englischThe subject of this monograph lies at the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of action of the late Platonist Proclus and his Georgian commentator from the 11th/12th century, Ioane Petrizi. With Proclus, the theme of the 'One in us' is closely connected both with his [...]

englischThe work focuses on the concept of education (Bildung) according to a particular reading: critical education. The topic is narrowed down to the social- and educational-philosophical perspective of the early Frankfurt School around philosophers and intellectuals such as Horkheimer and Adorno, [...]

englischWhich is more important, tragedy or treatise? This question, which was posed as early as in antiquity, cannot easily be answered since tragedy has reflective passages on existential issues, just as philosophy uses tragedy for argumentation or takes the dramatic form itself. This is [...]

englischPraxeology is an analytical theory of action, the intention of which is a description of fundamental action-theoretical relationships that is as conceptually parsimonious as possible. The claim corresponds to that of a descriptive metaphysics. If this claim is valid, it must be possible to [...]

englischThe volume collects a series of nine studies, with a substantial introduction, by international scholars that concern the influence and reception of the philosophy of Parmenides in the whole ancient context. The contributions deal with Parmenides’ thought from the ancient archaic tradition [...]

englischThe Enneadic treatise IV 7 (2) constitutes Plotinus' first attempt to reflect systematically on the problem of the immortality of the soul. It is a complex text, in which the exposition of the Plotinian doctrine is preceded by a long doxographic excursus dedicated to the refutation of the [...]