Theses - Classics
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Plato's Symposium: the Other Half. A study of Phaedrus', Pausanias', and Eryximachus' Speeches (Symposium, 178a6-188e4)
(2020-03-27)This thesis is primarily a study of the first three speeches uttered in praise of Erôs in Plato's Symposium (178a6-188e4). Less studied than the following speeches, these encomia are often dismissed as lacking in argumentative ... -
Epic of Civil War in Lucan, Statius and Silius Italicus
This dissertation explores the interaction between the theme of civil war and the epic genre. The focus is on three Latin epic poems composed in the mid-late first century AD: Lucan’s Pharsalia, Statius’ Thebaid and Silius’ ... -
Incarnation, Interpretation and Quotation: Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues and Confessions
(2020-07-01)This thesis is about quotation as a crucial means for Augustine to show how human language is flawed. Throughout this thesis, I will explore how Augustine uses his awareness of the malleability of language productively to ... -
Aristotle's Aporia about Being and the One: The Background, Discussion and Solution of a Metaphysical Dilemma
(2020-07-18)This dissertation consists of three chapters, each developing one of the three elements of the subtitle. The first, "Aristotle against Eleatic monism", analyses Aristotle's refutation of Eleatic monism in Physics 1.2-3 in ...
