Assent and Argument: Studies in Cicero’s Academic Books. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum (Utrecht, August 21-25, 1995)

346 Pages·1997·27.43 MB·English

by  Brad Inwood

ASSENT AND ARGUMENT
PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA
A SERIES OF STUDIES
ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
FOUNDED BY J.H. WASZINK AND W.J. VERDENIUS
EDITED BY
]. MANSFEW, D.T. RUNIA
J.
C. M. VAN WIND EN
VOLUME LXXVI
BRAD INWOOD AND JAAP MANSFELD (Ens.)
ASSENT AND ARGUMENT
ASSENT AND ARGUMENT
STUDIES IN CICERO'S ACADEMIC BOOKS
Proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum
(Utrecht, August 21-25, 1995)
EDITED BY
BRAD INWOOD JAAP MANSFELD
AND
BRILL
LEIDEN · NEW YORK · KOLN
1997
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Symposium Hellenisticum, (7th : 1995 : Utrecht, Netherlands)
Assent and argument : studies in Cicero's Academic books :
proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum, (Utrecht, August
21-25, 1995) I edited by Brad Inwood andJaap Mansfeld.
p. em.-(Philosophia antiqua, ISSN 0079-1687 ; v. 76)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 9004109145 (alk. paper)
1. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Academica--congresses. 2. Knowledge,
Theory of-Congresses. 3. Philosophy, Ancient--congresses.
I. Inwood, Brad. II. Mansfeld, Jaap. III. Title. N. Series.
PA6296.A3S96 1997
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Assent and argument: studies in Cicero's academic books :
proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum, (Utrecht, August
21 - 25, 1995) I ed. by Brad Inwood andJaap Mansfeld.-Leiden;
New York; Ko1n : Brill, 1997
(Philosophia antiqua ; Vol. 76 )
ISBN 90-{)4--1 0914--5
ISSN 0079-1687
ISBN 90 04 10914 5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE............................................................................................. vii
INTRODUCTION................................................................................ ix
M. GRIFFIN, 'The composition of the Academica: motives and
versions'....................................................................................... 1
W. G6RLER, 'Cicero's philosophical stance in the Lucullus' ..... 36
J.
GLUCKER, 'Socrates in the Academic books and other
Ciceronian works'...................................................................... 58
T. DORANDI, 'Gli Academica quale fonte per Ia storia dell'
Academia'................................................................................... 89
K A. ALGRA, 'Chrysippus, Carneades, Cicero: the ethical
divisiones in Cicero's Lucullus'...... .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 107
J.
BARNES, 'Logic in Academica I and the Lucullus' .................. 140
R. J. HANKINSON, 'Natural criteria and the transparency of
judgement: Antiochus, Philo and Galen on epistemo-
logical justification'.................................................................... 161
J. ALLEN, 'Carneadean argument in Cicero's Academic books' 217
G. STRIKER, 'Academics fighting Academics'.......................... 257
M. F. BuRNYEAT, 'Antipater and self-refutation: elusive argu-
ments in Cicero's Academica' .................................................... 277
INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM.......................................................... 311
INDEX LocoRUM PoTIORUM ......................................................... 316

PREFACE
The seventh Symposium Hellenisticum was held in The Nether
lands at Utrecht University, August 21-25, 1995 under the generous
sponsorship of the Department of Philosophy. The ten papers
presented here are revised versions of the drafts distributed to the
participants in advance and discussed at the meetings. The final
versions bear the signs of this discussion and of reflection and
revision over the months following the conference.
The participants at the Symposium were: Antonina Alberti,
Keimpe Algra, James Allen, Julia Annas, Han Baltussen, Susanne
Bobzien, Jacques Brunschwig, Myles Burnyeat, Irma Croese,
Tiziano Dorandi, Dorothea Frede, John Glucker, Woldemar
Gorier, Miriam Griffin, David Hahm, James Hankinson, Brad
Inwood, Anna Maria Ioppolo, Mieke Koenen, Andre Laks, Carlos
Levy, Jaap Mansfeld, Mario Mignucci, David Runia, Malcolm
Schofield, Piet Schrijvers, David Sedley, Gisela Striker, and Teun
Tieleman. Jonathan Barnes was unable to attend in person, but his
paper was presented and discussed in his absence.
Financial support for the Symposium came from the home
Universities of the participants, from various pots in Utrecht Uni
versity, from the De Vogel Foundation, and from NWO (Nether
lands Organization for Scientific Research). The organizers of the
Symposium wish to acknowledge the generous assistance without
which this conference could not have been held.
One of our tasks was to impose, as best we could, some measure
of standardization on the varieties of conventions used by the
contributors. In this area we may not have been entirely success
ful, for instance as to the references to ancient authors (but through
out we use Ac. I for the first book of the last edition of the Academica,
and Luc. for the second book of the first edition). Those to modern
authors are given in the form name plus year; the bibliographies
are the be found at the end of each paper. Quotations in Latin are
not italicized, apart from single words or words deserving special
emphasis. Further, the majority of our contributors quoting Greek
words and phrases do so using the Greek alphabet, while others
prefer to transliterate; here as a rule we have not bothered to
interfere. The indexes do not strive atcompleteness, but pick out the