The ‘Odd’ Conception of Space in Stoic Philosophy

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15597
dc.contributor.author	Castellani Barbara
dc.title	The ‘Odd’ Conception of Space in Stoic Philosophy
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The complex Stoic conception of space is expressed through three distinct but complementary notions: the void, the place and the room. These are incorporeal entities to be investigated within the rigid corporealism traditionally attributed to the Stoics. First of all, this work intends to provide an organic and coherent reconstruction of the Stoic conception of space, despite the fragmentary nature of the sources at our disposal. Furthermore, it is shown that spatial notions play a fundamental role in Stoic philosophy – think of the theory of universal conflagration – despite the ontological status of incorporeality.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-12-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-10-28
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-675-6/the-odd-conception-of-space-in-stoic-philosophy/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-675-6/004
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-675-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Ancient Stoicism
dc.subject	Conflagration
dc.subject	Incorporeals
dc.subject	Ontology
dc.subject	Place
dc.subject	Room
dc.subject	Void

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The ‘Odd’ Conception of Space in Stoic Philosophy

Barbara Castellani Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

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The complex Stoic conception of space is expressed through three distinct but complementary notions: the void, the place and the room. These are incorporeal entities to be investigated within the rigid corporealism traditionally attributed to the Stoics. First of all, this work intends to provide an organic and coherent reconstruction of the Stoic conception of space, despite the fragmentary nature of the sources at our disposal. Furthermore, it is shown that spatial notions play a fundamental role in Stoic philosophy – think of the theory of universal conflagration – despite the ontological status of incorporeality.

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Dec. 21, 2022

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978-88-6969-675-6

Keywords: Void • Place • Incorporeals • Ancient Stoicism • Ontology • Conflagration • Room

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