Nigidius Figulus’ Natural Cosmology and Philosophy of Language
(2024)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2024). Nigidius Figulus’ Natural Cosmology and Philosophy of Language. In K. Volk (Ed.), Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath (82-97). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004690820_007
Outputs (15)
Italic Pythagoreanism in the Hellenistic Age (2023)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2023). Italic Pythagoreanism in the Hellenistic Age. In M. Garani, D. Konstan, & G. Reydams-Schils (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy (3-26). Oxford University Press
‘Our Common Breath: “Conspiration” from the Stoics to the Christian Church Fathers’ (2021)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2021). ‘Our Common Breath: “Conspiration” from the Stoics to the Christian Church Fathers’. In C. Saunders, J. MacNaughton, & D. Fuller (Eds.), The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine Classical to Contemporary (55-68). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74443-4_3This essay tracks a brief history of the concept of ‘co-breathing’ or ‘conspiration’ (συμπνοία), from its initial conception in Stoic cosmology in the third century BCE to its appropriation in Christian thought at the end of the second century CE. Th... Read More about ‘Our Common Breath: “Conspiration” from the Stoics to the Christian Church Fathers’.
Gramsci and Ancient Philosophy: Prelude to a Study (2021)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2021). Gramsci and Ancient Philosophy: Prelude to a Study. In E. Zucchetti, & A. Cimino (Eds.), Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World (86-100). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429201684This chapter investigates the precise ways in which Antonio Gramsci engaged with ancient philosophy. A brief examination of the longest discussion in the Prison Notebooks of any ancient philosopher or text, Plato's Republic (Q8§22), raises many quest... Read More about Gramsci and Ancient Philosophy: Prelude to a Study.
Archytas: Author and Authenticator of Pythagoreanism (2021)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2021). Archytas: Author and Authenticator of Pythagoreanism. In C. Macris, T. Dorandi, & L. Brisson (Eds.), Pythagoras Redivivus: Studies on the Texts Attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. Academia
Pythagorean Immortality of the Soul? (2021)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2021). Pythagorean Immortality of the Soul?. In A. Long (Ed.), Immortality in Ancient Philosophy and Theology: Life, Divinity and Identity (41-65). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108935777.003It is a commonplace among scholars that the early Pythagoreans posited an immortal soul. The earliest source to associate immortality of the soul to the Pythagoreans unequivocally, Dicaearchus of Messana, stipulates that they held that (a) the soul i... Read More about Pythagorean Immortality of the Soul?.
On Law and Justice Attributed to Archytas of Tarentum (2020)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S., & Johnson, M. R. (2020). On Law and Justice Attributed to Archytas of Tarentum. In D. Wolfsdorf (Ed.), Early Greek ethics (455-490). Oxford University Press
Anonymus Iamblichi, On Excellence (Peri Aretes): A Lost Defense of Democracy (2020)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2020). Anonymus Iamblichi, On Excellence (Peri Aretes): A Lost Defense of Democracy. In D. Wolfsdorf (Ed.), Early Greek ethics (262-292). Oxford University Press
Approaches to the Pythagorean Acusmata in the Early Academy (2020)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2020). Approaches to the Pythagorean Acusmata in the Early Academy. In P. Kalligas, C. Balla, E. Baziotopoulou-Valavani, & V. Karasmanis (Eds.), Plato's Academy: Its Workings and its History (167-187). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554664.011
When did Kosmos become the Kosmos? (2019)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2019). When did Kosmos become the Kosmos?. In P. Horky (Ed.), Cosmos in the Ancient World (22-41). Cambridge University Press
‘Cosmic Spiritualism among the Pythagoreans, Stoics, Jews, and Early Christians.’ (2019)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2019). ‘Cosmic Spiritualism among the Pythagoreans, Stoics, Jews, and Early Christians.’. In P. Horky (Ed.), Cosmos in the Ancient World (270-294). Cambridge University Press
Introduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2019). Introduction. In P. Horky (Ed.), Cosmos in the Ancient World (1-21). Cambridge University Press
Speusippus and Xenocrates on the Pursuit and Ends of Philosophy (2017)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2017). Speusippus and Xenocrates on the Pursuit and Ends of Philosophy. In H. Tarrant, F. Renaud, . D. Baltzly, & D. Layne (Eds.), Brill's companion to the reception of Plato in antiquity (29-45). Brill Academic Publishers
Empedocles Democraticus: Hellenistic Biography at the Intersection of Philosophy and Politics (2016)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2016). Empedocles Democraticus: Hellenistic Biography at the Intersection of Philosophy and Politics. In M. Bonazzi, & S. Schorn (Eds.), Bios philosophos. Philosophy in ancient Greek biography (37-71). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.phr-eb.5.113196
Pseudo-Archytas´ Protreptics? On Wisdom in its Context (2015)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2015). Pseudo-Archytas´ Protreptics? On Wisdom in its Context. In D. Nails, & H. Tarrant (Eds.), Second sailing : alternative perspectives on Plato (21-39). Societas Scientiarum Fennica