Book contents
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Ontology and epistemology
- Chapter 1a Apology 30b2–4: Socrates, money, and the grammar of γίγνεσθαι
- Chapter 1b On the source of Burnet’s construal of Apology 30b2–4: a correction
- Chapter 2 Plato on how not to speak of what is not: Euthydemus 283a–288a
- Chapter 3 Platonism in the Bible: Numenius of Apamea on Exodus and eternity
- Chapter 4 Kinēsis vs. energeia: a much-read passage in (but not of) Aristotle’s Metaphysics
- Chapter 5 De Anima ii.5
- Chapter 6 Aquinas on ‘spiritual change’ in perception
- Chapter 7 Epistēmē
- Part II Physics and optics
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
Chapter 1b - On the source of Burnet’s construal of Apology 30b2–4: a correction
from Part I - Ontology and epistemology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2022
Book contents
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Ontology and epistemology
- Chapter 1a Apology 30b2–4: Socrates, money, and the grammar of γίγνεσθαι
- Chapter 1b On the source of Burnet’s construal of Apology 30b2–4: a correction
- Chapter 2 Plato on how not to speak of what is not: Euthydemus 283a–288a
- Chapter 3 Platonism in the Bible: Numenius of Apamea on Exodus and eternity
- Chapter 4 Kinēsis vs. energeia: a much-read passage in (but not of) Aristotle’s Metaphysics
- Chapter 5 De Anima ii.5
- Chapter 6 Aquinas on ‘spiritual change’ in perception
- Chapter 7 Epistēmē
- Part II Physics and optics
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
Summary
The construal of Apology 30b2–4 which in JHS 123 (2003) I attributed to John Bumet had appeared in print sixteen years before his edition of Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito. I now suggest that it probably originated in the mind of J. A. Smith, who was an undergraduate contemporary of Burnet’s at Balliol College, Oxford, and later Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy. The unexpected construal, transmitted by Balliol tradition, is typical of Smith’s cast of mind.
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- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy , pp. 41 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022