Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Plato takes a swim

From a mss. of thirteenth-century exempla, edited in Antonianum 2 (1927), p.233:

"Dicit fr. Pe[trus] de Taren[tasia] quod legitur in quodam sermone cuiusdam doctoris greci super illud verbum: 'Perdam sapientiam sapi[entium]' etc. quod Plato semel incedens iuxta mare invenit piscatores et interrogavit si aliquos pisces vel aliquid cepissent vel haberent. Qui responderunt: Quos cepimus non habemus et quos habemus nundum cepimus, intelligentes hoc de pediculis. Quod problema ruminans Plato et intelligere non valens, proiecit se in mare pre dolore."

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:00 PM

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Hello again. Last time I asked you for literature on medieval philosophers' views on free will. This time I ask you your thoughts on Mary Elizabeth Ingham's Ethics and Freedom: An Historical-Critical Investigation of Scotist Ethical Thought. I found it in my university's library -- is it worth reading

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  3. Lee FaberJanuary 5, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Scotus' ethics are currently the subject of controversy; I have not read this particular work, but I'm sure its fine as far as it goes. Just keep in mind that there are alternative views; you could also read Wolter, Williams, Dumont (see Hoffmann's bibliography for references).

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  4. Brother CharlesJanuary 6, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    As he is said to have died from old age rather than drowning, we may presume that someone caught Plato from the sea, and perhaps by this act resolved the difficulty.

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