The Structure of Plutarch's Adversus Colotem
This chapter focuses on the structure of the Adversus Colotem and examines the reasoning underlying the order of exposition which Plutarch followed in his response to Colotes' book. It argues that Plutarch arranged his material thematically following the ancient tripartite division of philosoph...
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| description | This chapter focuses on the structure of the Adversus Colotem and examines the reasoning underlying the order of exposition which Plutarch followed in his response to Colotes' book. It argues that Plutarch arranged his material thematically following the ancient tripartite division of philosophy. This enabled him firstly to criticise not only Colotes' particular claims against the philosophers but main aspects of all three branches of Epicurean philosophy (physics, canonic, ethics); and secondly to give an outline of some of the most important theories in the history of Greek philosophy to Colotes' day. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8c51bc61-f220-4c73-a41f-3ded48aed5192024-10-04T14:14:24ZThe Structure of Plutarch's Adversus ColotemBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:8c51bc61-f220-4c73-a41f-3ded48aed519History of the ancient worldAncient philosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetOxford University Press2011Kechagia, EKechagia, EThis chapter focuses on the structure of the Adversus Colotem and examines the reasoning underlying the order of exposition which Plutarch followed in his response to Colotes' book. It argues that Plutarch arranged his material thematically following the ancient tripartite division of philosophy. This enabled him firstly to criticise not only Colotes' particular claims against the philosophers but main aspects of all three branches of Epicurean philosophy (physics, canonic, ethics); and secondly to give an outline of some of the most important theories in the history of Greek philosophy to Colotes' day. |
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