Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology: Recent submissions

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    • Thucydides on colonialism and hegemonic discourse 

      Morley, N (Routledge, 29 July 2024)
      As the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins once observed, Thucydides appears as “the true father of history – Western history, that is.” His work provides an origin myth of critical historical consciousness as a specifically ...

    • Plotinus and the identity theory of truth 

      Galluzzo, G (Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere, Università di Pisa, 2024)
      In this paper I argue that, in Enn. V 5[32] and V 3[49], Plotinus defends a version of the identity theory of truth – the view that truth consists in a form of identity between what is thought or said and what is the case. ...

    • Automatic Puppets, Toy Carts, and Robots: Aristotle’s Metaphysics of Artifacts and the Question of Automata 

      Galluzzo, G (Oxford University Press, 24 October 2024)
      The chapter examines the issue of how automata sit within Aristotle’s complex metaphysics of artifacts. In particular, the question will be raised as to whether the case of automata poses a challenge to Aristotle’s sharp ...

    • Thucydides and the Plague at Athens 

      Morley, N (Franz Steiner Verlag, 18 June 2024)
      Thucydides’ account of the plague at Athens in 430 BCE is the first naturalistic and secular representation of epidemic disease and its effects. In sharp contrast to contemporary ideas of plague as divine punishment, he ...

    • Sin, Evil, and Global Inequality/ies 

      Reed, ED (Routledge, 1 January 2023)
      This distinction between global inequality/ies and poverty represents a challenge for Christian ethics because, while Christianity has long been concerned about poverty and affirmed God’s bias to the poor, inequality has ...