Themistius’ Discourse 6 proclaims philantropia as the key term for the affinity between the ruler and God, and logos as the cause of the affinity of all the human beings among them and with God. Against the background of the philosophical paideia that represents Themistius’ project for the élite in Constantinople, the Discourse 6 is analysed in comparison with another rhetorical work that two centuries earlier has been devoted to the same topic: Dio of Prusa’s Olympic Discourse. The two orations share some common features, but the Discourse 6 bears the traces of Themistius’ reading of the Timaeus, as well as of his exegesis of Aristotle’s De Anim
Purpose. The author believes that the main topic of philosophical studies of Heraclitus was not natu...
From Xenophanes on we find in literature as well as in philosophy reflections on the problem, whethe...
According to his Cratylus commentary Proclus thinks that, although an oracle or a poet is the custom...
Themistius’ Discourse 6 proclaims philantropia as the key term for the affinity between the ruler an...
One of the characteristics of the Johannine literature is that it uses the term logos ( Word ) to de...
Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman empero...
In this paper, our intention is to present the main aspects of the understanding of the logos in Phi...
The present work takes the concept of philanthropy from the pagan texts of the greek antiquity to th...
This paper reminds us of pseudo-Justinian’s De monarchia, a work which makes not only extensive use ...
The problem discussed in the study is part of the polemics connected with the so-called “Platonic qu...
It is thanks to a quotation made by Porphyrus that we know the only philosophic statement made by Th...
This text aims to show that the core of human divinity according to Aristotle is exercising the divi...
This text aims to show that the core of human divinity according to Aristotle is exercising the divi...
Le « discours sacré » (hieros logos) est une forme de rhétorique religieuse dans l’Antiquité gréco-r...
The Demiurge's speech to the Young Gods in Platos' Timaeus 41 A-B is a very interesting one. It turn...
Purpose. The author believes that the main topic of philosophical studies of Heraclitus was not natu...
From Xenophanes on we find in literature as well as in philosophy reflections on the problem, whethe...
According to his Cratylus commentary Proclus thinks that, although an oracle or a poet is the custom...
Themistius’ Discourse 6 proclaims philantropia as the key term for the affinity between the ruler an...
One of the characteristics of the Johannine literature is that it uses the term logos ( Word ) to de...
Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman empero...
In this paper, our intention is to present the main aspects of the understanding of the logos in Phi...
The present work takes the concept of philanthropy from the pagan texts of the greek antiquity to th...
This paper reminds us of pseudo-Justinian’s De monarchia, a work which makes not only extensive use ...
The problem discussed in the study is part of the polemics connected with the so-called “Platonic qu...
It is thanks to a quotation made by Porphyrus that we know the only philosophic statement made by Th...
This text aims to show that the core of human divinity according to Aristotle is exercising the divi...
This text aims to show that the core of human divinity according to Aristotle is exercising the divi...
Le « discours sacré » (hieros logos) est une forme de rhétorique religieuse dans l’Antiquité gréco-r...
The Demiurge's speech to the Young Gods in Platos' Timaeus 41 A-B is a very interesting one. It turn...
Purpose. The author believes that the main topic of philosophical studies of Heraclitus was not natu...
From Xenophanes on we find in literature as well as in philosophy reflections on the problem, whethe...
According to his Cratylus commentary Proclus thinks that, although an oracle or a poet is the custom...
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