Platonic Stoicism – Stoic Platonism

This book examines the important but largely neglected issue of the interrelation between Platonism and Stoicism in Ancient Philosophy. Several renowned specialists in the fields of Stoic and Platonic analyse the intricate mutual influences between Stoic and Platonic philosophers in the Hellenistic period, the Imperial Age, and after. Although it has been repeatedly claimed that the phenomenon addressed in this book could best be labelled eclecticism, it emerges from the various articles collected here that the situation is much more complicated. Far from being eclectics, most Stoics and Platonists consciously appropriated their material in order to integrate it into their own philosophical system. The dialogue between Platonists and Stoics testifies to active debate and controversy on central topics such as psychology, epistemology, physics, and ethics. This book will deepen our understanding of the dialogue between different philosophical schools in Antiquity. The results presented here teach one clear lesson: Platonism and Stoicism were by no means monolithic blocks, but were continuously moulded by mutual influence and interaction.

"Platonic Stoicism – Stoic Platonism" was edited by Christoph Helmig and Mauro Bonazzi.

Christoph Helmig is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies (focus on late antiquity) at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Yes, "Platonic Stoicism – Stoic Platonism" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1" series. It's book 39 in the series.

In association with The De Wulf-Mansion Centre.

About the Series

The series' focus lies primarily on the continuity and thematic transitions between ancient, medieval and renaissance thought, but also includes volumes on specific topics related to any of those periods. ‘Philosophy' is understood broadly to include metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind, and philosophical theology. Since the series is particularly devoted to making available Latin and Greek source texts, we welcome critical text editions as well as contributions that are based on philological scrutiny of those texts, without losing sight of their philosophical importance.

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 aims to publish at least two volumes a year and accepts monographs as well as thematically coherent edited volumes in English (without excluding the possibility of French, German, or Italian contributions to edited volumes). Manuscripts should be 80.000 to 120.000 words in length.

Readership

Researchers and graduate students in ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy, in classics and in history.

Editorial Coordinator

Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Pieter Beullens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Lisa Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pieter d'Hoine, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jan Opsomer, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Robiglio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven, Belgium

Advisory Board

Brad Inwood, Yale Universityo, USA
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom
John Marenbon, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lodi Nauta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Timothy Noone (†) , The Catholic University of America, USA
Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Martin Pickavé, University of Toronto, Canada,
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Geert Roskam, KU Leuven, Belgium

Proposals

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to  editorial coordinator Russell L. Friedman. Please send a preliminary abstract (3-4 pp.) and a short bio. Upon approval of this abstract, the full manuscript will be submitted to international peer review.

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Links & Resources

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Thomas Bénatouïl
Le débat entre platonisme et stoïcisme sur la vie scolastique: Chrysippe, la Nouvelle Académie et Antiochus

Francesca Alesse
Alcuni esempi della relazione tra l'etica stoica e Platone

Sophie Aubert
La lecture stoïcienne du laconisme à travers le filtre de Platon

Valéry Laurand
L'Érà´s pédagogique chez Platon et les Stoïciens

John Stevens
Platonism and Stoicism in Vergil's Aeneid

Mauro Bonazzi
Eudorus' psychology and Stoic ethics

Teun Tieleman
Onomastic Reference in Seneca. The Case of Plato and the Platonists

Brad Inwood
Seneca, Plato and Platonism: the case of Letter

Robert Sharples
The Stoic Background to the Middle Platonist discussion of Fate

Christopher Gill
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: How Stoic and How Platonic?

Riccardo Chiaradonna
Platonismo e Teoria della Conoscenza Stoica tra II e III secolo d.C.

Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Calcidius on God

Bibliography

Indices

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Platonic Stoicism – Stoic Platonism" is 10.11116/9789461660282.