Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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In what way can the two seemingly different parts of Isocrates’ Panegyricus be regarded as contributing to a specific goal? This is the question that my thesis will address. On the one hand,...Show moreIn what way can the two seemingly different parts of Isocrates’ Panegyricus be regarded as contributing to a specific goal? This is the question that my thesis will address. On the one hand, Isocrates seems to praise Athens and desire Athenian hegemony, while on the other hand the Panegyricus also advocates panhellenism. This thesis will argue that these two seemingly different parts of the speech can be seen as coherent and do in fact contribute to one goal, by researching Isocrates’ use of rhetorical strategies.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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By means of the sign known as Gardiner F27, theory on classification in ancient Egyptian written language is juxtaposed with orthography in both hieroglyphic and hieratic writing. Existing theory,...Show moreBy means of the sign known as Gardiner F27, theory on classification in ancient Egyptian written language is juxtaposed with orthography in both hieroglyphic and hieratic writing. Existing theory, currently a hotly debated topic in Egyptological scholarship, is tested and modified by means of source data primarily from the Ramesside period in Egypt. In this way the thesis opens up promising new avenues for future research.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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Does every individual human being have its own Form in the intellectual world? In contrast with his Platonic forerunners, Plotinus presents in Ennead V.7 an original approach to this controversial...Show moreDoes every individual human being have its own Form in the intellectual world? In contrast with his Platonic forerunners, Plotinus presents in Ennead V.7 an original approach to this controversial question and does not hesitate to deal with the question with a perspective that is broader than purely metaphysical. He goes beyond his predecessors in trying to come up with a comprehensive and philosophically correct discussion and does not contend himself with a didactic and dogmatic repetition of the (presumed) Platonic point of view. By means of a structuralistic approach, this commentary demonstrates that Plotinus denies the existence of a Form of an individual, but instead posits an individual forming principle (logos) in the soul. In addition, it is shown that Augustine in his remarks on the Form of the individual is clearly inspired by Plotinus.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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The main question answered in this thesis 'The figurability of theory. The philosophical significance of circularity in Parmenides’ is how circularity figures Parmenides’ doctrine and what its...Show moreThe main question answered in this thesis 'The figurability of theory. The philosophical significance of circularity in Parmenides’ is how circularity figures Parmenides’ doctrine and what its philosophical significance is. A significant and recurring notion in all three parts of the poem, circularity is employed as a didactic tool to demonstrate the theory to the audience, as a polemic notion to contrast his theory with the ones of his predecessors or the other section of his own poem (the δόξαι in case of the ἀλήθεια and vice versa), and as a reflective means to stress key aspects of his own theory. I employ notions from Marin’s semiotics of images, such as the deictic frame and the theoretical objects, having adapted them in order to make them fit for application to archaic Greek poetry rather than visual arts.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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Deze scriptie beschrijft de vriendschap tussen Cicero en Pompeius aan de hand van verschillende teksten: Laelius de amicitia, Commentariolum Petitionis en verschillende brieven uit de Ad familiares.
