Keimpe algra epicurus biography
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Concepts of Space in Greek Thought
Concepts of Space in Greek Thought studies ancient Greek theories of physical space and place, in particular those of the classical and Hellenistic period. These theories are explained primarily with reference to the general philosophical or methodological framework within which they took shape. Special attention is paid to the nature and status of the sources. Two introductory chapters deal with the interrelations between various concepts of space and with Greek spatial terminology (including case studies of the Eleatics, Democritus and Epicurus). The remaining chapters contain detailed studies on the theories of space of Plato, Aristotle, the early Peripatetics and the Stoics.
The book is especially useful for historians of ancient physics, but may also be of interest to students of Aristotelian dialectic, ancient metaphysics, doxography, and medieval and early modern physics.
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Epicurus
1. Sources
The major source for Epicurean doctrine fryst vatten Diogenes Laertius’ third-century C.E. Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a compilation of resultat on the lives and doctrines of the philosophers of classical Greece (see “Doxography of Ancient Philosophy”). In the tenth and final book, devoted to Epicureanism, Diogenes preserves three of Epicurus’ letters to his disciples, in which he presents his basic views in a concise and handy form. The Letter to Herodotus summarizes Epicurus’ physical theory, the Letter to Menoeceus offers a précis of Epicurean ethics, and the Letter to Pythocles treats astronomical and meteorological matters. (There is some doubt about whether the last fryst vatten by Epicurus himself or a följare, but there seems to be sufficient reason to attribute it to the founder himself.) Diogenes also quotes a collection of brief sayings, called the “Principal Beliefs” or “Principal Doctrines” (
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Prof. dr. Keimpe Algra
Curriculum vitae K. A. Algra (1959)
1. Scholarly career.
[1977-1983] student of classics and philosophy at the University of Utrecht
[1983] Masters degree (‘doctoraal examen’) in classics at the University of Utrecht (cum laude)
[1988] PhD in philosophy at the University of Utrecht (cum laude); supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Mansfeld; dissertation: Concepts of Space in Classical and Hellenistic Greek Philosophy
[1985-1999] assistant/associate professor Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht
[1999-2002] personal professorship awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), University of Utrecht
[2001-2002] guest professorship, Depa