scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus. Life and Writings (fr. 1–21 Schütrumpf)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 358-374
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Literature History

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres and wrote on such topics as psychology, politics, literature, history, geography, astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of the testimonies about Heraclides’ life and writings. The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus on the Soul

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-357
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Literature History

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres. He discussed such typical Platonic topics as the transmigration of the soul, composed philosophical lives, dialogues or treaties about politics, literature, history, geography, etc., and wrote a series of works on astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of the testimonies about Heraclides’ lost psychological and eschatological writings. The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus on pleasure

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 728-741
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Literature History

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres. He discussed such typical Platonic topics as the transmigration of the soul, composed philosophical lives, dialogues or treaties about politics, literature, history, geography, etc., and wrote a series of works on astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of scant doxographic testimonies about Heraclides’ lost ethical and political writings. The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus. Astronomical fragments

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 740-754
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
Maximum Elongation ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Literature History ◽  
Rotation Of The Earth ◽  
Evening Star ◽  
Diurnal Rotation

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres and wrote on such topics as psychology, politics, literature, history, geography, astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of the testimonies about Heraclides’ astronomical writings. He thought of an infinite universe, in fact believing that every star is a kosmos, located in the infinite either. He famously advanced the theory of terrestrial rotation, hypothesizing that the apparent diurnal rotation of the heavens is better explained by the rotation of the Earth, and in this context correctly observed that, unlike other planets, Venus as morning and evening star has the maximum elongation from the Sun’s position (that is to say is never located far from the Sun). The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus on poets and musicians

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 742-755
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Musical History ◽  
Literature History

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres and wrote on such topics as psychology, politics, literature, history, geography, astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of the testimonies about Heraclides’ varied writings, dedicated to Greek cultural history, including literary and religious studies, and, in some details, musical history. The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

scholarly journals Heraclides of Pontus on nature

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 733-739
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Literature History

Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388–310 BCE), a Platonic philosopher, worked in various literary genres. He discussed such typical Platonic topics as the transmigration of the soul, composed philosophical lives, dialogues or treaties about politics, literature, history, geography, etc., and wrote a series of works on astronomy and the philosophy of nature. Nothing is preserved. The present publication contains a collection of scant doxographic testimonies about Heraclides’ lost physical writings. The evidences are translated and numbered according to a new edition by Schütrumpf et al. 2008.

Conspiracy Literature in Early Renaissance Italy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Celati
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Political Literature ◽  
Narrative Approaches ◽  
Literature History ◽  
Renaissance Italy ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Literary Output

The present work represents the first full-length investigation of Italian Renaissance literature on the topic of conspiracy. This literary output consists of texts belonging to different genres that enjoyed widespread diffusion in the second half of the fifteenth century, when the development of these literary writings proves to be closely connected with the affirmation of a centralized political thought and princely ideology in Italian states. The centrality of the issue of conspiracies in the political and cultural context of the Italian Renaissance emerges clearly also in the sixteenth century in Machiavelli’s work, where the topic is closely interlaced with the problems of building political consensus and the management of power. This monograph focuses on the most significant Quattrocento texts examined as case studies (representative of different states, literary genres, and of both prominent authors—Alberti, Poliziano, Pontano—and minor but important literati) and on Machiavelli’s works where this political theme is particularly pivotal, marking a continuity, but also a turning point, with respect to the preceding authors. Through an interdisciplinary analysis across literature, history, philology and political philosophy, this study traces the evolution of literature on plots in early Renaissance Italy, pointing out the key function of the classical tradition in it, and the recurring narrative approaches, historiographical techniques, and ideological angles that characterize the literary transfiguration of the topic. This investigation also offers a reconsideration and re-definition of the complex facets of fifteenth-century political literature, which played a crucial role in the development of a new theory of statecraft.

scholarly journals PUISI SISINDIRAN BAHASA SUNDA DI KABUPATEN BANDUNG (KAJIAN ISI DAN FUNGSI)

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 356
Author(s):  
Aam Masduki
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Written Form ◽  
Literature History ◽  
Folk Poetry

AbstrakMenyindir Sindiran adalah salah satu bentuk Puisi Sunda lama yang terdiri atas sampiran dan isi. Namun demikian kepuisiannya terbatas pada rima dan irama, bukan pada diksi dan imajinasi seperti halnya puisi modern (sajak). Bahasanya mudah dipahami seperti bahasa sehari-hari. Sisindiran “pantun” merupakan Puisi rakyat yang sangat digemari masyarakat. Sisindiran dapat mengungkapkan perasaan, keadaan lingkungan, dan situasi masyarakat desa, petani, dan lain sebagainya. Biasanya dituturkan dalam suasana santai, berkelakar, dan suasana formal, misalnya dalam upacara adat perkawinan, melamar, dan sebagainya. Dalam perkembangannya, sangat luwes, mudah memasuki berbagai gendre sastra lainnya, seperti cerita pantun, wawacan, novel, cerpen, novelet bahkan muncul juga pada puisi modern. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analisis yaitu seluruh data yang diperoleh dari lapangan dikumpulkan, kemudian dianalisis dengan cara dikaji dan diklasifikasikan menurut struktur, isi, dan fungsi yang dikandungnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (1) sisndiran dalam bentuk tertulis merupakan dokumentasi pengawetan karya sastra agar tidak mengalami kepunahan, (2) Menunjang kemudahan untuk menyusun sejarah sastra, serta pengembangan teori sastra, khsusnya sastra lisan Sunda, (3) Hasil pendokumentasian ini akan bermanfaat untuk perbendaharaan bahasa, sastra, dan budaya daerah. Hasil dari penelitian diharapkan menjadi bahan bacaan yang dapat menuntun generasi berikut ke jalan kebaikan melalui ungkapan yang disampaikan secara langsung atau tidak langsung.AbstractSisindiran is a form of old Sundanese poetry consisting of sampiran (metaphors) and contents. It has rhyme and rhythm at the end of each word and it uses simple, easily understood daily language. Sisindiran is used either to express feelings or describe environment and presented in various situations both formal and informal. It can easily easily blend with other literary genres. No wonder if sisindiran is very popular folk poetry. The purpose of this study is 1) documenting folk literatures in written form, 2) supporting research in compiling literature history as well as developing literary theory, especially of Sundanese oral literatures. Thisdocumentation would enrich repertoire of regional literatures in Indonesia. In doing the research the author conducted descriptive analytical method.

Late Antique Letter Collections

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
The Social ◽  
Letter Writer ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Letter Collection ◽  
Latin Letter

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300-600 C.E.). Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, it illustrates how letter collections advertised an image of the letter writer and introduces the social and textual histories of each collection. Nearly every chapter focuses on the letter collection of a different late ancient author—from the famous (or even infamous) to the obscure—and investigates its particular issues of content, arrangement, and publication context. On the whole, the volume reveals how late antique letter collections operated as a discrete literary genre with its own conventions, transmission processes, and self-presentational agendas while offering new approaches to interpret both larger letter collections and the individual letters contained within them. Each chapter contributes to a broad argument that scholars should read letter collections as they do representatives of other late antique literary genres, as single texts made up of individual components, with larger thematic and literary characteristics that are as important as those of their component parts.

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