International audienceThis paper traces the intellectual continuity existing in the analysis of geometry from Plato to the end of the Academy. It is first argued that, in books 6-7 of the Republic, Plato does not advocate a reform of contemporary geometrical practices, but specifies the inescapable constraints of geometrical reasoning (constructions, hypotheses), which constitute and limit its objectivity. This analysis is then shown to be the framework of later Academic thoughts about geometry. Speusippus adopts and develops Plato's thoughts on geometrical construction, which are applied (from Speusippus to Crantor) to cosmology and the theory of first principles, in order to explain how they can grasp eternal objects in a indirect manner,...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
Cette étude vise à porter un nouveau regard sur la méthodologie des cosmologies de Platon et d’Arist...
International audienceThis paper traces the intellectual continuity existing in the analysis of geom...
International audienceThis paper traces the intellectual continuity existing in the analysis of geom...
International audienceIn this paper, we study the so-called 'Mathematical part' of Plato's Theaetetu...
International audienceIn this paper, we study the so-called 'Mathematical part' of Plato's Theaetetu...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
Can the movement be allowed in geometry, and in which sense ? The paper studies the contrasting answ...
Can the movement be allowed in geometry, and in which sense ? The paper studies the contrasting answ...
Artykuł analizuje wpływ pitagorejskiej matematyki na filozofię Platona. Jego celem jest pokazanie, i...
It is widely acknowledged that Aristotle somehow diverges from Plato\u2019s thesis on geometry. Besi...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
Cette étude vise à porter un nouveau regard sur la méthodologie des cosmologies de Platon et d’Arist...
International audienceThis paper traces the intellectual continuity existing in the analysis of geom...
International audienceThis paper traces the intellectual continuity existing in the analysis of geom...
International audienceIn this paper, we study the so-called 'Mathematical part' of Plato's Theaetetu...
International audienceIn this paper, we study the so-called 'Mathematical part' of Plato's Theaetetu...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter’ was allegedly displayed outside Plato’s Academy and his lov...
Can the movement be allowed in geometry, and in which sense ? The paper studies the contrasting answ...
Can the movement be allowed in geometry, and in which sense ? The paper studies the contrasting answ...
Artykuł analizuje wpływ pitagorejskiej matematyki na filozofię Platona. Jego celem jest pokazanie, i...
It is widely acknowledged that Aristotle somehow diverges from Plato\u2019s thesis on geometry. Besi...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
International audienceThis paper is an updated translation of an article published in French in the ...
Cette étude vise à porter un nouveau regard sur la méthodologie des cosmologies de Platon et d’Arist...