From Stoicism to Platonism: The Development of Philosophy, 100 BCE-100 CE

412 Pages·2017·4.121 MB·English

by  Troels Engberg-Pedersen (ed.)

FROM STOICISM TO PLATONISM
FromStoicismtoPlatonismdescribesthechangeinphilosophyfrom
around100BCE,whenmonisticStoicismwasthestrongestdogmatic
school in philosophy, to around 100 CE, when dualistic Platonism
begantogaintheupperhand–withhugeconsequencesforalllater
Western philosophy and for Christianity. It is distinguished by
queryingtraditionalcategorieslike‘eclecticism’and‘harmonization’
as means of describing the period. Instead, it highlights different
strategiesof‘appropriation’ofoneschool’sdoctrinesbyphilosophers
fromtheotherschool,withallphilosophersbeinghighlyconsciousof
theirownidentity.Thisbookalsosetsouttobreakdownthetradi-
tionalboundariesbetweenthestudyofGreco-Romanphilosophyin
the period and that of contemporary Hellenistic Jewish and early
Christian writings with a philosophical profile. In these ways, the
book opens up an immensely fruitful period in the history of
philosophy.
troels engberg-pedersen is Emeritus Professor of the New
Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of
Copenhagen.Hehasmovedfreelybetweenthedisciplinesofclassics,
ancient philosophy and Christian theology (the New Testament),
and has published major monographs on Aristotle’s Ethics (1983)
Stoic ethics (1990), the Apostle Paul and Stoicism (2000 and 2010)
and,mostrecently,theGospelofJohnandphilosophy(2017).

FROM STOICISM TO PLATONISM
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The Development of Philosophy, 100 BCE 100 CE
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TROELS ENGBERG-PEDERSEN
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Contents
ListofContributors pagevii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction:AHistoriographicalEssay 1
TroelsEngberg-Pedersen
2 Plato,ChrysippusandPosidonius’Theoryof
AffectiveMovements 27
A.G.Long
3 Cicero’sPlato 47
MalcolmSchofield
4 AreWeNearlyThereYet?EudorusonAristotle’sCategories 67
GeorgeBoys-Stones
5 StoicismandPlatonismin‘AriusDidymus’ 80
MyrtoHatzimichali
6 OikeiōsisinStoicism,AntiochusandAriusDidymus 100
ChristopherGill
7 ThePlatonistAppropriationofStoicEpistemology 120
MauroBonazzi
8 “BecominglikeGod”inPlatonismandStoicism 142
GretchenReydams-Schils
9 FromStoicismtoPlatonism:TheDifficultCaseofPhiloof
Alexandria’sDeProvidentiaI 159
DavidT.Runia
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vi Contents
10 FromCicerotoPhiloofAlexandria:Ascendingand
DescendingAxesintheInterpretationofPlatonismand
Stoicism 179
CarlosLévy
11 TheLoveofWisdom:MiddlePlatonismandStoicism
intheWisdomofSolomon 198
GregoryE.Sterling
12 SenecaandEpictetusonBody,MindandDualism 214
A.A.Long
13 TheDilemmaofPaul’sPhysics:FeaturesStoic-Platonist
orPlatonist-Stoic? 231
StanleyStowers
14 TheLegacyofMusoniusRufus 254
BradInwood
15 StoicandPlatonicReflectionsonNaminginEarly
ChristianCircles:Or,What’sinaName? 277
HaroldW.Attridge
16 IsPlutarchReallyHostiletotheStoics? 296
JanOpsomer
17 PeripateticAppropriationsofOikeiōsis:Alexander,
MantissaChapter17 322
CharlesBrittain
Bibliography 348
IndexLocorum 373
GeneralIndex 392
Contributors
haroldw.attridgeSterlingProfessorofDivinity,YaleUniversity
mauro bonazzi Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy, University of
Milan
georgeboys-stonesProfessorofAncientPhilosophy,DurhamUniversity
charlesbrittainProfessorofClassicsandPhilosophy,CornellUniversity
troels engberg-pedersen Emeritus Professor of the New Testament,
UniversityofCopenhagen
christophergillEmeritusProfessorofAncientThought,Universityof
Exeter
myrto hatzimichali Lecturer in Classics (Philosophy), University of
Cambridge
bradinwoodProfessorofClassicsandPhilosophy,YaleUniversity
carlos le´vy Emeritus Professor of Roman Philosophy and Literature,
UniversitédeParis-Sorbonne(ParisIV)
a. a. long Chancellor’s Professor of Classics Emeritus, and Affiliated
ProfessorofPhilosophyandRhetoric,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
a.g.longSeniorLecturerinClassics,UniversityofStAndrews
jan opsomer Professor of Ancient Philosophy, KU Leuven (Research
Fund)
gretchen reydams-schils Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University
ofNotreDame
davidt.runiaMasterofQueen’sCollege,UniversityofMelbourne
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viii Listofcontributors
malcolm schofield Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy,
UniversityofCambridge
gregory e. sterling Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale
University
stanley stowers Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, Brown
University