Plutarch Against Colotes by Eleni Kechagia
Plutarch of Chaeroneia's philosophical work remained largely in the shadow of his celebrated Lives, partly because it was often dubbed 'popular philosophy', and partly because it was thought to be lacking in originality. The tides are, fortunately, changing and current scholarship is showing a growing appreciation of Plutarch's philosophical work. This book contributes to the 'rehabilitation' of Plutarch as a philosopher by focusing on an important aspect of his philosophical self: his work as a teacher, interpreter, and, eventually, historian of philosophy. Eleni Kechagia offers a critical analysis of Plutarch's anti-Epicurean treatise Against Colotes - a unique text that is both rich in philosophical material and has been widely used as a source for ancient Greek philosophy, but which has yet to be studied in its own right. Combining a historical approach with structural analysis and close reading of selected sections of the text, this book demonstrates that Plutarch engaged with the philosophy of his past in a creative way. By refuting Colotes' Epicurean arguments against the main Greek philosophers up to the Hellenistic era, Plutarch gives an insightful critical assessment of the philosophy of his past and teaches his readers how to go about living and reading philosophy. The volume concludes that Plutarch emerges as a respected critic whose 'reviews' of the past philosophical theories are an essential companion when trying to piece together the puzzle of ancient Greek philosophy.-
Inventing the Barbarian
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The Roman Army at War 100 BC - AD 200
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Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly
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Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 BC
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Between Empires
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The Rhetoric of the Past in Demosthenes and Aeschines
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Consentius' De barbarismis et metaplasmis
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Epicurus’ Human Beings
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Revenge in Seneca's Tragedies
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Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia
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Roman Priests from Republic to Empire
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Emperor Worship and Roman Religion
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Singing for the Gods
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Agathokles of Syracuse
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Pseudo-Arcadius' Epitome of Herodian's De Prosodia Catholica
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Divine Talk
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Exemplary Epic
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Historiography at the End of the Republic
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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
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The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
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Child Emperor Rule in the Late Roman West, AD 367-455
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Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity
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Episcopal Elections 250-600
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The Stoics on Lekta
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The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE
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Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity
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Roman Republican Augury
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Pindar and the Poetics of Permanence
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Reading Quintilian
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Powers of Expression, Expressions of Power
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Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek
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Alcibiades and Athens
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Guilt by Descent
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Lucan: Spectacle and Engagement
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Cicero, Rhetoric, and Empire
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Canons of Style in the Antonine Age
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Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200
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Plato's Symposium
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Callimachus' Book of Iambi
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Stasis and Stability
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Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture
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Cicero's Role Models
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Jerome, Vita Malchi
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Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire
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Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation
Dr Eleni Kechagia studied Classics and Ancient Philosophy at the Universities of Thessaloniki (BA and Masters) and Oxford (DPhil). From 2006 to 2009 she was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and a Research Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. She has written articles on Plutarch, Epicureanism, and ancient biography, and has taught Classics and Ancient Philosophy for many Oxford colleges.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199597239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199597235 |
| Title | Plutarch Against Colotes |
| Author | Eleni Kechagia |
| Series | Oxford Classical Monographs |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2011-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 380 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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