: Henry Dyson
: Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110212297
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This book offers a reconstruction of the early Stoic doctrine of prolepsis, revealing it to be much closer to Platonic recollection in certain respects than previously thought. The standard interpretation of prolepsis as preconceptions is inconsistent with their status as criteria of truth. Rather, prolepsis is a form of tacit knowledge that requires articulation and systematization. This reconstruction is supported by a comprehensive collection of texts relating to prolepsis from Epicurus to Alexander of Aphrodisias.


Henry Dyson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Acknowledgements6
Note on Translations8
Contents8
108
Introduction: The Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge8
168
Chapter One: Are Porlepses and Common Conceptions Identical?36
Chapter Two: Prolepsis and Common Conceptions as Criteria of Truth36
5836
Chapter Three: Stages in the Development of Reason83
Interim Conclusions: Meno's Paradox and the Early Stoa107
Chapter Four: The Formation of Prolepses115
Chapter Five: Prolepsis in Ordinary and Philosophical Cognition145
Conclusion: Are the Stoics Empiricists or Rationalists?180
Tables: The Usage of ........, ......a, and Related Terms187
Appendix A: Epicurus and Later Epicureans198
Appendix B: The Early Stoa207
Appendix C: Cicero and Seneca216
Appendix D: Epictetus228
Appendix E: Plutarch243
Appendix F: Sextus Empiricus262
Appendix G: Alexander of Aphrodisias279
Appendix H: Alcinous285
Bibliography288
Index Locorum296