CHANCE (τύχη), FATE (εἱμαρμένη), ‘WHAT DEPENDS ON US’ (τὸ ἐφ' ἡμῖν) AND PROVIDENCE (πρόνοια) IN PLUTARCH'S QUAESTIONES CONVIVALES

One of the many philosophical issues discussed throughout Plutarch's Quaestiones convivales (QC) has to do with the origin and inner structure of the universe, i.e., cosmological discussions. It would be impossible to discuss in detail every passage of the treatise that deals with cosmological...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Lopes, Rodolfo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Kriterion (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/34483
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/kriterion/article/view/34483
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chance
Fate
‘What Depends on us’
Free-Will
Providence
Plutarch
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Sumario:One of the many philosophical issues discussed throughout Plutarch's Quaestiones convivales (QC) has to do with the origin and inner structure of the universe, i.e., cosmological discussions. It would be impossible to discuss in detail every passage of the treatise that deals with cosmological issues. Therefore, I chose to limit my analysis to the concepts of chance (τύχη), fate (εἱμαρμένη), ‘what depends on us’ (τὸ ἐφ' ἡμῖν), and providence (πρόνοια). My purpose is to explain these concepts in the QC and to extract from them a cosmological doctrine.