Prof. dr. F.A.J. (Frans) de Haas
Position:
- Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
- Academic Director
- Aristotle
- Neoplatonism
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Mind
- Commentary Tradition
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2010 |
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| E-Mail: | f.a.j.de.haas@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.05b |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2672 |
| E-Mail: | f.a.j.de.haas@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Griekse T&C |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.05b |
Teaching
My teaching is mainly concerned with influential aspects of the philosophy of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. I am interested in the reception of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics in late Antiquity (200-600 AD) and esp. in Neoplatonism. Philosophers in late Antiquity discuss critical questions and problems which foreshadow the reception of ancient philosophy in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Early Modern period. Sometimes they have even managed to dominate modern interpretations of Plato and Aristotle.
Research
My research focuses on the reception of Aristotle's philosophy of science, and on "philosophy of mind" in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. More specifically I am interested in the interpretation of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, On the soul, and On sense and sensibles from late Antiquity onwards. Moreover, in this respect there is an interesting interplay between philosophy and exact sciences like mathematics and astronomy in Antiquity. My most important sources are philosophical commentaries by Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius, Philoponus, Simplicius, Eustratius, and Grosseteste, as well as the treatises by Plotinus and Proclus. I also study philosophical commentaries from the Renaissance, which were inspired directly by the late ancient commentaries which became available in new editions in the 15th century.
International cooperation
- Leiden, Utrecht and Leuven cooperate in the Centre for Ancient Philosophy (CAW in Dutch), which facilitates part of the training of MA and PhD students, and organizes regular meetings, lectures by foreign speakers etc.
- Team leader in the European programme From natural philosophy to science (2002-2007) funded by the European Science Foundation.
- Editor of the English translation of Greek commentaries on the Posterior Analytics as part of the project Ancient Commentators on Aristotle.
- Member and former chairman of the Academia Platonica septima Monasteriensis, a European network for research in Platonism, established in Münster (Germany).
Curriculum vitae
Prof.dr. Frans A.J. de Haas (1963) studied Classics, and received his PhD in Ancient Philosophy from Leiden University (1995). He spent a year as a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies (London) on a scholarship from the Niels Stensen Foundation. He was Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences at Utrecht University (1997-2000), and Assistant Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Nijmegen University (2000-2002). Since 2003 he is Full Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University; in the years 2004-2005 he was Dean of the Faculty.
Link: Leiden Scientists and Scholars
2011
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Alexander of Aphrodisias and Aristotle's phantasia. Oxford, Philosophy of Mind seminar
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Aristoteles. In: Jurgens, J.E. & Rebel, F. (Eds.), Introductiecursus Inleiding tot de westerse filosofie, pp. 24-32. Amsterdam: Stichting Instituut voor Filosofie.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Filosofie en onderwijs. Debrecen (Hongarije), Invited lecture voor studenten Nederlands
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Filosofie-onderwijs in Alexandrië (6e eeuw n.Chr.): klopt de praktijk met de theorie? Den Haag, Vereniging voor Wijsbegeerte
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Fysica en biologie in Aristoteles. ISVW Leusden, lezing ihkv Basisopleiding Filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Het antieke curriculum. ISVW Leusden, Zomercursus 15-19 augustus
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Late ancient moral psychology. Budapest, Workshop Eötvös University
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Moral psychology in Aristotle and his ancient commentators: the fate of De motu animalium. Berlijn, TOPOI Berlin invited lecture
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Scholastiek. ISVW Leusden, lezing ihkv Grote filosofen uit de Middeleeuwen
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Simplicius Commentary on the Categories: place as poson. Como, Academia Platonica meeting Philosophy of space/place in Late Antiquity - Reconsidering Simplicius' Corollary on Place
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2011)
Wiskunde in Alexandrië. Lampas: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse classici, 44 (4), pp. 349-367.
