields, Naly Thaler, Voula Tsouna, and Sharon Weisser.