Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics

By: Abraham Jacob Greenstine (Editor), Ryan J. Johnson (Editor)

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Paperback | 12 August 2018

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Ancient metaphysics and contemporary continental realism have a key goal in common: to investigate how beings exists outside of the descriptions placed on them by language, consciousness, texts and society. This volume addresses the encounters between contemporary and antique philosophies, from Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius to Deleuze, Agamben and Badiou. Alongside these essays are three original and previously unpublished translations of texts by Gilles Deleuze, Pierre Aubenque and Barbara Cassin.

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No philosophy can stand the test of time without being measured against the ancient classics of our discipline. In Greenstine and Johnson's new collection, the giants of Greece take the stage with some of our most prominent contemporary thinkers, with key appearances from figures as early as Parmenides and as late as Agamben, Malabou, Stiegler, and Speculative Realism. I found myself quickly engrossed in these essays, and was sorry to reach the end of the volume.--Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture (on leave from the American University in Cairo)
This volume is an ambitious experiment in doing the history of ancient philosophy as the practice of thought on the rich terrain of contemporary metaphysics. Bringing together an impressive international roster of rising stars and established scholars, it stakes out Greek philosophy as a vital resource for thinking beyond the parameters of the present. It should quickly become a classic.--Brooke Holmes, Princeton University

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