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Commentary on Furley

Commentary on Furley Although in terms of my own research I am a medievalist, the opportunity to comment upon David Furley's paper is an extremely welcome one largely because both of us have -- perhaps for longer than we would like to think -- been working on the history of atomism: he on the Greeks, myself on various fourteenth-century Latin philosophers and scientists. Thus, in spite of the chronological and cultural differences, I have always found David Furley's work extremely important for my own research. Indeed, through the kindness of Gregory Vlastos, I was able to read Furley's important book on Greek atomism a number of years before its publication. It made quite an im - pression on me, an impression that was brought back to mind when I read the paper that has just been presented to us. In a few words, reading today's paper was quite as tantalizing and thought provoking as was the reading of the manuscript of the book over twenty years ago. One surely wishes one could hear more -- right not -- of David Furley's "vertical and horizontal" exploration of his two columns of beliefs. That, however, will presumably have to await the publication of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy Online Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 1987 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1059-986X
eISSN
2213-4417
DOI
10.1163/2213441786X00039
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Abstract

Although in terms of my own research I am a medievalist, the opportunity to comment upon David Furley's paper is an extremely welcome one largely because both of us have -- perhaps for longer than we would like to think -- been working on the history of atomism: he on the Greeks, myself on various fourteenth-century Latin philosophers and scientists. Thus, in spite of the chronological and cultural differences, I have always found David Furley's work extremely important for my own research. Indeed, through the kindness of Gregory Vlastos, I was able to read Furley's important book on Greek atomism a number of years before its publication. It made quite an im - pression on me, an impression that was brought back to mind when I read the paper that has just been presented to us. In a few words, reading today's paper was quite as tantalizing and thought provoking as was the reading of the manuscript of the book over twenty years ago. One surely wishes one could hear more -- right not -- of David Furley's "vertical and horizontal" exploration of his two columns of beliefs. That, however, will presumably have to await the publication of

Journal

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1986

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