So I'm just going to call this a "metaphysics" page, and be done
with
the question of naming it. Now, since ancient inquiries into that which
is often reflected or prompted considerations pertinent to the fields
we
now call natural science, ethics, religious studies, political thought,
and epistemology, this page will also present some material relating to
these topics.
As for whether this stuff is really deep, evil, and/or scary...read
it and find out.
If you've come to
this page seeking information about the MA program in Philosophy at
GMU, or about the Graduate Certificate in Professional Ethics at GMU,
please click
here.
Parmenides
podcast from Christopher Long's fabulous Digital Dialogues series -
thanks to Christopher Long for organizing this; and to him, Sara Brill,
and Jill Gordon for asking wonderful questions and enduring my answers!
Hermeneutical
Principles: Interpreting ancient Greek philosophy
Examples
of Plagiarism vs. Examples of Legitimate Use of Material Written by
Others
Perseus Project
Materials on Classical Antiquity: literature, art, architecture,
archaeology,
history, Greek and Latin languages. Check out the on-line edition of
Liddell,
Scott, Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon, the atlas tools, and the
large and growing selection of Greek and Latin works in both the
original
languages and English.
To
read works by well-known Greek writers such as Homer, Hesiod, Plato,
[some] Aristotle, and Pindar, click on "Collections," then "Greek and
Roman materials," then scroll
down to the author of your choice. Texts are available in both Greek
and English. (Some of the translations may seem somewhat out-of-date,
as they are largely from out-of-print editions of the Loeb Classical
Library.) If you're going to use a translated text in your papers, it's
better to get a fairly recent and good translation. But for quick
reference, or to look up the Greek, Perseus is very handy to have.
To look up Greek words, from the main
page, click on "All search options" (top right) then select "show" next
to "Dictionary Entry Lookup."
Electronic
Resources for Classicists
What the name says: links to texts, discussion groups, software and
more; usually but not always scholarly.
The
Stoa
Home of Demos, the Suda On Line, and Diotima (below), plus several other
web projects, the Stoa Consortium
presents "news, projects, and links for digital classicists
everywhere." Elegant, scholarly, and responsible. Check for frequent
updates on issues having to do with online publishing, intellectual
property, open-source collections, and more.
Demos
A rich and rigorous project on classical Athenian democracy,
replete with scholarly essays, images, links to ancient texts and
secondary sources, an excellent glossary of relevant Greek terms, and
an ever-increasing complement of additional good things. The site is
easy to use, and its many hyperlinks are well-organized and helpful.
The site's own description is best: "Our goal is to build a digital
encyclopedia of classical Athenian democracy that will be useful to a
wide audience. We hope to describe the history, institutions, and
people of democratic Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, to
publish the efforts of scholars to answer questions about Athenian
democracy, and to invite you, our audience, to explore, discover, and
judge for yourselves." Truly kalon
kagathon, Blackwell et al.!
The
Suda
On Line
One thousand years in the making! The Suda is a tenth-century
CE work containing excerpts from and commentaries on ancient
philosophers.
It's especially important as a resource for the study of philosophers
who
lived before Plato.
George Mason University Department of Philosophy
The
Classics Page at
Ad
Fontes Academy
This page has won praise around the world. It contains resources in
and links to all sorts of material pertaining to classical (mostly
Roman)
antiquity. There is an excellent on-line library of Latin texts here,
along
with links to discussion groups and language tutorials. Salvete,
Winkler and Carey!
Rogueclassicism
David Meadows' exciting classics blog: the ancient world lives! (And
I do mean 'world' - all continents but Antarctica are included, since
no
ancient human artifacts have turned up there...yet.) There are daily
updates
of news and ideas relating to the ancient world, listings of television
programs on ancient themes, links to images of archeological digs and
art
objects, meditations on applications of ancient ideas to today's world,
and much more. Subscribe at this site to Meadows' free weekly e-mail
newsletter
Explorator, and get the latest about the ancient world every
Sunday!
Thaumasios!
Library of Ancient Texts Online: A wide variety of texts by ancient authors. Translation quality varies widely, and please read the site's discussion entitled "disadvantages of online editions." But if a text is not available in GMU, and you want to get an idea of whether you're going to need to order it from the Consortium Loan Service or InterLibrary Loan for your paper, this is a good way to tell.
Non-contradiction.com
This site is devoted to Aristotle's works and achievements. It has
links to translations of his writings (including some that are hard to
find online elsewhere), a glossary of Greek words, a history of his
life, links to other pages on Aristotle (full disclosure: these include
some of the pages from the site you are on now), and much more. Be sure
to check out the page on Aristotle's
Catfish, a fish at the center of thousands of years of
scientific controversy!
The
Aperion Project
This group creates music based on themes from ancient cultures and
pre-Socratic philosophy, among other inspirations. Be sure to check out
"Anaximander's Lament," available here.
Kudos to the Aperion project, and thanks to Brandon Rizzo for
permitting me to link to their site. Deep evil scary metaphysics takes
to the airwaves (or the fiber-optic cables)!