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In this master thesis, I investigate how Philo of Alexandria (ca. 15 BCE - 45 CE), as a Jewish philosopher, interpreted the Jewish figure of Wisdom (a personification that Proverbs 8 describes as having been present with God when he... more
In Metaphysics Λ7 1072b30–1073a3, Aristotle introduces a Speusippean theory according to which ‘what is most beautiful and best is not en archē’. Through a detailed analysis of the passage, I argue that Aristotle’s refutation of... more
from: *The Aristotelian Problemata physica: Philosophical and Scientific Investigations* edited by Robert Mayhew (Brill: 2015).
Full paper available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/hermodorus-of-syracuse-and-sextus-empiricus-pythagoreans-on-categories-and-principles/642FBDF271ECABED347797AC1173079E Hermodorus of Syracuse,... more