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Just published:Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life after Plato and AristotleEdited by Thomas Bénatouïl and Mauro BonazziBrill, Philosophia Antiqua 131ISBN13: 9789004225329305 pageshttp://www.brill.nl/theoria-praxis-and-contemplative-life-after-plato-and-aristotleStudies of the notion of theoria and of the contemplative life have often been restricted to Plato and Aristotle. The volume shows that aspirations to contemplation and the life of the intellect survived long after the classical period, turning into topics of heated debates, powerful arguments and original applications throughout the Hellenistic, imperial, and late antique periods. The introduction attempts to reconstruct all the problems pertaining to the contemplative life in Antiquity, and the twelve papers, written by distinguished scholars, offer a thorough study of the appropriation, criticism and transformation of Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions on the contemplative life, including its epistemological and metaphysical foundation. The volume ranges from Theophrastus to the end of Antiquity, including Jewish and Christian authors, with a focus on Platonism from Cicero to Damascius.The volume stems from the fifth Diatribai di Gargnano (may 2009), a biennal series of conference devoted to the study of Hellenistic, Imperial, and Late Ancient philosophy, organized by the joint effort of the Universities of Milan, Leuven, Paris-Sorbonne and Lorraine (Nancy, France).CONTENTSAcknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. .. . . ixTheoria and Bios theoretikos from the Presocratics to the End of Antiquity: An Overview . . .  . . . . . . . . . 1T. Bénatouïl and M. BonazziPART ONE: THE HELLENISTIC AND POST-HELLENISTIC DEBATEThéophraste: les limites éthiques, psychologiques et cosmologiques de la contemplation . . . . . . . . . . . 17Thomas BénatouïlAplanes theoria. Einige Aspekte der Epikureischen Vorstellung vom Bios theoretikos    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Michael ErlerCicéron et le problème des genres de vie: une problématique de la Voluntas ? . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 57Carlos LévySeneca and the Contemplatio veri. De otio and Epistulae morales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 75Margaret GraverBeyond the Theoretikos Bios: Philosophy and Praxis in Sextus Empiricus .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 101Emidio SpinelliPART TWO: EARLY IMPERIAL PLATONISM AND NEOPLATONISMLa contemplation chez Philon d’Alexandrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Valéry LaurandTheoria and Praxis: On Plutarch’s Platonism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Mauro BonazziThe Theoretikos Bios in Alcinous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163David SedleyPlotinus and Porphyry on the Contemplative Life . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Alessandro LinguitiDamascius on the Contemplative Life . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Gerd Van RielPART THREE: THE CHRISTIAN RECEPTIONLeah and Rachel as Figures of the Active and the Contemplative Life in Augustine’s Contra Faustum Manichaeum  . . . . . . 215Giovanni CatapanoMaximus Confessor on Theory and Praxis. A Commentary on Ambigua ad Johannem VI (10) 1–19 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Carlos SteelBibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Index Locorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Index of Ancient Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Index of Modern Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292