In Boethius’s Consolatio Philosophiae (CP), Lady Philosophy claims that happy people become gods. I argue that close attention to Lady Philosophy’s use of Platonic predication resolves four interpretive challenges posed by this claim: (i) the apparent discrepancy in CP iii 10.24, (ii) the use of deus rather than divinus in CP iii 10.24-25a, (iii) the timing of deification in CP iii 10.24, and (iv) the repudiation of polytheism in CP iii 10.25b.
The attempt by neo-Aristotelian naturalists such as Philippa Foot and Michael Thompson to ground the objective validity of ethical principles in human nature has met with significant criticism. In particular, critics often reject the concept of life-form central to this view as incompatible with modern scientific biolo...
This article deals with the Argentine philosopher Rodolfo Kusch’s critique of historiography. In doing so, it seeks to produce an estrangement that will allow us to perceive the theoretical “other” of scientific historiography. The epistemological significance of Kusch’s definition of historiography comes from his ra...
Abstract In the concluding chapter of Die Philosophie des Als Ob, Vaihinger offers an interpretation of Nietzsche’s epistemology in terms of his own fictionalism. Here, I suggest that Vaihinger’s interpretation is close to being correct, and that we still have much to learn from it. In particular, his reading promises...
I will defend the position that trinitarian metaphysics relying on a strict theory of divine simplicity has a significant ecumenical advantage over other approaches to trinitarian theology. Specifically, it can help us resolve disputes around the filioque irenically. A strict vision of divine simplicity entails t...
This introduction presents the argumentative strategy used by the classics of political thought to justify their perspective on the shaping of the political order. It brings together the figures of argumentation and presents them in their respective epoch-making, important heuristic function. The thinkers covered range...
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