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Stoici e Peripatetici su agire, patire e movimento: la testimonianza di Simplicio

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Abstract

Simplicius’ Commentary on Aristotle’s Categories contains the most extended testimony about the Stoic conception of acting (ποιεῖν) and undergoing (πάσχειν). Simplicius ascribed to the Stoics the idea that acting and undergoing are to be reduced to the movement. To this opinion Simplicius opposed the Aristotelian view according to which acting and undergoing are two different categories. In this paper I intend to outline the original Stoic position comparing the reportage of Simplicius with other Stoic sources. Later, I will deal with Boethus’ defense of the distinction between the categories of acting and undergoing. I will argue that Boethus directly reacted against the Stoic opinion reformulating it in Aristotelian language.


Corresponding author: Giuseppe Nastasi, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy, E-mail:

Ringraziamenti

Desidero ringraziare il mio supervisore, il prof. Bruno Centrone, per aver letto la prima versione estesa di questo studio e per il suo supporto costante. Ringrazio anche Francesco Ademollo, Riccardo Chiaradonna, Michael Griffin, Francesco Pelosi, Federico Petrucci e Barbara Castellani per i suggerimenti e le osservazioni critiche. Un ringraziamento speciale va a Concetta Luna, alla quale dedico questo articolo. Gli eventuali errori sono di mia responsabilità.

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