Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity / edited by Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Israel Mun̋oz Gallarte.

Papers from the XI Congress of the International Plutarch Society held June 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Introduction : Plutarch at the crossroads of religion and philosophy / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- I. Plutarch and Philosophy. Plutarch on the sleeping soul and the waking intellect and Aristotle's double entelechy concept / Abraham P. Bos -- The doctrine of the passions : Plutarch, Posidonius and Galen / Francesco Becchi -- The adventitious motion of the soul (Plut., De Stoic. repugn. 23, 1045B-F) and the controversy between Aristo of Chios and the Middle Academy / Raúl Caballero -- Plutarch and "pagan monotheism" / Frederick E. Brenk -- Socrates and Alcibiades : A notorious skandalon in the later Platonist tradition / Geert Roskam -- Salt in the holy water : Plutarch's 'Quaestiones Naturales' in Michael Psellus' 'De omnifaria doctrina' / Michiel Meeusen -- II. Plutarch and Religion. Iacchus in Plutarch / Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal -- Plutarch's idea of God in the religious and philosophical context of Late Antiquity / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Plutarch as Apollo's priest at Delphi / Angelo Casanova -- Plutarch's attitude towards astral biology / Aurelio Pérez Jiménez -- "Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura" : Plutarch, 'Quaestio convivalis' 5.7 / Paola Volpe Cacciatore -- The Eleusinian mysteries and political timing in the 'Life of Alcibiades' / Delfim F. Leão -- Mysteriodes theologia : Plutarch's Fr. 157 Sandbach between cultural traditions and philosophical models / Rosario Scannapieco -- A non-fideistic interpretation of 'pistis' in Plutarch's writings : The harmony between 'pistis' and knowledge / George van Kooten -- The colors of the souls / Israel Muñoz Gallarte -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- Index rerum -- Index nominum.

Either as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. This collection of articles sheds important light on the religious and philosophical discourse of Late Antiquity.

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