Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy Volume 22 Volume XXII 2006 Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium Hardcover

This volume contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during the academic year 2005-6. Of the two colloquia on Neoplatonism, one offers a phenomenological reading of Plotinus on the Intellect, while the other discusses consciousness and introspection in Plotinus and Augustine. With regard to Aristotle¿́¿s ethics, one colloquium discusses the influence of force and compulsion on human action, while another examines his views on the relationship between external goods and happiness. Two other colloquia are devoted to Aristotle¿́¿s Metaphysics, discussing form and function in relation to his theory of substance, as well as his paradigmatism. Finally, a single colloquium on Plato discusses the happiness of philosopher-kings in the Republic Contents 6 Preface 8 COLLOQUIUM 1 10 The Togetherness of Thought and Being: a Phenomenological Reading of Plotinus' Doctrine "That the Intelligibles are Not Outside the Intellect" ERIC D. PERL 10 Commentary on Perl ROBERT M. BERCHMAN 36 Perl/Berchman Bibliography 48 COLLOQUIUM 2 50 Force and Compulsion in Aristotle's Ethics KEVIN L. FLANNERY, S.J 50 Commentary on Flannery THORNTON C. LOCKWOOD, JR 70 Flannery/Lockwood Bibliography 76 COLLOQUIUM 3 78 Metaphysics I and the Difference it Makes EDWARD C. HALPER 78 Commentary on Halper ARTHUR MADIGAN, S.J 113 Halper/Madigan Bibliography 118 COLLOQUIUM 4 120 Form and Function DEBORAH K.W. MODRAK 120 Commentary on Modrak MARY LOUISE GILL 145 Modrak/Gill Bibliography 152 COLLOQUIUM 5 154 Consciousness and Introspection in Plotinus and Augustine SUZANNE STERN-GILLET 154 Commentary on Stern-Gillet JOHN PETER KENNEY 184 Stern-Gillet/Kenney Bibliography 191 COLLOQUIUM 6 194 Goat-Stags, Philosopher-Kings, and Eudaimonism in the Republic C.D.C. REEVE 194 Commentary on Reeve MARK L. MCPHERRAN 219 Reeve/McPherran Bibliography 228 COLLOQUIUM 7 230 Wishing for Fortune, Choosing Activity: Aristotle on External Goods and Happiness ERIC BROWN 230 Brown Bibliography 264 About our Contributors 266 Index of Names 270 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 This volume contains papers originally presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during 2005-6. Of the seven colloquia, two deal with topics in Neoplatonism, four are dedicated to Aristotle's ethics and metaphysics, and one to Plato's Republic