Peter T. Struck is the Evan C. Thompson Term Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts (Princeton).

• Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Divination and the History of Surplus Knowledge 1 Chapter 1. Plato on Divination and Nondiscursive Knowing 37 Chapter 2. Aristotle on Foresight through Dreams 91 Chapter 3. Posidonius and Other Stoics on Extra- Sensory Knowledge 171 Chapter 4. Iamblichus on Divine Divination and Human Intuition 215 Conclusion. Reconsidering Penelope 251 Bibliography 263 Index Locorum 277 Subject Index 287

"The core of this beautifully researched and lucidly argued book is a study of the most important and influential philosophical analyses of divination from the ancient world."--Brad Inwood, Times Literary Supplement "An absorbing work of intellectual history, demonstrating a confident command of the philological and philosophical issues, and lucidly exploring Greek philosophical engagement with the epistemological and theological puzzles presented by divination. The book offers a fresh approach to the topic of divination by juxtaposing it with ancient and modern theories of cognition, and by moving past the debate over the (ir)rationality of the practice... I hope that this excellent study will stimulate further research into such questions."--Jennifer Larson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Peter T. Struck is the Evan C. Thompson Term Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts (Princeton).

• Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Divination and the History of Surplus Knowledge 1 Chapter 1. Plato on Divination and Nondiscursive Knowing 37 Chapter 2. Aristotle on Foresight through Dreams 91 Chapter 3. Posidonius and Other Stoics on Extra- Sensory Knowledge 171 Chapter 4. Iamblichus on Divine Divination and Human Intuition 215 Conclusion. Reconsidering Penelope 251 Bibliography 263 Index Locorum 277 Subject Index 287

"The core of this beautifully researched and lucidly argued book is a study of the most important and influential philosophical analyses of divination from the ancient world."--Brad Inwood, Times Literary Supplement "An absorbing work of intellectual history, demonstrating a confident command of the philological and philosophical issues, and lucidly exploring Greek philosophical engagement with the epistemological and theological puzzles presented by divination. The book offers a fresh approach to the topic of divination by juxtaposing it with ancient and modern theories of cognition, and by moving past the debate over the (ir)rationality of the practice... I hope that this excellent study will stimulate further research into such questions."--Jennifer Larson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Peter T. Struck is the Evan C. Thompson Term Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts (Princeton).

• Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Divination and the History of Surplus Knowledge 1 Chapter 1. Plato on Divination and Nondiscursive Knowing 37 Chapter 2. Aristotle on Foresight through Dreams 91 Chapter 3. Posidonius and Other Stoics on Extra- Sensory Knowledge 171 Chapter 4. Iamblichus on Divine Divination and Human Intuition 215 Conclusion. Reconsidering Penelope 251 Bibliography 263 Index Locorum 277 Subject Index 287

"The core of this beautifully researched and lucidly argued book is a study of the most important and influential philosophical analyses of divination from the ancient world."--Brad Inwood, Times Literary Supplement "An absorbing work of intellectual history, demonstrating a confident command of the philological and philosophical issues, and lucidly exploring Greek philosophical engagement with the epistemological and theological puzzles presented by divination. The book offers a fresh approach to the topic of divination by juxtaposing it with ancient and modern theories of cognition, and by moving past the debate over the (ir)rationality of the practice... I hope that this excellent study will stimulate further research into such questions."--Jennifer Larson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review