Isagogical crossroads from the early imperial age to the end of antiquity / by Anna Motta, Federico M. Petrucci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Motta, Anna, editor.

Petrucci, Federico M., 1985- editor.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; 0079-1687 v. 164.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; volume 164

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Classical philology--History.

Classical philology.

History.

Philosophy, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Isagogics.

Isagoge (Porphyry).

Education.

Intellectual life.

Philosophy--Study and teaching.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

xii, 269 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Summary:

"This book explores how introductory methods shaped school practice and intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity. The isagogical crossroads-the intersection of philosophical, philological, religious and scientific introductory methods-embody a fascinating narrative of the methods regulating ancient readers' approach to authoritative texts and disciplines. The strongly innovative character of this book consists exactly in the attempt to explore isagogical issues in a wide-ranging and comprehensive perspective-from philosophy to religion, from medicine to exact sciences-with the aim of exploiting connections, reciprocal influences, and interactions shaping the intellectual environment of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book explores how introductory methods shaped school practice and intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the Early Imperial Age and Late Antiquity. The isagogical crossroads-the intersection of philosophical, philological, religious and scientific introductory methods-embody a fascinating narrative of the methods regulating ancient readers' approach to authoritative texts and disciplines. The strongly innovative character of this book consists exactly in the attempt to explore isagogical issues in a wide-ranging and comprehensive perspective-from philosophy to religion, from medicine to exact sciences-with the aim of detecting connections, reciprocal influences, and interactions shaping the intellectual environment of the Early Imperial Age and Late Antiquity." -- Back cover

Contents:

Introduction: Towards the isagogical crossroads / Anna Motta and Federico M. Petrucci

Isagogical conceptions in the peripatetic exegesis of the post-hellenistic age : Aspasius and the others / Federico M. Petrucci

A middle-platonist Plato : introductory schemata and the construction of a system in Diogenes Laertius / Franco Ferrari

The nature of Apuleius' De Platone : an isagoge? / Justin A. Stover

Isagogic patterns in Porphyry (Isagoge and Vita Plotini) / Irmgard Männlein-Robert

From the stoic division of philosophy to the reading order of Plato's Dialogues / Anna Motta

Interpretive strategies in Proclus' isagogical remarks on the Timaeus / Gerd Van Riel

Eusebius and the birth of Christian isagogical literature / Sébastien Morlet

Prolegomena to medicine : the role of the Hippocratic Aphorismi / Giulia Ecca

Isagogical questions in Hipparchus' commentary on the Phaenomena / Victor Gysembergh

Musical eisagōgai / Eleonora Rocconi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Isagogical crossroads from the early imperial age to the end of antiquity

ISBN:

9789004506183

9004506187

OCLC:

1283948023