Aufgabengebiet
“The Reception of Heraclitus in Late Antiquity and the Islamic World”
The core of the project will be devoted to the study of the trends and the philosophical relevance of the interpretation of Heraclitus in Plotinus, in the post-Plotinian Neoplatonists, and in the Islamic World, in particular in the Plotiniana Arabica (i.e. the so-called “Theology of Aristotle” and the “Sayings of the Greek Sage”). I shall mainly highlight the following two key tendencies: on the one hand, the influence of Plotinus’ interpretation of Heraclitus plays a major role in all subsequent readings of the Presocratic and determines some of its key features; on the other hand, the individual interpretations differ remarkably from one another in ways and for reason which I shall try to explain in detail. In addition, also the Christian and the Gnostic interpretation of Heraclitus will be taken into account, since they contributed to the overall understanding of the philosophy of Heraclitus in Late Antiquity and exerted a considerable influence in the Islamic World, too. The account of the philosophy of Heraclitus given by Hippolytus of Rome, which mixes Christian and Gnostic views, has, for instance, been one of the sources of the important Arabic doxographical work of the Pseudo-Ammonius.
Kontakt
Lehrstuhl VI für spätantike und arabische Philosophie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Besucheradresse:
Leopoldstr. 11b / Raum 429
80802 München
Telefon:
+49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 72171
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+49 (0) 89 / 2180-9972162
List of Publications
1.1. Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
[1] “A Heraclitean Wordplay in Plotinus”, Elenchos 41/1 (2020) 105-139.
[2] “Ancora su Eraclito in Plotino: le testimonianze indirette”, Rivista di filologia e istruzione classica
146/1 (2018) 48-70.
[3] “Eraclito in Plotino”, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 160/1 (2017) 58-96.
[4] “Corrispondenti francofoni di Girolamo Vitelli. Inediti e addenda dalla Bibliothèque Nationale”,
Analecta Papyrologica 27 (2015) 273-282.
[5] “Girolamo Vitelli e Rudolf Pfeiffer – Carteggio”, Atene e Roma II 7/1-2 (2013) 402-463. (with Serena
Cannavale)
[6] “Parodie del Simposio platonico: Orazio, Petronio, Luciano”, Fillide 3 (2013):
https://fillide.it/old/index.php/archivio/19-articoli/173-max-bergamo-parodie-del-simposioplatonico-
orazio-petronio-luciano.
1.2. Contributions to Collective Volumes
[7] “Nietzsche sul «carattere misto» di Platone”, in: L. Boi (ed.), Nietzsche e I Greci. Tra mito e
disincanto, Napoli 2022, 75-100.
[8] “Introduzione”, in: M. Bergamo-R. Tondini (edd.), Filosofia, filologia e scienza in età ellenistica (=
[12]), 1-6. (with Raffaele Tondini)
[9] “Varietà e unità dei saperi in Diogene di Babilonia”, in: M. Bergamo-R. Tondini (edd.), Filosofia,
filologia e scienza in età ellenistica (= [12]), 45-66.
[10] “Heraclitus On Principles: A Stoic Lemma in Aëtius?”, in: M. Jas-A. Lammer (edd.), Received
Opinions: Doxography in Antiquity and the Islamic World, Brill (Philosophia Antiqua), Leiden-
Boston-Köln 2022, 77-119.
[11] Translation, Critical Text and Commentary of Chapters 109-111 (Clement of Alexandria) and 198-
200 (Monastic Spiritual Writings) in: L. Canfora-S. Micunco-N. Bianchi-C. Schiano (edd.), Fozio.
Biblioteca, Edizioni della Normale, Pisa 2016 (20192), pp. 161-163; 286-289; 1034-1035; 1098-1100.
1.3. Edited Books
[12] Filosofia, filologia e scienza in età ellenistica, Ledizioni (L’Ippogrifo), Milano 2022. (with Raffaele
Tondini)
1.4 Book Reviews
[13] Review of A.G. Long, “Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy”, Cambridge University
Press (Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy), Cambridge 2019, in: Sileno 47/1-2 (2021) 305-311.
1.5. Translations
[14] Saffo. Eros ha sconvolto il mio cuore, Garzanti, Milano 2020.
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