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Space in Hellenistic Philosophy

Critical Studies in Ancient Physics
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Published/Copyright: 2014
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Historically speaking, the majority of efforts in the study of ancient Greek physics have traditionally been devoted either to the analysis of the surviving evidence concerning Presocratic philosophers or to the systematic examination of the Platonic and the Aristotelian oeuvre. The aim of this volume is to discuss the notion of space by focusing on the most representative exponents of the Hellenistic schools and to explore the role played by spatial concepts in both coeval and later authors who, without specifically thematising these concepts, made use of them in a theoretically original way. To this purpose, renowned scholars investigate the philosophical and historical significance of the different conceptions of space endorsed by various thinkers ranging from the end of the Classical period to the middle Imperial age. Thus, the volume brings to light the problematical character of the ancient reflection on this topic.

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Graziano Ranocchia, Rome, Italy; Christoph Helmig, Cologne, Germany; Christoph Horn, Bonn, Germany.

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"Insofern lohnt sich ein Blick in den Band für denjenigen, der sich für die Begriffsgeschichte des Raumes (usw.) oder allgemein hellenistische Naturphilosophie interessiert, durchaus. Der Spezialist findet ohnehin reichlich diskussionswürdiges Material."
Thomas Zimmer in: Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter 19 (2016)

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of Contents

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    Abbreviations

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    Introduction

    1
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    Aristotle’s Conception of Place and its Reception in the Hellenistic Period

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    Keimpe Algra
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    Aspects and Problems of Chrysippus’ Conception of Space

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    Michele Alessandrelli
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    Posidonius on the Void. A Controversial Case of Divergence Revisited

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    Epicurus on the Void

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    David Konstan
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    Space and Movement in Philodemus’ De dis 3: an Anti-Aristotelian Account

    101
    Holger Essler
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    Roman Philosophy under Construction: the Concept of Spatium from Lucretius to Cicero

    125
    Carlos Lévy
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    Aenesidemus the Anti-Physicist

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    Φαινόμενα contra Νοούμενα: Sextus Empiricus, the Notion of Place and the Pyrrhonian Strategy at Work

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    Emidio Spinelli
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    Doxographical Reverberations of Hellenistic Discussions on Space

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    Jaap Mansfeld
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    Bibliography

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    Index locorum

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    Index nominum antiquiorum

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    Index nominum recentiorum

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eBook published on:
October 29, 2014
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9783110365856
Hardcover published on:
October 13, 2014
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110364958
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June 26, 2017
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9783110554762
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224
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365856
eBook ISBN: 9783110365856
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110364958
Paperback ISBN: 9783110554762
Keywords for this book
Spatial concepts; Greek philosophy; Aristotle; Plato
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