Democritus and Epicurus on Sensible Qualities in Plutarch’s Against Colotes 3-9

Through a close reading of Plutarch’s Against Colotes 3-9, the paper reconstructs and interprets (1) the original Epicurean criticism against Democritean epistemology and ontology, and in particular against Democritus’ theory of sensible qualities, and (2) Plutarch’s twofold criticism of (2a) Epicur...

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Main Author: Castagnoli, Luca
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Aitia. Regards sur la culture hellénistique au XXIe siècle 2013
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