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IMPLICIU AND THE UBVERION OF AUTHORITY

Han Baltussen

implicius , 53 c.e., -P P. U -

300-500 ad (P, , I, P, D), (apo phns), , , , - . I, , q, . T -, A- x. O P

( ),2 C , T: G .

T - . M ( - ) P. A -, N,

P. V , P . H D-K P .

F I - ( x, ) - . I - ( ) . I , P - . T , q .

H B, C d 650 114, H, T U A, sa 500, A..@..

Baltussen 008. T , : .

2 . 1. O Fazzo 004, DAncona 007. O x .. Kahn 1960, . 13-15, 166 .; Baltussen 005.

Brown 1971, 1998, Fowden 198.

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G q q x. bc , q - . I - - ? I , ; , - . I I .

T - q: H - x , (i) x x (P, A, C O), .. , (ii) , , x - x , (iii) G (600 b.c.e.-530-560 c.e.)? T : P A :

, - -. T , , - ; ( : ) . I q: - A G ?

1. The Role of Authority in implicius

T G, , d acto - : , . T P ( - G C), x . B x (P, A) . B : P- , I - ( .)

P .2 -, , Physics On th Havn - , - ( ).

- ,

O P .. Gavray 007.2 O I Dillon 1987, Blumenthal 1997.

Rist 1967, . 40, in Phys. 5.19. C. Baltussen 008, . 195.


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. H A, () P- - (sunousia, sunanagnsis). T T q A E P x ( Ax, .. in Phys. 115,11. = A8). E , P-, xgts A P-.2 I P viaAx (115,11) E own (115,15), Ax .

T q , . T q . T

. T , , P A , . T ( ) x . A N x A P P , -. T - - - -. - -

(symphnia) G () . B : P intllctually, philosophically. O , x- x .

A . T q . I : , (kainotomia) q . T - , vis--vis x . A - : in Cat. .30-3.4, 11-16 . B - , q -

O . Mansfeld 1994. T P Fowden(198, . 38) .

2 E P ( Ax-, Ax, E), . ider (005, . 46) E x Ax A. OBrien (1969, . 151) E . Gersh 1973, orabji 1990, Blumenthal 1997.

Watts 006, C. 4, Athanassiadi 1993, . 3. C. . 133 . 1 . Hadot 1974, affrey 1991, Karamanolis 006.

A kainotomin,Pol 130541, 131619.


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x ( ) . W , - : x -, D P(in Phys. 795.15-17).

I , x (, , ). T P A, , - -x, . M x , .

T . T (hypomnmata) .2 T , , -

. E , -- x (Ax, P) q-- (P, P).B , I - : , , x q , , x G .

O P . I , - . T I thios (

I) q . A I , hmtros hgmn hophilosophos kritiktatos, philosophtatos, mgas, daimonios, thios. T (-) philosophos, daimonios, thaumasios, . T - , . I P P (is hmn) P , ( in Phys. 795,11-13). T x .

O . I -

A Baltussen 008, . 1...2 C. . 11 . . B scholai (.. in Phys. 461.15 in

Phys. 1). : in Phys. 395.0-1 (--); in Phys. A.8 ( q--). F Baltussen 008, Introduction . -5. In Phys. 60.7; 639.3; 64.18; 70.19; 767.0; 786.11; 787.4,11,7; 79.0; 795.3,6,16. C. Baltussen 008, . 154. F hmtros hgmn in Phys. 46,0 ( A); ho philosophos ( ); kritik-

tatos (in Cat. 199,17 );philosophtatos (in Cat.3,9 ); mgas (in d Cal. 397,9 ); daimonios (x A). T , , .. D ( Com-mntary on Porphyrys Isagog[= 6T ]) D P (polumaths) I (nthous).

C. Hadot 001, introd., . lvii .; Dodds 1963.


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R . T , x . T- , , - , . T P, - : x- , ? I - , , . B - , .

