MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Nov 25, 2020
Signification in Ancient Greek Philosophy

The opening session “Signification in Ancient Greek Philosophy” will be led by Prof. Glenn Most and discuss the following excerpts and fragments: 

  • Plato, The Sophist, 261b-264c (Stephanus pagination), in Plato, Theaetetus, Sophist, translated by Harold North Fowler, Loeb Classical Library 123, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921, pp. 430-445.
  • Aristotle, On Interpretation, Chapters 1-4, 16a1-17a8 (Bekker page and line numbers), in Aristotle, Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, translated by H. P. Cooke, Hugh Tredennick, Loeb Classical Library 325, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938, pp. 111-121.  
  • Joannes Arnim, ed. Stoicorum veterum fragmenta, Stuttgart: Teubner, 1964, vol. 2, p. 48, fragments 166-168 — Sextus  Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 8.11, 8.80 and Ammonius, On Aristotle De interpretatione, p. 17, line 24f. 
  • Sextus Empiricus, Against Logicians, translated by R. G. Bury, Loeb Classical Library 291, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935, pp. 244-245, 276-277. 
  • Ammonius, On Aristotle "On Interpretation," 1-8, translated by D. Blank, Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, London: Duckworth, 1996, the translation of Ammonius, On Aristotle "On Interpretation," p. 17, line 24f.
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Contact and Registration

Please note that this event series will take place on Zoom and thus pre-registration is required. All reading materials will be circulated one week in advance. For more information and registering please contact Maria Avxentevskaya.

About This Series

The series of reading sessions "The Premodern History of Signification: Putting Experiences into Words, Images, and Signs" explores how the premodern experiences of the natural world were expressed, recorded, and communicated through verbal, visual, and semiotic means. By analyzing the premodern theorizing and practices concerning signification we aim to clarify how diverse views on it as an intellectual, cognitive, and performative process affected the production of knowledge in the premodern world. The group will meet online in November 2020 to February 2021 and discuss the primary sources suggested and introduced at each session by the group participants specializing in historical areas from classical to premodern traditions up to the eighteenth century on a global scale.

2020-11-25T12:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2020-11-25 12:00:00 2020-11-25 13:30:00 Signification in Ancient Greek Philosophy The opening session “Signification in Ancient Greek Philosophy” will be led by Prof. Glenn Most and discuss the following excerpts and fragments:  Plato, The Sophist, 261b-264c (Stephanus pagination), in Plato, Theaetetus, Sophist, translated by Harold North Fowler, Loeb Classical Library 123, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921, pp. 430-445. Aristotle, On Interpretation, Chapters 1-4, 16a1-17a8 (Bekker page and line numbers), in Aristotle, Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, translated by H. P. Cooke, Hugh Tredennick, Loeb Classical Library 325, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938, pp. 111-121.   Joannes Arnim, ed. Stoicorum veterum fragmenta, Stuttgart: Teubner, 1964, vol. 2, p. 48, fragments 166-168 — Sextus  Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 8.11, 8.80 and Ammonius, On Aristotle De interpretatione, p. 17, line 24f.  Sextus Empiricus, Against Logicians, translated by R. G. Bury, Loeb Classical Library 291, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935, pp. 244-245, 276-277.  Ammonius, On Aristotle "On Interpretation," 1-8, translated by D. Blank, Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, London: Duckworth, 1996, the translation of Ammonius, On Aristotle "On Interpretation," p. 17, line 24f. Maria AvxentevskayaGlenn W. MostKatja Krause Maria AvxentevskayaGlenn W. MostKatja Krause Europe/Berlin public