THEMISTIUS AGAINST PORPHYRY (?) ON 'WHY WE DO NOT REMEMBER'
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NU5sYqUYY_" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NU5sYqUYY_</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0009838821000446" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0009838821000446</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
THEMISTIUS AGAINST PORPHYRY (?) ON 'WHY WE DO NOT REMEMBER'
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
This article sheds new light on Themistius' argument in what is philosophically the most original (and historically the most influential) section of his extant work, namely On Aristotle's On the Soul 100.16-109.3: here, Themistius offers a systematic interpretation of Aristotle's 'agent' intellect and its 'potential' and 'passive' counterparts. A solution to two textual difficulties at 101.36-102.2 is proposed, supported by the Arabic translation. This allows us to see that Themistius engages at length with a Platonizing reading of the enigmatic final lines of De anima III.5, where Aristotle explains 'why we do not remember' (without specifying when and what). This Platonizing reading (probably inspired by Aristotle's early dialogue Eudemus) can be safely identified with the one developed in a fragmentary text extant only in Arabic under the title Porphyry's treatise On the soul. While Themistius rejects this reading, he turns out to be heavily influenced by the author's interpretation of the 'agent', 'potential' and 'passive' intellect. These findings offer us a new glimpse into Themistius' philosophical programme: he is searching for an alternative to both the austere (and, by Themistius' lights, distorted) Aristotelianism of Alexander of Aphrodisias and the all too Platonizing reading of Aristotle adopted by thinkers such as Porphyry.
Název v anglickém jazyce
THEMISTIUS AGAINST PORPHYRY (?) ON 'WHY WE DO NOT REMEMBER'
Popis výsledku anglicky
This article sheds new light on Themistius' argument in what is philosophically the most original (and historically the most influential) section of his extant work, namely On Aristotle's On the Soul 100.16-109.3: here, Themistius offers a systematic interpretation of Aristotle's 'agent' intellect and its 'potential' and 'passive' counterparts. A solution to two textual difficulties at 101.36-102.2 is proposed, supported by the Arabic translation. This allows us to see that Themistius engages at length with a Platonizing reading of the enigmatic final lines of De anima III.5, where Aristotle explains 'why we do not remember' (without specifying when and what). This Platonizing reading (probably inspired by Aristotle's early dialogue Eudemus) can be safely identified with the one developed in a fragmentary text extant only in Arabic under the title Porphyry's treatise On the soul. While Themistius rejects this reading, he turns out to be heavily influenced by the author's interpretation of the 'agent', 'potential' and 'passive' intellect. These findings offer us a new glimpse into Themistius' philosophical programme: he is searching for an alternative to both the austere (and, by Themistius' lights, distorted) Aristotelianism of Alexander of Aphrodisias and the all too Platonizing reading of Aristotle adopted by thinkers such as Porphyry.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2021
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Classical Quarterly
ISSN
0009-8388
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
71
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
7
Strana od-do
379-385
Kód UT WoS článku
000670283800029
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85104302956