Claudius Ptolemaeus Ptolemy's tetrabiblos in the translation of William of Moerbeke

Claudii Ptolemaei liber iudicialium

First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy's treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the...

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Latijn, Engels, 1 online resource (PDF, 456 pagina's, 6557252 bytes), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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Les dialogues platoniciens chez Plutarque

stratégies et méthodes exégétiques

La question du platonisme de Plutarque constitue un sujet crucial tant pour les spécialistes de Plutarque que pour ceux qui s'intéressent à la réception ancienne de Platon. Alors que les publications précédentes sur cette question se sont concentrées sur la nature de la fidélité de Plutarque à la philosophie platonicienne et sur la façon dont les thèses platoniciennes sont présentées dans le cadre du médio-platonisme, le présent volume tente plutôt, à travers une approche polyvalente, de se concentrer...

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Frans, 1 online resource (PDF, 164 p., 1767080 bytes), Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven, 2017

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Jörn Müller Willensschwäche in Antike und Mittelalter

eine Problemgeschichte von Sokrates bis Johannes Duns Scotus

Mit 'Willensschwäche' wird gemeinhin eine Situation gekennzeichnet, in der jemand wider besseres Wissen bzw. gegen seinen eigenen Vorsatz handelt. Die philosophische Relevanz dieses Alltagsproblems liegt in der damit verbundenen Infragestellung unseres Selbstverständnisses als rationale Akteure sowie in der Frage nach den involvierten handlungstheoretischen und psychologischen Erklärungsmustern für ein solches Handeln. Dieses Buch bietet die erste umfassende Geschichte dieses Problems im antiken...

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Duits, 1 online resource (PDF, 826 p., 6839948 bytes), Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven, 2017

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Ancient perspectives on Aristotle's De anima

Aristotle's treatise On the Soul figures among the most influential texts in the intellectual history of the West. It is the first systematic treatise on the nature and functioning of the human soul, presenting Aristotle's authoritative analyses of, among others, sense perception, imagination, memory, and intellect. The ongoing debates on this difficult work continue the commentary tradition that dates back to antiquity. This volume offers a selection of papers by distinguished scholars, exploring...

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Engels, 1 online resource (PDF, 218 p., 1519803 bytes), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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Sander W. de Boer The science of the soul

the commentary tradition on Aristotle's De anima, c. 1260 - c. 1360

The transformation of the science of the soul between 1260 and 1360. Aristotle's highly influential work on the soul, entitled De anima, formed part of the core curriculum of medieval universities and was discussed intensively. It covers a range of topics in philosophical psychology, such as the relationship between mind and body and the nature of abstract thought. However, there is a key difference in scope between the socalled 'science of the soul', based on Aristotle, and modern philosophical...

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Engels, 1 online resource (PDF, 500 pagina's, 3315221 bytes), Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven, 2017

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Platonic stoicism, Stoic Platonism

the dialogue between Platonism and Stoicism in antiquity

This book examines the important but largely neglected issue of the interrelation between Platonism and Stoicism in Ancient Philosophy. Several renowned specialists in the fields of Stoic and Platonic analyse the intricate mutual influences between Stoic and Platonic philosophers in the Hellenistic period, the Imperial Age, and after. Although it has been repeatedly claimed that the phenomenon addressed in this book could best be labelled eclecticism, it emerges from the various articles collected...

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Italiaans, Engels, Frans, 1 online resource (PDF, 310 p.), Leuven University Press, Leuven, Belgium, 2017

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Miroir et savoir

actes du colloque international tenu à Leuven et Louvain-la-Neuve, les 17 et 18 novembre 2005

Grâce à sa grande richesse, la métaphore platonicienne du miroir a été adoptée, amplifiée et élaborée dans l'Antiquité par une multitude d'auteurs, certes tous d'inspiration platonicienne, mais appartenant à la fois au paganisme et au christianisme. Lorsqu'on étudie cette métaphore dans le corpus philosophique, mystique et poétique en terre d'Islam, on constate qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une récurrence fortuite, d'un lieu commun, d'un archétype de la pensée humaine. Il s'agit au contraire de l'adoption...

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Frans, 1 online resource (PDF, 310 pagina's, 5944826 bytes), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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Juan Carlos Flores Henry of Ghent: metaphysics and the trinity

with a critical edition of question six of article fifty-five of the Summa Quaestionum Ordinariarum

The book elucidates Henry of Ghent's philosophical and theological system with special reference to his trinitarian writings. It demonstrates the fundamental role of the Trinity in Henry's philosophy and theology. It also shows how Henry (d. 1293), the most influential theologian of his day at Paris, developed the Augustinian tradition in seminal ways in response to the Aristotelian tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274). Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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Engels, Latijn, 1 online resource (PDF, 247 p., 1037653 bytes), Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven, 2017

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Petrus Thomae Petri Thomae quaestiones de esse intelligibili

First critical edition of Petrus Thomae's theory of non-causal dependence. This work of Scotist metaphysics is an investigation into the ultimate constitution of things. In the course of this treatise, Petrus Thomae examines whether the essences of things ultimately depend on being thought of by God for their very intelligibility or whether they have it of themselves. Defending in detail the second option, Peter argues that creatures exist independently of the divine intellect in the divine essence....

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Engels, Latijn, 1 online resource (PDF, 328 pagina's, 2714871 bytes), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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Magdalena Bieniak The soul-body problem at Paris, ca. 1200-1250

Hugh of St-Cher and his contemporaries

The soul-body problem was among the most controversial issues discussed in 13th century Europe, and it continues to capture much attention today as the quest to understand human identity becomes more and more urgent. What made the discussion about this problem particularly interesting in the scholastic period was the tension between the traditional dualist doctrines and a growing need to affirm the unity of the human being. This debate is frequently interpreted as a conflict between the 'new' philosophy,...

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Engels, Latijn, 1 online resource (PDF, 264 p., 5631353 bytes), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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Fate, providence and moral responsibility in ancient, medieval and early modern thought

studies in honour of Carlos Steel

Essays on key moments in the intellectual history of the West. This book forms a major contribution to the discussion on fate, providence and moral responsibility in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modern times. Through 37 original papers, renowned scholars from many different countries, as well as a number of young and promising researchers, write the history of the philosophical problems of freedom and determinism since its origins in pre-socratic philosophy up to the seventeenth century....

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Engels, Frans, 1 online resource (PDF), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2014

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Francesco Verde Elachista

la dottrina dei minimi nell'epicureismo

The first monograph entirely devoted to the Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts. The Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts (ta elachista) is a crucial aspect of Epicurus's philosophy and a genuine turning point compared to the ancient atomism of Leucippus and Democritus. This book consists of three chapters: a philological and theoretical analysis of the primary sources (Epicurus and Lucretius) of the doctrine, a reconstruction of its likely historical background (Xenocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus Cronus),...

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Italiaans, 1 online resource (PDF, 440 pagina's), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2013

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