Isagogical Crossroads from the Early Imperial Age to the End of Antiquity (Philosophia Antiqua, 164)

"This book explores how introductory methods shaped school practice and intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity. The isagogical crossroads-the intersection of philosophical, philological, religious and scientific introductory methods-embody a fascinating narrative of the methods regulating ancient readers' approach to authoritative texts and disciplines. The strongly innovative character of this book consists exactly in the attempt to explore isagogical issues in a wide-ranging and comprehensive perspective-from philosophy to religion, from medicine to exact sciences-with the aim of exploiting connections, reciprocal influences, and interactions shaping the intellectual environment of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity"--ISBN : 9789004506183 Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Towards the Isagogical Crossroads Chapter 1 Isagogical Conceptions in the Peripatetic Exegesis of the Post-Hellenistic Age: Aspasius and the Others Chapter 2 A Middle-Platonist Plato: Introductory Schemata and the Construction of a System in Diogenes Laertius Chapter 3 The Nature of Apuleius’ De Platone: An Isagoge? Chapter 4 Isagogical Patterns in Porphyry (Isagoge and Vita Plotini) Chapter 5 From the Stoic Division of Philosophy to the Reading Order of Plato’s Dialogues Chapter 6 Interpretive Strategies in Proclus’ Isagogical Remarks on the Timaeus Chapter 7 Eusebius and the Birth of Christian Isagogical Literature Chapter 8 Prolegomena to Medicine: The Role of the Hippocratic Aphorismi Chapter 9 Isagogical Questions in Hipparchus’ Commentary on the Phaenomena Chapter 10 Musical Eisagōgai Appendix Gaudentius, Introduction to Harmonics. Introduction and Translation Bibliography General Index Index Locorum "This book explores how introductory methods shaped school practice and intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity. The isagogical crossroads-the intersection of philosophical, philological, religious and scientific introductory methods-embody a fascinating narrative of the methods regulating ancient readers' approach to authoritative texts and disciplines. The strongly innovative character of this book consists exactly in the attempt to explore isagogical issues in a wide-ranging and comprehensive perspective-from philosophy to religion, from medicine to exact sciences-with the aim of exploiting connections, reciprocal influences, and interactions shaping the intellectual environment of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity"-- Provided by publisher This book explores how introductory methods shaped school practice and intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the Early Imperial Age and Late Antiquity. The isagogical crossroads--the intersection of philosophical, philological, religious and scientific introductory methods--embody a fascinating narrative of the methods regulating ancient readers' approach to authoritative texts and disciplines. The strongly innovative character of this book consists exactly in the attempt to explore isagogical issues in a wide-ranging and comprehensive perspective--from philosophy to religion, from medicine to exact sciences--with the aim of detecting connections, reciprocal influences, and interactions shaping the intellectual environment of the Early Imperial Age and Late Antiquity This book explores how introductory methods shaped intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity by framing them in a wider interdisciplinary framework.