Reading Ancient Texts. Volume II: Aristotle and Neoplatonism

Suzanne Stern-Gillet, M.Phil. (Greek and Latin), D.Phil. (Philosophy) is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Bolton. She has published extensively on ancient philosophy (concepts of selfhood and theories of art), including Aristotle’s Philosophy of Friendship (New York, 1995). Kevin Corrigan is Professor of the Liberal Arts at Emory University. His most recent books are Reading Plotinus: a practical guide to Neoplatonism (2004), Plato's Dialectic at Play: Structure, Argument and Myth in the Symposium (2004) (with Elena Glazov-Corrigan), and Platonisms: Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern (2007) (with John Turner).

• Preface Note on ContributorsI. ARISTOTLE1. Aristotle’s Conception of Dunamis and Technē, C. Natali2. Aristotle and the Starting Point of Moral Development: The Notion of Natural Virtue, C. Viano3. Akrasia and Moral Education in Aristotle, J. Cleary4. Effective Primary Causes: The Notion of Contact and the Possibility of Acting without Being Affected in Aristotle’s De Generatione et Corruptione, T. BuchheimII. PLATO AND HIS HEIRS: FROM APULEIUS TO AUGUSTINE5. The Organisation of the Soul: Some Overlooked Aspects of Interpretation from Plato to Late Antiquity, K. Corrigan6. The Final Metamorphosis: Narrative Voice in the Prologue of Apuleius' Golden Ass, F.M. Schroeder7. Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence in VI 4-5[22-23], G. Gurtler S.J.8. The Concept of Will in Plotinus, C. Horn9. Divine Freedom in Plotinus and Iamblichus (Tractate VI 8 (39) 7, 11-15 and De Mysteriis III, 17-20), J.-M. Narbonne10. Was the Vita Plotini known in Arab Philosophical Circles?, P. Thillet11. Friendship and Transgression: Luminosus limes amicitiae (Augustine, Confessions 2.2.2) and the Themes of Confessions 2, G. O’Daly12. Augustine and the Philosophical Foundations of Sincerity, S. Stern-GilletIII. EPILOGUE: INTERPRETATION IN RETROSPECT13. Innovation and Continuity in the History of Philosophy, D. EvansA Detailed Bibliography of Denis O’Brien’s WorksIndex locorumGeneral Index