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2010
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Fierheid, of hoe het is om te leven met een optimaal karakter. Leiden, Studiedag "Filosofie en emoties" in het kader van het 435e Lustrum van de Universiteit Leiden
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Fysica en biologie in Aristoteles. Leusden, Basiscursus Filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de & Leunissen, M.E.M.P.J. & Martijn, M. (Eds.) (2010)
Interpreting Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in Late Antiquity and Beyond. Leiden: Brill.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Mental awareness and imagination as a prerequisite for moral judgment in Antiquity. Leuven, Fate, Providence and Moral Responsibility in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Principles, conversion, and circular proof. The reception of an Academic debate in Proclus and Philoponus. In: Bénatouil, T., Trabbatoni, F., Van Riel, G. (Eds.), Plato, Aristotle or both? Dialogues between Platonism and Aristotelianism in Antiquity, pp. 173-194. Hildesheim: Academia Verlag.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Priscian and Pseudo-Simplicius on the Soul. In: Gerson, L.P. (Ed.), Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, pp. 756-764. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Recensie. [Bespreking van: Aristoteles' Kategorienschrift in ihrer antiken Kommentierung]. In: Gnomon : Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die Gesamte Klassische Altertumswissenschaft, 82, pp. 200-203.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
The purpose of Aristotle's phantasia. Berlijn, Invited lecture
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Visies op geluk en genot vanuit de Oudheid voor vandaag. Voorburg, Lezing Vrijzinnig Centrum "De Hoeksteen"
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
Vrijheid in Oudheid en Middeleeuwen. Utrecht, Open Universiteit
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2010)
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-07-06.html. [Bespreking van: Plotin. Traités 42-44. Sur les genres de l'être I, II et III]. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review
(Book review)
2009
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Aporia 3-5: between universal science and first philosophy. In: Crubellier, Michel & Laks, André (Eds.), Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta (Symposium Aristotelicum), pp. 73-104. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Aristoteles' biologie en fysica. Leusden, Basiscursus Filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Atomen met een missie: nut en noodzaak in Plato’s Timaeus. Leiden, Lezingencyclus Darwin en de filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Het bewustzijn van Aristoteles. Leiden, Studievereniging Prometheus
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Know Thyself: Awareness in Plato and Aristotle. In Van Riel, G. & Destrée, P. (Eds.) Ancient Perspectives on Aristotle's De anima (pp. 49-69). Leuven: Leuven University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Magnetism and the Soul. Leiden, Too funky: an international workshop on sympathy and emanation
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
Philoponus and the Mathematization of Logic. Documenti e Studi sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale, 20, pp. 193-210.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
The harmonics of judgement: Aristotle’s logic and applied mathematics. Leiden, Conferentie Days of Judgment
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2009)
. [Bespreking van: Plotinus on Number]. In: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2009.10.11 [http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=17805]
(Book review)
2008
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Aristoteles' biologie en fysica. ISVW Leusden, Basiscursus Filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Aristotle on consciousness. Edinburgh, Classics Association of Scotland
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Aristotle on the Soul. 's Hertogenbosch, Summer School ESF Programme From Natural Philosophy to Science
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics. Edinburgh, Ancient Philosophy Reading Group
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Aristotle’s philosophy of science and the model of mathematics. Gargnano, conferentie Platonismo e Aristotelismo
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Constraints on the reception of Aristotelian demonstration: Philoponus on principles, mathematics and conversion. Pisa, conferentie The commentary tradition on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Het bewust zijn van Aristoteles. Leiden, Alumnidag Wijsbegeerte
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Porphyry’s addiction to Aristotle and the Metaphysics: a diagnosis. Paris, Séminaires d’ études platoniciennes
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Socrates en de Socratici. ISVW Leusden, Eten & Weten
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Thinking about Thought. An inquiry into the life of Platonism. In Dillon, J. & Zovko, M.-É. (Eds.) Platonism and Forms of Intelligence (pp. 141-157). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2008)
Wijsgerige psychologie in de Oudheid: pendelen tussen natuurwetenschap en metafysica. In: Bakker, P.M.M.J. (Ed.), Lichaam & ziel. Over de filosofische voorgeschiedenis van de psychologie (Filosofie & Psychiatrie), 9. , pp. 23-50. Amsterdam: Boom.
