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PLATO AND THE STOICS Plato was central both to the genesis of Stoic theory and to subsequentdebateswithintheStoa. Theseessaysprovidenew and detailed explorationsofthecomplexrelationship between PlatoandtheGreekandRomanStoictraditions,andtogether they show the directness and independence with which Stoics examined Plato’s writing. What were the philosophical incen- tivesforconsultingandthenreturningtoPlato’sdialogues?To what extent did Plato, rather than Xenophon or Antisthenes, controlStoicreconstructionsofSocrates’ethics?Whatexplains the particular focus of Stoic polemic against Plato, and how strong is the evidence for a later reconciliation between Plato andStoicism?Thisbookwillbeimportantforallscholarsand advanced students interested in the relationship between a majorphilosopherandoneofthemostimportantphilosophical movements. a.g. long is Lecturer in Classics at the University of St Andrews.HisotherbooksareConversationandSelf-Sufficiency in Plato (2013) and a translation, with David Sedley, of Plato: MenoandPhaedo(2010)forCambridgeTextsintheHistoryof Philosophy. PLATO AND THE STOICS edited by A.G. LONG UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107040595 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyCPIGroupLtd,CroydonCR04YY AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn978-1-107-04059-5Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Listofcontributors page vi Listofabbreviations vii Introduction 1 a.g. long 1. Cardinalvirtues:acontestedSocraticinheritance 11 malcolm schofield 2. TheAcademy,theStoicsandCiceroonPlato’sTimaeus 29 g. reydams-schils 3. ChrysippusandPlatoonthefragilityofthehead 59 jenny bryan 4. PlatoandtheStoicsonlimits,partsandwholes 80 paul scade 5. Subtexts,connectionsandopenopposition 106 a.g. long 6. SenecaagainstPlato:Letters58and65 128 george boys-stones 7. TheôriaandscholêinEpictetusandMarcusAurelius: Platonic,StoicorSocratic? 147 thomas be´natou¨ıl Bibliography 174 Indexofnamesandsubjects 186 Indexofpassages 189 v Contributors thomas be´natou¨ıl, ProfessorofAncientPhilosophyatUniversité Lille3 george boys-stones, ProfessorofAncientPhilosophyatDurham University jenny bryan, Lecturer in Classical Philosophy at University CollegeLondon a.g. long, LecturerinClassicsattheUniversityofStAndrews g. reydams-schils, Professor, Program of Liberal Studies, with concurrentappointmentsinPhilosophyandTheology,Universityof NotreDame paul scade, AssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofPhilosophy, IstanbulSehirUniversity malcolm schofield, EmeritusProfessorofAncientPhilosophy attheUniversityofCambridge vi Abbreviations TheEnglishtranslationofthetitle,orofpartofthetitle,isprovidedif thetranslationisusedinthevolume. AlexanderofAphrodisias(Alex.) DeMix. Demixtione Aristotle Cat. Categoriae(Categories) EN EthicaNicomachea Met. Metaphysica(Metaphysics) PA Departibusanimalium Protr. Protrepticus Asclepius InMetaph. InMetaphysica Calcidius(Calc.) Cicero(Cic.) Acad. Academica Div. Dedivinatione Fin. Definibus bonorum et malorum Leg. Delegibus Luc. Lucullus ND Denaturadeorum Rep. Derepublica Sen. Desenectute TD Tusculanaedisputationes (Tusculandisputations) vii viii Listofabbreviations ClementofAlexandria Strom. Stromateis Cleomedes(Cleom.) Cornutus Theol.Comp. TheologiaeGraecae compendium Damascius InPhd. InPhaedonem DiogenesLaertius(D.L.) Epictetus D Dissertationes(Discourses) Galen PHP DeplacitisHippocratiset Platonis JohnPhiloponus Aet. Deaeternitatemundi contraProclum LS A.A.LongandD.N.Sedley (1987)TheHellenistic Philosophers,2vols. Cambridge,Cambridge UniversityPress MarcusAurelius M Meditationes(Meditations) PhiloofAlexandria(Phil.) Aet.Mundi Deaeternitatemundi Leg.Alleg. Legumallegoriae Plato Apol. Apology Crat. Cratylus Euthd. Euthydemus Gorg. Gorgias Leg. Laws Men. Meno
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