Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 2004: Vol. 20: v. 20: Volume XX (2004)

This volume of the Proceedings continues the success of the Colloquium in providing a venue where a wide range of classical themes and figures is examined from the multiple perspectives of the current philosophical scene. This diversity gives the Proceedings a unique appeal to all those, philosophers and classicists, interested in the long tradition of ancient thought in both Greek and Latin. This publication is also available in hardback, please click here for details. Also published as issue 1 of Volume 20 of Brill Academic Publisher's journal Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. For more details on this journal, please click here . Contents 6 Preface 8 Introduction 10 COLLOQUIUM 1 26 Aristotle's Metaphysics as the Ontology of Being-Alive and its Relevance Today (Alfred E. Miller & Maria G. Miller) 26 Commentary on the Millers (John J. Cleary) 122 Millers/Cleary Bibliography 130 COLLOQUIUM 2 134 Socrates, Aristotle, and the Stoics on the Apparent and Real Good (Marcelo D. Boeri) 134 Commentary on Boeri (Iakovos Vasiliou) 167 Boeri/Vasiliou Bibliography 176 COLLOQUIUM 3 178 The Faces of Justice: Difference, Equality, and Integrity in Plato's Republic (Aryeh Kosman) 178 Commentary on Kosman (Mary-Hannah Jones) 194 Kosman/Jones Bibliography 200 COLLOQUIUM 4 202 The Flow of ΦΥΣIΣ and the Beginning of Philosophy: On Plato's Theaetetus (John Sallis) 202 Commentary on Sallis (Nickolas Pappas) 219 COLLOQUIUM 5 226 Aristotle's Account of Agency in Physics III 3 (Ursula Coope) 226 Commentary on Coope (Daryl M. Tress) 247 Coope/Tress Bibliography 252 COLLOQUIUM 6 254 Class Assignment and the Principle of Specialization in Plato's Republic (Susan Sauvé Meyer) 254 Commentary on Sauvé Meyer (Tad Brennan) 269 Sauvé Meyer/Brennan Bibliography 288 COLLOQUIUM 7 290 The Relationship Between Justice and Happiness in Plato's Republic (Daniel Devereux) 290 Commentary on Devereux (Lee Franklin) 331 Devereux/Franklin Bibliography 337 About our Contributors 338 Index of Names 342 This latest BACAP Proceedings covers three key areas in ancient philosophy, ethics, method and physics. Under ethics, there are three papers on Socratic piety, Aristotelian friendship, and Augustinian-Platonic virtue. Under method, Socratic elenchos, Socratic maieutic, and Aristotelian aporematic inquiry. Under physics, life in Plato and mo