The Passionate Intellect: Essays on the Transformation of Classical Traditions: Presented to Professor I.G. Kidd

392 Pages·1995·9.332 MB·English

by  Lewis Ayres, William W. Fortenbaugh

THE
PASSIONATE
INTELLECT
Rutgers University Studies
in Classical Humanities
Series Editor: William W. Fortenbaugh
Advisory Board: Dimitri Gutas
Pamula M. Huby
Eckart Schiltrumpf
Robert W. Sharples
On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius
Didymus, volume I
Theophrastus of Eresus: On His Life and Work,
volume II
Theophrastean Studies: On Natural Science, Phys
ics and Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion and Rhetoric,
volume ill
Cicero's Knowledge of the Peripatos, volume N
Theophrastus: His Psychological, Doxographical,
and Scientific Writings, volume V
Peripatetic Rhetoric After Aristotle, volume VI
The Passionate Intellect: Essays on the Transfor
mation of Classical Traditions presented to Profes
sor I. G. Kidd, volume VII
Edited by LewisA yres
THE
PASSIONATE
INTELLECT
ESSAYS ON THE
TRANSFORMATION OF
CLASSICAL TRADITIONS
Presented to Professor I. G. Kidd
RlITGERUS NNERSITSYT IJDIEISN CLASSICAHLU MANmES
VOLUMEV II
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The passionate intellect: essays on the transformation of classical traditions
presented to professor I.G. Kidd / edited by Lewis Ayres
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ISBN 1-56000-210-7
1. Civilization, Classical. 2. Classical literature-History and
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Contents
Introduction vii
Abbreviations ix
Bibliographyo f 1.0. Kidd xi
Contributors xv
The Greeks and the PassionateI ntellect 1-10
Ian Kidd
LPlato 11
1. Poetic Rhythms in the Myth of the Soul 13-22
Kenneth J. Dover
2. Plato, Imaginationa nd Romanticism 23-37
S. Halliwell
3. Tradition and Innovationi n the Transformation
of Socrates' Divine Sign 39-56
Mark Joyal
4. Kpov~. Kpovoo~a nd Kpouv&;i n Plato's Cratylus 57-66
David B. Robinson
5. Counting Plato's Principles 67-82
R. W. Sharples
n History, Poetry, Drama 83
6. Pindar and the Victory Ode 85-103
Chris Carey
7. Euripides:I on and Phoenissae 105-115
ElizabethM . Crailc
8. The Roman Mind and the Power of Fiction 117-130
J.S. Richardson
9. Did ThucydidesW rite for Readers or Hearers? 131-142
Shigetake Yaginuma
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III. Philosophya nd Sciencef rom Plato to Seneca 143
10. Aenesidemusv ersus Pyrrho: II fuoco scalda ''per natura"
(Sextus M. VIII 215 e XI 69) 145-159
Fernanda Decleva Caiu.i
11. Theophrastus,n o. 84 FHS&G: There's Nothing New Here! 161-176
William W. Fortenbaugh
12. Alexandria,S yene, Meroe: Symmetryi n Eratosthenes'
Measurement of the World 177-202
A.S. Gratwick
13. Seneca's Natural Questions- Changing Readerships 203-211
Harry M. Hine
14. Crates ofMallos, DionysiusT hrax and the Tradition of Stoic
GrammaticalT heory 213-233
RichardJanko
15. Aenesidemusa nd the Academics 235-248
Jaap Mansfeld
16. The Pathology of Ps.-Hippocrates,O n Ancient Medicine 249-258
Robin Waterfield
IV. The Classical and the Christian 259
17. The Disciplineo f Self-knowledgei n Augustine's
De trinitate Book X 261-296
Lewis Ayres
18. Melanchthon's Fust Manual on Rhetorical Categories in
Criticism of the Bible 297-322
C.J. Classen
19. "A Kind of Warmth": Some Reflectionso n the Concept of
"Grace" in the NeoplatonicT radition 323-332
John Dillon
20. Ausonius at Prayer 333-343
R.P.H. Green
21. The Philosophyo f the Codificationo f Law in Fifth Century
Constantinoplea nd VictorianE dinburgh 345-361
Jill Harries
Index of Ancient, Medieval and RenaissanceS ources 363
Introduction
Professor Ian G. Kidd of the University of St. Andrews has the highest
of reputations for scholarship, for friendship, and for service to his
institution. His reputation in these areas makes the necessity of a Festschrift
obvious. However, as well as offering tribute to Ian this volume has also
been designed as an important contribution to the wider world of Classical
scholarship.
Following education at St. Andrews University and The Queen's
College Oxford, and service during the Second World War with the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, Ian became Lecturer in Greek at St. Andrews
in 1949. He was promoted first to Senior Lecturer in 1965, and then in
1973 to a personal chair in Ancient Philosophy. In 1976 he succeeded
Kenneth Dover as Professor of Greek at St. Andrews - after a little delay
