Strategies Of Polemics In Greek And Roman Philosophy

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Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy brings together papers written by specialists in the field of ancient philosophy on the topic of polemics. Despite the central role played by polemics in ancient philosophy, the forms and mechanisms of philosophical polemics are not usually the subject of systematic scholarly attention. The present volume seeks to shed new light on familiar texts by approaching them from this neglected angle. The contributions address questions such as: What is the role of polemic in a philosophical discourse? What were the polemical strategies developed by ancient philosophers? To what extent did polemics contribute to the shaping of important philosophical doctrines or standpoint?

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Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by Sharon Weisser and Naly Thaler 21 Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture Editors Guy Stroumsa (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) David Shulman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) VOLUME 21 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/jsrc Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by Sharon Weisser and Naly Thaler LEIDEN | BOSTON This publication is supported by the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Weisser, Sharon, editor. | Thaler, Naly, editor. Title: Strategies of polemics in Greek and Roman philosophy / edited by  Sharon Weisser and Naly Thaler. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016. | Series: Jerusalem studies in  religion and culture, ISSN 1570-078X ; VOLUME 21 Identifiers: LCCN 2016020867 (print) | LCCN 2016021442 (ebook) | ISBN  9789004319646 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004323049 (E-book) Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, Ancient. | Polemics. Classification: LCC BL505 .S77 2016 (print) | LCC BL505 (ebook) | DDC 180—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016020867 Want or need Open Access? Brill Open offers you the choice to make your research freely accessible online in exchange for a publication charge. Review your various options on brill.com/brill-open. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1570-078x isbn 978-90-04-31964-6 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-32304-9 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. Contents Acknowledgements vii Notes on Contributors VIII Introduction 1 Sharon Weisser and Naly Thaler The Continuation of Philosophy by Other Means? 16 André Laks The Young Dogs of Eristic: Dialectic and Eristic in the Early Academy 31 Christopher Shields A Hidden Argument in Plato’s Theaetetus 55 Naly Thaler Polemical Arguments about Pleasure: The Controversy within and around the Academy 71 Charlotte Murgier The Politics of Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’s Republic 93 Jozef Müller Cyrenaics and Epicureans on Pleasure and the Good Life: The Original Debate and Its Later Revivals 113 Voula Tsouna Polemics in Translation: Lucretius 150 Dani
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