L′Offerta di Plutarco. Teologia e filosofia nel De E apud Delphos (capitoli 12)
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Mauro Bonazzi
Abstract
Ammonius′ final speech in the De E apud Delphos is usually regarded as one of the most important testimonies of Plutarch′s platonism. Indeed, the contrast between divine perfection and human weakness occurs elsewhere in the Moralia and clearly reflects Plutarch′s theological interpretation of Plato. Yet some ambiguity remains, for the dialogue does not explicitly claim that the Delphian riddle has been definitely settled. On the contrary, both Ammonius and Plutarch insist on the value of searching as opposed to possessing the truth. Some Platonic references to the Theaetetus and the Protagoras show that Ammonius′ speech, and Plutarch′s overall dialogue, have to be taken not so much as the attempt at solving the Delphian riddle as a tribute to God′s superiority. By raising riddles, Apollo stimulates our search and our desire for knowledge (our philosophia), whereas our attempts at solving the riddles make us aware of his superiority. According to Plutarch, truth does not consist in a correspondence model, but in a subjective, reverential attitude.
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- Zur Datierung des Menexenos
- Win but do not overwin The History of a Proverb from the Sententiae Menandri, and a Classical Allusion in St. Paul′s Epistle to the Romans
- L′Offerta di Plutarco. Teologia e filosofia nel De E apud Delphos (capitoli 12)
- Cicero und Caesar. Ein Dialog der Dichter
- Magni Viri: Caesar, Alexander, and Pompey in Cat. 11
- Über das Hirtengespräch in Vergils Ecl.
- Una Fonte di Properzio 3.14 e le Origine Greche dell´ Elegia d´ Amore Romana
- Cupidos Bogen: Zu Tibull 2, 1, 6772 und Ovid met. 1, 454465
- Ich will nicht die Frau meiner Frau sein. Zur Funktion von Ich-Aussagen bei Martial
- Zur Biographie des Prudentius
- Eine alte Gattung neu erfunden: Die Apologi Centum des Leon Battista Alberti
- Women′s sacrifices in [Libanius] Progymnasmata 12.29.6
- Catullo 68, 10: Munera Veneris
- Munera Veneris sive De Catulli Carminis 68 textu defendendo
- Nuovi emendamenti al testo delle Odi di Orazio
- Gli occhi di Fileto e l′elmo di Partenopeo (Su stat. silv. 2, 6, 42)
- Paulinus von Pella über die Widrigkeiten des Alters
- Corrigendum
