@Megillus

Disarticulating Platonist

 Canada
Joined March 2009
  • Tweets11.8K
  • Following136
  • Followers2K
7.4KMedia
Now *that's* a close reading.
Barnaby Taylor@miserabiliter21 Jul 2023
Reading David Charles on Aristotle and ‘The Undivided Self’. De Anima II-III is 60pp of Greek, so this (legendary) reading group worked at an average rate of four pages per year. Completely inspiring.
2
3
1
24
4,953
Silver tetradrachm depicting the famous Scylla 414 BC. From Akragas (Agrigento), Sicily.
12
210
18
1,467
ἀνάπλωσις, εως, ἡ (anaplōsis) —unfolding; explanation, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 467.8. —unfolding, evolution, ἡ τῶν λόγων ἐξέλιξις καὶ ἀ. Plot. 5.7.3; opp. συνείλησις —simplification, Dam. Pr. 26,70
3
8
Marble Akroterion, Greek, Attic, ca. 350–325 B.C.
2
7
What indeed, as twitter asks, is happening in these details? “Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli” from Piranesi’s Views of Rome (Opere, vol. 17). @UofSCRareBooks @UofSClibraries @uofscdigicoll
1
4
πάγκυφος, ον (pangkuphos) —'quite crooked,' π. ἐλαία the sacred olive-tree in the citadel at Athens, because of its dwarfed and twisted shape, Ar. Fr. 727
1
4
26
The first full translation of Virgil in Chinese is complete
39
174
52
2,131
Megillus retweeted
Megillus@Megillus19 Mar 2020
Monkey Island
1
2
6
Megillus retweeted
Megillus@Megillus10 Oct 2018
Persian romance of Alexander - Plato's robot
2
2
1
11
Let’s go!
1
4
42
Megillus retweeted
Megillus@Megillus9 Mar 2017
Herm of Aphrodite Ourania
3
1
3
Megillus retweeted
Megillus@Megillus6 Jan 2018
Platonic immortality - Death & rebirth
1
3
12
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, A. View of the Tomb of Licinianus Piso on the ancient Appian Way... B. Tomb of the Cornelii..., from Views of Rome, 1764 artic.edu/artworks/48142/ #museumarchive #giovannibattistapiranesi
1
5
1
14
68
9
63
Megillus retweeted
Megillus@Megillus4 Oct 2016
Court Pythagoreans:
1
2
3
5
1
54
Ionic capitals of Rome (S. Maria in Trastevere, St. Paul, St. George in Velabro, St. Saba, etc.) #neoclassicism #giovannibattistapiranesi
9
15
Announcing the advent of my #wallporn Advent Calendar! Each day a window-shaped chunk of the festive garden scene fresco from Livia’s Villa will be opened to reveal the underlying majestic glory that is Roman wall construction. What could be more exciting? #OpusCalendarium
33
167
58
637
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
10
2
27
Load more