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Reading Ancient Texts. Volume II: Aristotle and NeoplatonismEssays in Honour of Denis O'BrienEditors: Suzanne Stern-Gillet and Kevin Corrigan, 2007&#160;The contributors to this volume offer, in the light of specialised knowledge of leading philosophers of the ancient world, answers to the question: how are we to read and understand the surviving texts of Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and Augustine?&#160;Contents:&#160;Preliminary MaterialsAristotle’s Conception Of Dunamis And TechneAristotle And The Starting Point Of Moral Development: The Notion Of Natural VirtueAkrasia And Moral Education In AristotleEffective Primary Causes: The Notion Of Contact And The Possibility Of Acting Without Being Affected In Aristotle’s De Generatione Et CorruptioneThe Organization Of The Soul: Some Overlooked Aspects Of Interpretation From Plato To Late AntiquityThe Final Metamorphosis: Narrative Voice In The Prologue Of Apuleius’ Golden AssPlotinus: Omnipresence And Transcendence Of The One In VI 5[23]The Concept Of Will In PlotinusDivine Freedom In Plotinus And Iamblichus (Tractate VI 8 (39) 7, 11–15 And De Mysteriis III, 17–20)Was The Vita Plotini Known In Arab Philosophical Circles?Friendship And Transgression: Luminosus Limes Amicitiae (Augustine, Confessions 2.2.2) And The Themes Of Confessions 2Augustine And The Philosophical Foundations Of SincerityInnovation And Continuity In The History Of PhilosophyBibliographySubject IndexIndex Of Names