Arianna Fermani

This paper tries to show that, for Plato, man is unhappy «in many ways». Applying the model of multifocal approach also to one of the essential problems both of philosophy and of human existence, the paper crosses the multiple reasons of unhappiness...

This paper is focused on the semantic richness of the notion of epieikeia, and shows how it assumes an absolute centrality in the Aristotelian texts, both in terms of contents and of methodological approach. The notion of equity, in fact, besides being intersected in many ways with the different weaves of the justice, constitutes a productive theoretical figure, embodying, by means of the powerful model of the ‘lead’s ruler’, the ideal of an appropriate and accurate method according to its object of inquiry...

I molteplici e complessi rapporti tra l’anima e il corpo, le caratteristiche della psichè e i nessi tra le sue diverse funzioni e attività, le ricadute di tali diversificati rapporti sul piano ontologico, fisicobiologico ed etico-antropologico: sono solo alcune delle questioni messe a tema nei saggi raccolti in questo volume.