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2007
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Aristoteles’ biologie en fysica. Leusden, Antieke Filosofie
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Between causation and logic. The dubious underpinnings of induction. Granada, Limits of Knowledge. Final Conference of ESF Programme From Natural Philosophy to Science
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Modes of consciousness in late antiquity. Leuven, The De Anima Tradition: Ancient and Medieval Perspectives, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Physics VII.3 247b1-13: alteration in the intellectual part of the soul. Vitznau, 13th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Ancient Philosophy
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Plato en het onheil in de wereld. In: Kinneging, A. & Wiche, R.T.P. (Eds.), Van kwaad tot erger. Filosofie van het kwaad van Plato tot Hannah Arendt, pp. 19-35. Utrecht: Spectrum.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Priscian and Pseudo-Simplicius on De anima. Toronto, Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity Workshop
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2007)
Thinking about Thought. An inquiry into the life of Platonism. In Zovko, Marie-Élise (Ed.) Platonism and Forms of Intelligence
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2006
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Algra, K.A. & Haas, F.A.J., de & Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Steel, C.G. (2006)
Griekse en Romeinse Filosofie. Leiden: syllabus.
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2005
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Algra, K.A. & Haas, F.A.J., de & Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Steel, C.G. (Eds.) (2005)
Griekse en Romeinse Filosofie. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2005)
The discriminating capacity of the soul in Aristotle's theory of learning. In: Salles, R. (Ed.), Metaphysics, Soul and Ethics in Ancient Thought - Themes from the Work of Richard Sorabji., pp. 321-344. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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2004
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Haas, F.A.J., de & Mansfeld, J. (2004)
Editor's introduction. Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione I. Proceedings of the Symposium Aristotelicum (pp. 1-6). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de & Mansfeld, J. (Eds.) (2004)
Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione I. Proceedings of the Symposium Aristotelicum. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2004)
Context and strategy of Plotinus treatise on the genera of being (Enn. VI.1-3 [42-44]). In Celluprica, V. & D¿Ancona, C. (Eds.) Proceedings of the conference Aristotele e i suoi esegeti neoplatonici. Logica e ontologia nelle interpretazioni greche e arabe (pp. 39-53). Rome: Bibliopolis.
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Algra, K.A. & Haas, F.A.J., de & Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Steel, C.G. (Eds.) (2004)
De Antieke Wijsbegeerte. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Haas, F.A.J., de & Mansfeld, J. (2004)
Introduction to: Joannes Philoponus, Commentaria in Aristotelis De generatione et corruptione. In: Lohr, C. (Ed.), CAGL, pp. 5-15. Stuttgart-Bad Canstatt: Frommann-Holzboog.
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2003
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Algra, K.A. & Haas, F.A.J., de & Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Steel, C.G. (Eds.) (2003)
De Antieke Wijsbegeerte. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2003)
Late Ancient Philosophy. In: Sedley, D. (Ed.), Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy, pp. 242-270. Cambridge: CUP.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2003)
Rationaliteit of 'Geen mens is intelligent genoeg om zijn eigen domheid te begrijpen'. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2003)
Tussen Plotinus en Stephanus. Kunst en Wetenschap, 12 (1), pp. 11-12.
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2002
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2002)
Modifications of the Method of Inquiry in Aristotle's Physics I.1. An essay on the dynamics of the ancient commentary tradition. In Leijenhorst, C.H., Lüthy, C.H., Thijssen, J.M.M.H. (Eds.) The Dynamics of Aristotelian Natural Philosophy (pp. 31-56). Leiden: Brill.
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2001
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2001)
De daden van Diogenes: denken, doen en de anekdote. Splijtstof, September, pp. 52-92.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2001)
Did Plotinus and Porphyry disagree on Aristotle's Categories? Phronesis, 46 (4), pp. 492-526.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2001)
Genesis elucidated. Review of L. Fladerer, Johannes Philoponos De opificio mundi. Spätantikes Sprachdenken und christliche Exegese. Stuttgart-Leipzig 1999. [Bespreking van: L. Fladerer, Johannes Philoponos De opificio mundi. Spätantikes Sprachdenken und christliche Exegese. Stuttgart-Leipzig 1999.]. In: Classical Review, 51, pp. 300-302.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2001)
Simplicius. On Aristotle On Categories 5. , On Aristotle On Categories 5, 6, pp. 1-92. London: Duckworth.