. Critical Engagement with Earlier PhilosophersA - G. P x.2 F P P- . H .W -, , , , - - , . B -

.L P . P q A-

. H Catgoris , . O P P, , . I P , Catgoris . - x subvrsion o author-ity. I x (P, Ax, D), -

. I I , . I P, () , () . T

H anagraphais historikais (in Phys. 8.33-4).2 I Baltussen 003 007; . Baltussen 008, . 173-176. J. Dillon, Th Hirs o Plato. A Study o th Old Acadmy (347-274 bc). Ox, Ox U P, 003

(P. 005); . L. Gerson,Aristotl and Othr Platonists, I L, C U P, 005. G. Karamanolis,Plato and Aristotl in Agrmnt?, Ox, C P, 006. Hadot 1984. O orabji 004, . 3, . 56-58; de Haas 001.

Barnes 006. Hoffmann 1987, .


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(Ax A-) (3).

.1.Explicit disagrmnt

1) P P Catgoris , , A , . N ,gnra , - . A q ( G-), . T : ? P x, P - ; P .2

) P - Corrollaris on Plac and

Tim (in Phys. 4). F in Phys. P Corollaris, N . - P (611,11-614,8), - x (1, kainoprp); - (614,8: tauta kai toiauta pri topou phsi ho Proklos). I P P Rpublic (.198-0K) . q P x (5 . ) (5-6) x x (saphs autn kai sunirmns x-thto).

Y P , , A -, P , (615,13.). H , (616,6-8).

A I , P x (x 616,6-3), - A - (616,31). T - P A-

( Ax). A P ( D, 64,3-4), , , . P x - , ,

orabji 004, . 3, . 54-58.2 P I, . Dillon 1973, . 8-9. I P (in d Calo 640,4-

5). T Baltussen 008, . 155-157. Urmson 199, . 3 . 4; Rp. 613,1. C. orabji 1988, . 11-1

P (614,10). T, Urmson 199, ad loc. , , x q .

B /x : C O, Timaus, T.


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, (643,36-644,). N , . B D, , .

3) T (in Phys. 193,16-19) q . W , q (19,9) , (N) 193,16-19. D- , (), A, Ax, P (q 19,9-31) q :

I x (pros) , x (tn hyprokhn kai llipsin kuris akoui) - , q ; x q.

T P . A x Ax (193,4). T - (191,13-17). I - thir points st .

T P , . Y q P . H , , - (A, T, E) - (I, D).

..Discrt disagrmnt

T U x ( ): D , N critical

, quitly irrvrnt

, .2 O - ( x x) , . A x T, A - , . A x A P I.

F q : . A x

B Baltussen 008, . 159-16. 2 Urmson 199, . 107 . 40. A Baltussen 006, . harples 1987.

B P .


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. D , . H - Corollaris on Tim and Plac ( P-, ), x . T - . I () , T -.2 T -, I D. C D ( , tupos) . E q (idios topos) (69.8-1). I x A q x ( A , ), x. P , ( I ) , x A -

x, . - D , x - , . H ( ), , (Phys. 6).

I , , . I x , - x.

3. Incorporating a Peripatetic Authority

O A: P Ax A.H (DA,, F, B), . I - Ax. A A x , P; , - . ad x . ad, P , -

x A P . ( - P) :

orabji 1987, . 7-3.2 orabji 1983, . 08-10 (I Baltussen 008, . 163-165 ). I . 4 Baltussen 008 I Ax Physics

( tlg-e): A -- Ax 100 , . 700 1300 Physics, .. (!) (008, . 109). F Ax , : A Physics (in Phys. 430,3; 530,16), On th soul,On th havns ( in Phys. 19,-3), Ax D mixtu (in Phys. 530,15), Z E (in Phys. 489,1), Gnration and Corruption.

. 130 . 1 (DAncona).


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A x (in Phys. 80,15) A- (in d Calo378,0-1). Ax x: , x q . - , - - A (in Cat. 7,6-9).