delivering the inaugural lecture printed in this volume. He retired from
the chair in 1987. We wish him a long, happy and productive retirement.
Outside St. Andrews Ian was Visiting Professor of Ancient
Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin during 1965-6, visiting
Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1971-2 and
1979-80, and since 1989 he has been an Honorary Fellow of the Institute
of Classical Philosophy and Science at Princeton. Ian has served his local
community in East Fife and Scotland with equal distinction. Since 1993
he has been a Fellow of the British Academy.
The bulk of the volume concentrates around the title of Ian's
inaugural lecture '"The Greeks and The Passionate Intellect," offering a
series of papers which attempt to assess the contribution of various authors,
texts and movements to the formation and transformation of various
Classical traditions. A majority of the papers concern philosophical topics,
covering the whole Classical period, from Plato to Augustine - with a
key section of papers covering the Hellenistic period - and this reflects
something of Ian's own interests. At the same time there are important
papers offered in the areas of literature and history which contribute to
the perspective presented by the volume. Overall the volume helps to
indicate the need to look at particular situations and particular texts if any
generalisations about the transformation of Classical traditions are to be
offered.
References to secondary literature in the volume follow the style
of previous RUSCH volumes. In some cases - notably that of incunabula
viii The PassionateI ntellect
and early printed books - it has not always been possible or appropriate
to provide details of publishers. While clarity and consistency within articles
has been enforced - or at least encouraged - the style of reference to
primary sources has been left to individual authors.
A number of people have offered help and wise advice in the
planning and production of this volume. Prof. Chris Carey and Dr. Adrian
Gratwick both encouraged me to take on organising and editing the project,
and offered advice along the way. Prof. Bill Fortenbaugh quickly became
essential to the project, providing publisher, advice and help of many sorts.
The volume was typeset by Diane Smith, and I would like to thank her
for her prompt, accurate and scholarly work; an accolade which should
also be accorded Transaction Press who have patiently tolerated my attempts
to meet deadJin,...s.B ill and Diane have proved a joy to work with. I would
also like to thank Brenda, Philippa and Natasha of the Central Secretariat
at Christ Church College for their help with various sections of the book,
including the index. Tamsin Simmill provided essential multi-lingual help
with the proofs.
The University of St Andrews, initially in the person of its vice
chancellor Prof. Strother Amott, made a significant contribution to the
financing of the project, and numerous other individuals have followed suit
uwis Ayres
Abbreviations
Where possible abbreviations are those of L'Annee philologique.
AJPh American Journal of Philology
ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der riJmischen Welt
ASNP Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
BICS Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
CJ Classical Journal
CM Clio Medica: Acta Academiae internationalis historiae
medicinae
CronErc Cronache Ercolanesi
CPh Classical Philology
CQ Classical Quarterly
CR Classical Review
FHS&G W.W. Fortenbaugh, P. Huby, R. Shades & D. Gutas (eds.),
Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Ufe, Writings,
Thought and Influence, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill 1993)
G&R Greece and Rome
GRBS Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftstellen
HSPh Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
JHPh Journal of the History of Philosophy
JThS Journal of Theological Studies
JRS Journal of Roman Studies
Maia Maia. Rivista.d i letterature classiche, Bologna
RAAN Rendiconti dell'Academia di Archaeologia
PCPhS Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society
REG Revue des Etudes Grecques
RPh Revue de Philologie
SIFC Studi italiani di filologia classica
SP Studia Patrlstica
TAPA Transactions of the American Philological Society
vc
Vigilae Christianae
ZKG Z,eitschriftf ilr Kirchengeschichte
ZPE Z,eitschriftf ilr Papyrologie und Epigraphik
Professor Ian G. Kidd