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Plutarchea Hypomnemata A Perfect Medium?
oracular divination in the thought of plutarch
2017 || Hardcover || Elsa Giovanna Simonetti || Leuven University Press
An in-depth analysis of oracular divination in Plutarch's thought.
Oracular divination was of special concern for Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 AD), Platonic philosopher as well as priest at the oracle of Apollo in Delphi. The peculiar nature of Delphic divination as an (im)perfect intermediary between the material and the immaterial world is fathomed in a thorough study of Plutarch's Delphic dialogues. This in-depth philosophical-conceptual analysis will disclose an original interpretation o...
Studies in Archaeological Sciences Minoan Earthquakes
breaking the myth through interdisciplinarity
2017 || Hardcover || Simon Jusseret e.a. || Leuven University Press
Interdisciplinary study on the role of earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean.Does the "Minoan myth" still stand up to scientific scrutiny? Since the work of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos (Crete, Greece), the romanticized vision of the Cretan Bronze Age as an era of peaceful prosperity only interrupted by the catastrophic effects of natural disasters has captured the popular and scientific imagination. Its impact on the development of archaeology, archaeoseismology, and earthquake geology in ...
Orpheus Institute Series The Dark Precursor
Deleuze and Artistic Research
2018 || Hardcover || Paulo de Assis e.a. || Leuven University Press
Deleuze's and Guattari's philosophy in the field of artistic research.
Gilles Deleuze's intriguing concept of the dark precursor refers to intensive processes of energetic flows passing between fields of different potentials. Fleetingly used in Difference and Repetition, it remained underexplored in Deleuze's subsequent work. In this collection of essays numerous contributors offer perspectives on Deleuze's concept of the dark precursor as it affects artistic research, providing a wide-rangin...
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Series 1 Radulphus Brito. Quaestiones super Priora Analytica Aristotelis
quaestiones super priora analytica aristotelis
2017 || Hardcover || Gordon A. Wilson || Leuven University Press
The history of logic and its development during the medieval period.
Radulphus Brito's Quaestiones super Priora Analytica Aristotelis is a major work written in the early 1300s which treated Aristotle's text devoted to the theory of the syllogism. Brito, perhaps one of the most influential medieval thinkers known as the Modistae, examines both categorical and hypothetical syllogisms. In his text, based on six known manuscripts which are complete or nearly complete, Brito was critical of many ...
Ancient and Medieval philosophy - Series 1 Diogenes of Oinoanda · Diogène d’Œnoanda
epicureanism and philosophical debates · Épicurisme et controverses
2017 || Hardcover || Jürgen Hammerstaedt e.a. || Leuven University Press
First collection of essays entirely devoted to the inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda.
The texts of Diogenes of Oinoanda (2nd century AD) who invited his readers to an Epicurean life is the largest ancient inscription ever discovered. Over 70 new finds have increased the number of known wall blocks and fragments to nearly 300, offering new insights into Diogenes' distinctive presentation of philosophy. This collection of essays discusses the philosophical significance of these discoveries an...