Ax- . T strong disagrmnt, , subtl subvrsion, x () q . I - . T q , - Ax P A. Y -

( ), x ( G mpot ). I x- .

xagainstAx A. I Physics (188-93 D) Ax . F, in Phys. 193,4 . q (Physics), , (in Phys. 193,16-30):

I x (pros)

,2 x (tn hyprokhn kai llipsin kuris akoui) - , q ; x q. B [0] [= ] , ? F [ ] [] () , . (. B . - )

T ( ), - . H q () q. H Ax , -

:A (pros) Ax [ ], , , , [5] ? F x [ ] , (); x , ,

A x , I x (.. in Phys. 49,9-430,; 734,1; 1017,0 .).

2 O . 14 . 6 . Baltussen 008, . 155.


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, , . (. B .-)

A q , .

T On th Havns. T Ax q (1,1 skopos; . 5,5 .). T x , A-, , Catgoris. Ax . T , P (Tim. 8B) T , prsnt in . - Ax On th Havns (P) and (T). B . T (I ) . , -. H :

E [], , - A . F , , , , , x ( ), , Physics x. (. H-)

T () , P ( -P).2

Y . A 5,5 . , , , . I () Ax , I (5,6-9). H, Ax , -; Ax I .

A in d Calo 69,30-70, 34. H A

in Cat. 7,3-3 Baltussen 008, . 33-36. A A gn-ral agrmnt, .., in d Calo 66, 36-67,1: I .

2 Ax , Ax (3). O Ax Luna 001, . 7-98; DAncona 00, . 1, 38-4; Baltussen 008,

. 160-161.


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q. A Ax A Mtaphysics 1 on prim movr. H ; , - Mtaph. 1.8 (70, 18-0) Ax, (70,10; 71,15).2

T x - . H - . A P A, - . H I-D P (: P) , .

W x subtl subvrsion, x . I -

, . B modus oprandi , . I (008), x .

A q x(in Phys. 43,1-13, 0-1). ( q ), A Ax:

A sar; I Ax (graph) . F I (oimai) x, ,

. [. U]T qustionsAx , (oimai).

A 538, 14-0. I . Ax A . F , , , . F , , , qua, - . T Ax . (. U).

Ax , - (mpot), , q, , A : , x (099-11). I Ax q

T Mtaph. 1 Phys. 8.6. O in dCalo56,16-17 559-560.

2 Hankinson 004, . 148, . 464 , 70,18-30. A , . 19. T 43 (in Phys. 81

; in d Calo 14 ), (. P q in Phys. 64,7).

Baltussen 008, . 19-131.


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x , - x . I , T C T P.

T -, , . A715,10-4 Ax (x - ), .2H q , q - , :

[10] W Ax x , . F A , - ; Ax q - , .. [15] . F, , - . () W ? F , . F

, . A , [0] . B . () H, , ? () (mpot) A, , .

T A . Ax- ( ) . . A x

q (i, i i) (iii), (mpot) P .Ax q . B -

, . T P(T E) , . H P- (.. P, ). Y , . N, , - .

T x Ax x ( ), 49,4; 576,30-577,8; 594,17-34; 70,5-703,9 ( P) .

2 U , I ( G tinamikra pistass axia). I ( G).

F Baltussen 008, . 3. F in Phys. 3-8 x q Ax x

.


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4. Conclusions

I I . A

P , - . I , doxai. T . L P , - , . I - x , , P- . T - x : -, ,

; , - C. T - . A I : I P C , x .

T x , ; , P- P , , -

. G - , x . A , . I modus oprandi in Cat. 7.3-3, q .2 A x - , , - P . A - : P, P , . I -

, , , G ( ) P ( -). I , , , P-.

Baltussen 008, . 195. O P C Labriolle 1948,Barnes 1991, Athanassiadi 1993, Edwards 006, Watts 006, . 86-96.

2 O q Baltussen 008, . 4-48, . 44.

.. in Phys. 30,3.7; 571.30; 657.8 in d Calo303,33; 571,9; 640,3; 649,9.


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