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Epicurean Philosophy in Cicero’s De Republica: Serious Threat or Convenient Foil? [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores Cicero’s treatment of Epicurean philosophy in his De republica, and argues against those who think that Cicero’s criticisms of Epicureanism in the work are neither serious nor significant.
Englert, Walter
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Kenelm Digby's logic of common and natural notions
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 157-173, June 2025.Abstract In this article, I take a fresh look at the logic of common and natural notions contained in the Two Treatises published in 1644 by Kenelm Digby (1603–1665). Digby's doctrine of common notions was an attempt to retrofit Aristotelianism in order to bring it out of the shadows of scholasticism and into the age of the new experimental and ...
Mogens Lærke
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Plutarque contre Colotès contre Empédocle
Aitia, 2013 In the section of Against Colotes dedicated to the polemic that the Epicurean, in his writing, developed against Empedocles, Plutarch uses what he considers a bad procedure to traverse the area of dialectic and to arrive at that ...
Alain Gigandet
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Happiness and well‐being: Is it all in your head? Evidence from the folk
Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 234-268, March 2025.Abstract Despite a voluminous literature on happiness and well‐being, debates have been stunted by persistent dissensus on what exactly the subject matter is. Commentators frequently appeal to intuitions about the nature of happiness or well‐being, raising the question of how representative those intuitions are.
Markus Kneer, Daniel M. Haybron
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Plutarque juge et partie : à propos des débats entre l’Académie, le Jardin et le Portique
Aitia, 2013 In this article I show:(1) Plutarch’s inclusion of Heraclitus among the list of Presocratics at Adv. Col. 1121E-1122A should lead us to conclude that this philosopher was included by the New Academy among those ...
Carlos Lévy
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Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 2025.ABSTRACT As regards alternative agricultural practices today, it is worth noticing the increase in the use of animal traction (AT) in France. Yet, the reasons for this reappropriation remain unclear. The life paths and motivations of users are the focus of this article. The study is based on 33 qualitative interviews with French farmers. It uses Gasson'
Maurice Miara +3 more
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Lucrèce sur les origines et le développement des arts et des métiers
Aitia, 2020 Lucretius’ story of the stages of human development from the primitive condition of the first men to our own era occupies a substantial part of the fifth chant of DRN (925-1457).
Voula Tsouna
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Lucretius' arguments on the swerve and free-action [PDF]
, 2019 In his version of atomism, Lucretius made explicit reference to the concept of an intrinsic declination of the atom, the atomic swerve (clinamen in Latin), stressing that the time and space of the infinitesimal atomic vibration is uncertain. The topic of
Evangelidis, Basil
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Drinking Wine with Friends: Plato's Lesson for Contemporary Democratic Theory
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 1205-1216, October 2024.Abstract Democratic theory tells us that citizens should be engaged, informed, passionate, reasonable, willing to speak up, ready to listen, and militant but also restrained. Yet we are rarely told how they might achieve this. The challenge is particularly relevant for theories that distinguish between the liberal and democratic principles of our ...
Eno Trimçev
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, 2020 Greco-Roman meteorology will be described in four overlapping developments. In the archaic period, astro-meteorological calendars were written down, and one appears in Hesiod’s Works and Days; such calendars or almanacs originated thousands of years ...
Johnson, Monte
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