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Needless to say, no one could pick out a type of bookstore in this way today.  No googling allowed! I seemed to be standing in a busy queue ...

Issue II, Volume II, of the Journal of Ancient Philosophy , published jointly by the University of S ã o Paulo and the University of Campin...

Some day in the study of virtue it might actually be useful to study what those who clearly have a virtue say about it.   Consider for insta...

I asked yesterday about Xenophanes' argument (is there one?), because it seems to me that the fragments are today standardly taken to ex...

I've been thinking about some sayings attributed to Xenophanes in connection with a passage from NE VI.  I'll say what the connecti...

What is it they say about vacuums?   Okay, I'll try to break free from my lethargy and post something... Maybe it's not quite lethar...

I'm in S ão Paul for the week, for a conference in Nic. Eth. VI at the university, organized by Marco Zingano. Here's the very int...

I forgot something yesterday.    Highlight also a word in the first clause of the sentence:   Διττῆς  δὴ  τῆς ἀρετῆς οὔσης ...,  since t...

I wonder if you saw the review of C.C.W. Taylor's Clarendon Aristotle volume on Nic Eth II-IV, by Allan Gotthelf . I've been review...

Who isn't on Anthony Preus' mailing list?  But if you're not, you might find this interesting, from a missive today: A conferenc...

Not a philosopher or classicist among the MacArthur 'genius' fellowships this year.   (A point of method.  Shouldn't the very fi...

Hi, it's me again. I thought I'd resume blogging on ancient philosophy and see if anyone notices. Actually, I won't see if anyo...

I have been traveling so much recently (Florida, Vienna, now California) that I have not had time to post! But here is a curiosity for toda...