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Inscrits dans le cadre de son enseignement de la philosophie, les textes anti-épicuriens de Plutarque illustrent les règles d’honnêteté intellectuelle que toute polémique doit respecter, sous peine de perdre toute valeur. C’est ainsi que, parmi les ouvrages conservés de son œuvre, deux dialogues, Contre Colotès et Qu’il n’est pas non plus possible de vivre plaisamment en suivant Épicure, auxquels il convient d’ajouter l’opuscule Si la maxime « Vis caché » est bonne, nous livrent une analyse quasi systématique de l’épicurisme, qui vise à réfuter, sans déformation sectaire, des thèses adverses et, sans mauvaise foi, l’ensemble du système épicurien, qu’il s’agisse de la gnoséologie, de la cosmologie, de la théologie, de l’anthropologie, ou du souverain bien, du droit et de l’amitié. Dans tous ces domaines, les postulats initiaux sont si radicalement opposés qu’ils rendent impossibles une confrontation dialectique des idées et encore plus un effort d’empathie herméneutique. Mais, si les critiques développées par Plutarque relèvent d’une tradition largement platonicienne, et pour une moindre part stoïcienne, et ne présentent pas un caractère très original, elles reposent sur une connaissance personnelle des écrits des membres du Jardin, et pas seulement de son fondateur, et notamment de leur correspondance. À cet égard, son témoignage devient précieux. En outre, la détermination des apories inhérentes aux théories incriminées, dont la dénonciation réapparaît incidemment ailleurs dans le reste de son œuvre à des degrés et à des titres divers, donne à Plutarque l’occasion d’affirmer avec plus de précision ses propres positions et nous permet d’entrer dans le cabinet privé de ses méditations sur les premiers principes.

Epicureans (Greek philosophy) --- Philosophy of nature --- Happiness --- Epicuriens --- Philosophie de la nature --- Bonheur --- History --- Histoire --- Plutarch --- Philosophy --- épicurisme --- philosophie --- Épicure --- Plutarque

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This volume of collected essays explores the premise that Plutarch's work, notwithstanding its amazing thematic multifariousness, constantly pivots on certain ideological pillars which secure its unity and coherence. So, unlike other similar books which, more or less, concentrate on either the Lives or the Moralia or on some particular aspect(s) of Plutarch's œuvre, the articles of the present volume observe Plutarch at work in both Lives and Moralia, thus bringing forward and illustrating the inner unity of his varied literary production. The subject-matter of the volume is uncommonly wide-ranging and the studies collected here inquire into many important issues of Plutarchean scholarship: the conditions under which Plutarch's writings were separated into two distinct corpora, his methods of work and the various authorial techniques employed, the interplay between Lives and Moralia, Plutarch and politics, Plutarch and philosophy, literary aspects of Plutarch's œuvre, Plutarch on women, Plutarch in his epistemological and socio-historical context. In sum, this book brings Plutarchean scholarship to date by revisiting and discussing older and recent problematization concerning Plutarch, in an attempt to further illuminate his personality and work.

Plutarch -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses. --- Plutarch -- Criticism and interpretation. --- Plutarch. Moralia -- Congresses. --- Plutarch. Moralia. --- Greek literature --- Criticism and interpretation --- Plutarch. --- Plutarch --- Ethics, Ancient, in literature --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Morale ancienne dans la littérature --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Plutarchus --- Plutarkh --- Plutarkhus --- Plutarque --- Plutarco --- Plutarchus, --- Plutarch, --- Ploutarchos --- Blūtārkhūs --- Плутарх --- Плутах --- Plutarh --- פלוטארכוס --- پلوتارخ --- Πλούταρχος, --- Pseudo-Plutarch --- Plutarkhosz --- Balkan literature --- Byzantine literature --- Classical literature --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Ploetarchos --- Plutarchus Chaeronensis --- Plutarque (0046?-0120?)

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'Space and time' have been key concepts of investigation in the humanities in recent years. In the field of Classics in particular, they have led to the fresh appraisal of genres such as epic, historiography, the novel and biography, by enabling a close focus on how ancient texts invest their representations of space and time with a variety of symbolic and cultural meanings. This collection of essays by a team of international scholars seeks to make a contribution to this rich interdisciplinary field, by exploring how space and time are perceived, linguistically codified and portrayed in the biographical and philosophical work of Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd centuries CE). The volume’s aim is to show how philological approaches, in conjunction with socio-cultural readings, can shed light on Plutarch’s spatial terminology and clarify his conceptions of time, especially in terms of the ways in which he situates himself in his era’s fascination with the past. The volume’s intended readership includes Classicists, intellectual and cultural historians and scholars whose field of expertise embraces theoretical study of space and time, along with the linguistic strategies used to portray them in literary or historical texts.

Greek literature --- Greek literature. --- Space and time in literature --- Space and time in literature. --- History and criticism --- Plutarch --- Plutarch. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Plutarchus Chaeronensis --- Plutarchus --- Plutarkh --- Plutarkhus --- Plutarque --- Plutarco --- Plutarchus, --- Plutarch, --- Ploutarchos --- Ploetarchos --- Blūtārkhūs --- Плутарх --- Плутах --- Plutarh --- פלוטארכוס --- پلوتارخ --- Πλούταρχος, --- Pseudo-Plutarch --- Plutarkhosz --- Space --- Time --- Language --- Memory