Co-herencia, Vol. 18, No. 35 (2021)
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How to live and how to write: The literaryphilosophical present of the Socratic question for the good life
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)For several decades, the question of the good life has gained relevance in university philosophical discourse. A striking phenomenon in this context is the publication of works that, created in academia itself, avoid ... -
Aergia and Pasithea: toward a cosmogonic understanding of laziness in Ancient Greece
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)The present study aims to justify how laziness constitutes an intrinsic part of the human substance within cosmogony in Ancient Greece. To do so, the paper is divided into three parts. First, a brief explanation of what ... -
Polis and Dêmos. A reflection on ancient Greek democracy
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)There are numerous cultural creations that the Greeks of Antiquity, and more specifically the Athenians, gave to themselves. One of them, related to the institution of social life, was democracy, understood in etymological ... -
Portrait: Image of man and the origin of art
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)Sometimes, art theory addresses the same type of image from discursive disparity. This is the case of the portrait, whose imprecise definition complicates its conceptual and formal definition within the limits of the Western ... -
COVID-19: Phenomenology of fear and hermeneutics of solidarity in the plague of Athens and in the contemporary pandemic
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)The main purpose of this article is to conduct an analysis of the current pandemic, attempting to locate basic layers of the phenomenon, in particular, the way its world is structured and the links of coexistence between ... -
Aristotle’s necessity and coincidences: An interpretation of Metaphysics VI 3 and XI 8
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)This article presents an interpretation of two disputed passages from Metaphysics VI 3 and XI 8 i n w hich Aristotle’s reasoning is aimed at avoiding universal necessity based on the existence of coincidences. This reasoning ... -
Friendship and self-knowledge. On the role of friendship in Greek ethics (1985)
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)Translation of the text “Freundschaft und Selbsterkenntnis. Zur Rolle der Freundschaft in der griechischen Ethik”, a lecture given in Munich on July 12, 1983, originally published in Würzburger Jahrbücher für die ... -
Image of the stars. The Epinomis and the central images of the Republic
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)A reading of the Epinomis dialogue is proposed within the context of the three central images of the Republic: the sun, the line and the cave. To do this, we start from the methodological assumption of the authenticity of ... -
Aristotle: on the expression “amicably make common use”
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)In the framework of discussions on common goods, the common elements, or urban common and their practices, I propose going back to Aristotle, in order to examine his considerations on what he calls “common,” besides the ... -
The background of slapstick in Menander’s comedy: throwing objects, hitting, tripping, and comic falls
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)Greek literature has a background of slapstick resources (hits, falls, stumbling, throwing objects, and comic injuries) in various genres such as epic, iambic poetry, fable, and comedy. Menander’s comedy, in particular The ... -
The episode of the Sirens in Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonauts: Comic enrichment and metapoetic aspects
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)Just as in the Odyssey the hero on his return journey must resist the charm of the Sirens, in Argonauts the heroes must also overcome them on their return to Hélade. Although bibliographic studies note a change in tone ... -
Dangling dancers, vertebrae creak, Female suicide, and Greek tragedy
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)Based on Nicole Loraux’s Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman, this article aims to present very different ways in which the death of a man and the death of a woman are thought of in a Greek polis. It seeks to emphasize the way ... -
Allegorizing the Immaculate Conception: a cycle of Lima tiles and a Cusco sermon
(Universidad EAFIT, 2021-12-15)This article aims to show that the classical training received at the Seminary of San Antonio Abad in sixteenth-century viceregal Cusco was decisive in the allegorization processes that are at the foundation of the ...
