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Elachista : La dottrina dei minimi nell'Epicureismo

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 9058679470
ISBN-13 9789058679475
Publisher Leuven University Press
Imprint Leuven University Press
Country of Manufacture BE
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 3rd, 2013
Print length 432 Pages
Weight 907 grams
Product Classification: History of Western philosophy
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The first monograph entirely devoted to the study of Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts in all its historical and theoretical breadth. In Italian with English chapter summaries.

The first monograph entirely devoted to the Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts.

The Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts (ta elachista) is a crucial aspect of Epicurus''s philosophy and a genuine turning point compared to the ancient atomism of Leucippus and Democritus. This book consists of three chapters: a philological and theoretical analysis of the primary sources (Epicurus and Lucretius) of the doctrine, a reconstruction of its likely historical background (Xenocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus Cronus), and a close examination of the chiefly geometrical development of this theory within the philosophical school of Epicurus. The critical examination of ancient sources (including several Herculaneum Papyri), combined with a careful analysis of the secondary literature, reveals the very significant role played by minimal parts within the Epicurean science of nature. This is the first monograph entirely devoted to the study of this important doctrine in all its historical and theoretical breadth.

Questo volume esamina la dottrina epicurea dei minimi (ta elachista) che rappresenta un nodo cruciale della filosofia di Epicuro e un autentico punto di svolta rispetto all''atomismo di Leucippo e Democrito. Il libro è organizzato in tre capitoli dedicati rispettivamente: (1) all''analisi filologica e teorica delle fonti primarie (Epicuro e Lucrezio), (2) alla ricostruzione del contesto storico-filosofico a cui la dottrina dei minimi verosimilmente fa riferimento (Senocrate, Aristotele e Diodoro Crono), e, infine, (3) all''approfondimento dello sviluppo della teoria dei minimi in ambito prevalentemente geometrico all''interno della scuola di Epicuro. L''esame critico delle fonti antiche (che riguardano anche alcuni Papiri Ercolanesi), anche attraverso l''attenta analisi della letteratura secondaria, conferma il ruolo decisivo giocato dai minimi nella scienza della natura epicurea. Si tratta della prima monografia interamente consacrata allo studio di questa significativa dottrina in tutta la sua ampiezza storica e teorica.

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