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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.IzabelaJuraszDestiny, Nature and Freedom according to Bardaisan and Alexander of Aphrodisias: An Unknown Aspect of the Controversy Against Determinismhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KY43Z4B5https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/KY43Z4B5https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/KY43Z4B5IsabelleChouinardZoeMcConaugheyAlineMedeiros RamosRoxaneNoëlWomen’s Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval PhilosophyCham, SwitzerlandSpringer2021133-159Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning 24The relationship between Bardaisan the Syriac (150–221) and Greek philosophy remains the object of several hypotheses. In the past, Bardaisan’s teaching has already been compared with Stoicism and Platonism. Some points in common with Aristotelianism have only been recently suggested by scholars. The present article provides an in-depth analysis of a doctrinal theme for which Bardaisan was well known in the Greek-speaking world: his anti-fatalist polemic deployed in the <i>Book of the Laws of Countries</i>. In this dialogue, in the course of which his disciples put forward various questions, Bardaisan’s answers show a certain resemblance to the theses of Alexander of Aphrodisias’ treatise <i>On Fate</i>, written against the determinism supported by the Stoics. A detailed analysis of the two texts reveals the extent of the similarities (and differences) between them, particularly in the approach to the notions of nature, freedom, and destiny or fate.
Jurasz, Izabela. “Destiny, Nature and Freedom According to Bardaisan and Alexander of Aphrodisias: An Unknown Aspect of the Controversy Against Determinism.” In Women’s Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, edited by Isabelle Chouinard, Zoe McConaughey, Aline Medeiros Ramos, and Roxane Noël, 133–59. Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning 24. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021.
Izabela Jurasz, Destiny, Nature and Freedom According to Bardaisan and Alexander of Aphrodisias: An Unknown Aspect of the Controversy Against Determinism, in Women’s Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, ed. Isabelle Chouinard et al., Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning 24 (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021), 133–59.Alexander of AphrodisiasBardesanGreek philosophyI-III CEIII CEastrologyfree willpolemic