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Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life after Plato and Aristotle Edited by Thomas Bénatouïl and Mauro Bonazzi

Studies of the notion of theoria and of the contemplative life have often been restricted to Plato and Aristotle. This volume shows that aspirations to contemplation and the life of the intellect survived long after the classical period, turning into topics of heated debates, powerful arguments and original applications throughout the Hellenistic, imperial, and late antique periods. The introduction attempts to reconstruct all the problems pertaining to the contemplative life in Antiquity, and the twelve papers, written by distinguished › April 2012 scholars, offer a thorough study of the appropriation, criticism and transformation of › Hardback Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions on the contemplative life, including its epistemological › ISBN: 9789004225329 and metaphysical foundation. The volume ranges from Theophrastus to the end of List price: €138 / $169 Antiquity, including Jewish and Christian authors, with a focus on Platonism from Cicero › E-ISBN: 9789004230040 to Damascius. › Language: English, Greek (ancient) › Philosophia Antiqua, 131 READERSHIP: › Imprint: BRILL All those interested in ancient philosophy and patristics, as well as classical philologists, philosophers, and historians of politics, culture and religion in ancient societies (greek Subject and roman, pagan, jewish and christian). Classical Studies › Ancient For more information see https://www.brill.com/pha Philosophy

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