Aarhus University
Classics
Erik Nis. Ostenfeld Human Wisdom. Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy. 2016. 386 S. 39,00 Euro. 14,8 x 21 cm. 978-3-89665-694-0. Academia Verlag, (Academia Philosophical Studies Bd. 53) This book offers inter alia a systematic... more
This book offers an overview of Platonic-Aristotelian thought on man with a view to considering what its alternative conceptual framework may contribute to the modern debate which is dominated by the skepticism confronting modern... more
Arbejderne i denne publikation er dels tidligere udgivne tidsskriftartikler, dels ikke før publiceret materiale. De afspejler en vedvarende og forhåbentlig relevant forskningsinteresse i antikkens opfattelse af psyken og af især den... more
This book offers a new interpretation of Plato's conception of man and of how it develops in the Corpus. Commonly, Plato's anthropology is considered to be a version of naïve Orphism with the soul being a heavenly, but fallen, daemon.... more
Ancient Greek Psychology and the Modern Mind-Body Debate offers an overview of Platonic-Aristotelian thought on man with a view to considering what its alternative conceptual framework may contribute to the modern debate which is... more
Arbejderne i denne publikation er dels tidligere udgivne tidsskriftartikler, dels ikke før publiceret materiale. De afspejler en vedvarende og relevant forskning i antikkens opfattelse af psyken og af især den sokratiske samtale, som har... more
This is a defence of the authenticity of Plato's Epistula vii against the recent onslaught by Frede and Burnyeat (2015). It focusses on what Ep. vii has to say about writing and the embedded philosophical Digression and evaluates this in... more
A SIGNED MOSAIC FROM A ROMAN VILLA BY LAKE NEMY, LOC. S. MARIA Birte Poulsen During the Nordic excavations of a Roman villa situated on the western side of Lake Nemi, a room with a signed mosaic floor was discovered. The Mosaic is made of... more
Recent archaeological investigation in Bodrum, ancient Halikarnassos, has in many ways changed our perception of the town during the centuries following its peak/golden age in the 4th century BC. Several architectural remains and mosaic... more
Newton and many later scholars took their starting point for studying Halikarnassos from the ancient literary sources, in which the time of Maussollos, the period of strong Greek influence during the 4th century BC, was of paramount... more
During excavations and restoration of the Myndos Gate in 1998-2000, there was revealed an extensive late antique necropolis with at least 22 monumental tombs, some decorated with mosaics. The tombs now stand in close proximity to the... more