Plutarch in the religious and philosophical discourse of late antiquity  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Israel Mun̋oz Gallarte. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts ;  volume 14 .
 - Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts ;  v. 14. .
<br/><br/> Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012).  Papers from the XI Congress of the International Plutarch Society held June 2010. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Plutarch at the crossroads of religion and philosophy / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Plutarch and philosophy -- Plutarch on the sleeping soul and the waking intellect and Aristotle's double entelechy concept / Abraham P. Bos -- The doctrine of the passions: Plutarch, Posidonius and Galen / Francesco Becchi -- The adventitious motion of the soul (Plut., Stoic. rep. 23, 1045b-f) and the controversy between Aristo of Chios and the middle academy / Raul Caballero -- Plutarch and "pagan monotheism" / Frederick Brenk -- Socrates and Alcibiades: a notorious skandalon in the later Platonist tradition / Geert Roskam -- Salt in the holy water : Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales in Michael Psellus' De omnifaria doctrina / Michiel Meeusen -- Plutarch and religion -- Iacchus in Plutarch / Ana Isabel Jimenez San Cristobal -- Plutarch's idea of god in the religious and philosophical context of late antiquity / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Plutarch as Apollo's priest at Delphi / Angelo Casanova -- Plutarch's attitude towards astral biology / Aurelio Perez Jimenez -- "Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura": Plutarch, Quaestio convivalis 5.7 / Paola Volpe Cacciatore -- The Eleusinian mysteries and political timing in the life of Alcibiades / Delfim F. Leao -- Mysteriodes theologia: Plutarch's Fr. 157 Sandbach between cultual traditions and philosophical models / Rosario Scannapieco -- A non-fideistic interpretation of 'pistis' in Plutarch's writings: the harmony between 'pistis' and knowledge / George van Kooten -- The colors of the souls / Israel Munoz Gallarte. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004236851 (electronic bk.) 9004236856 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Plutarch--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy, Ancient--Congresses.<br/>PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA4382 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>184