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2000
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2000)
Mathematik und Phämene. Eine Polemik über naturwissenschaftliche Methode in Simplikios. Antike Naturwissenschaft und ihre Rezeption, pp. 107-129.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2000)
Recensie van Aristoteles.Ethica Nicomachea.Vertaald, ingeleid, aantekeningen:Ch.Pannier & J.Verhaeghe. Groningen:Hist.Uitg,1999.Nicomachean Ethics Books VIII&IX. Translated:M.Pakaluk. Edited:J.L.Ackrill & L.Judson,Clarendon Aristotle Series,Oxford UP,1998. [Bespreking van: Ch.Pannier & J.Verhaeghe. Groningen:Hist.Uitg,1999.Nicomachean Ethics Books VIII&IX. Translated:M.Pakaluk. Edited:J.L.Ackrill & L.Judson,Clarendon Aristotle Series,Oxford UP,1998]. In: Nexus, 26, pp. 218-224.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (2000)
Recollection and Potentiality in Philoponus. In Kardaun, M. & Spruijt, J. (Eds.) The Winged Chariot. Collected Essays on Plato and Platonism in Honour of L.M. de Rijk (pp. 165-184). Leiden: Brill.
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1999
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1999)
Is de wereld uniek? Methode en metafysica in Aristoteles en Plato. Filosofie, 9 (2), pp. 2-20.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1999)
Mixture in Philoponus. An Encounter with a Third Kind of Potentiality. In Thijssen, J.M.M.H. & Braakhuis, H.A.G. (Eds.) The Commentary Tradition on De generatione et corruptione: Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern (pp. 21-46). Turnhout: Brepols.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1999)
Review of Di Liscia, D.A., Kessler, E., and Methuen, C., eds. Method and Order in Renaissance Philosophy of Nature: The Aristotle Commentary Tradition. Aldershot-Brookfield: Ashgate, 1997. [Bespreking van: Di Liscia, D.A., Kessler, E., and Methuen, C., eds. Method and Order in Renaissance Philosophy of Nature: The Aristotle Commentary Tradition. Aldershot-Brookfield: Ashgate, 1997.]. In: Renaissance Studies, 13, pp. 349-352.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1999)
Review of Gerson, L.P. Plotinus. The Arguments of the Philosophers. London: Routledge, 1994. [Bespreking van: Gerson, L.P. Plotinus. The Arguments of the Philosophers. London: Routledge, 1994.]. In: Mnemosyne, 52, pp. 104-112.
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1998
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1998)
De fysica van de boogschutter. Proeven aan de Griekse commentaren op het oeuvre van Aristoteles (en Plato). Lampas: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse classici, 31 (5), pp. 395-411.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1998)
Philoponus on Theophrastus on Composition in Nature. In Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Raalte, M., van (Eds.) Theophrastus. Reappraising the Sources Vol. 10 (pp. 171-189). New Brunswick-London: Transaction Publishers.
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1997
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1997)
Aristotle's Fourteenth Aporia and the Three Dimensions in Later Neoplatonism. In Cleary, J.J. (Ed.) The Perennial Tradition of Neoplatonism (pp. 347-368). Leuven: Leuven University Press.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1997)
John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter. Aspects of its Background in Neoplatonism and the Ancient Commentary Tradition. Leiden-New York-Köln: E.J. Brill.
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1997)
Review of J.E. Annas, Interpretazione dei libri M-N della Metafisica di Aristotele. La filosofia della matematica in Platone e Aristotele (Introduzione e traduzione di Giovanni Reale), Milaan 1992. [Bespreking van: J.E. Annas, Interpretazione dei libri M-N della Metafisica di Aristotele. La filosofia della matematica in Platone e Aristotele (Introduzione e traduzione di Giovanni Reale), Milaan 1992.]. In: Mnemosyne, 50, pp. 229-231.
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1996
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1996)
Rev. of Ch. Lohr, J. Philoponi Commentariae Annotationes in libros Priorum Resolutivorum Aristotelis. Übersetzt von G. Dorotheus. Neudruck der Ausgabe Venedig 1541 mit einer Einleitung von K. Verrycken & Ch. Lohr (CAGL 4),Stuttgart-Bad Canstatt 1994. [Bespreking van: Ch. Lohr, J. Philoponi Commentariae Annotationes in libros Priorum Resolutivorum Aristotelis.]. In: Classical Review, 46, p. 172.
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1994
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Haas, F.A.J., de (1994)
Review of I. Hadot (ed.), Simplicius. Commentaire sur les Catégories, fasc. I + III [Philosophia Antiqua 50-51], Leiden 1990. [Bespreking van: I. Hadot (ed.), Simplicius. Commentaire sur les Catégories, fasc. I + III [Philosophia Antiqua 50-51], Leiden 1990.]. In: Mnemosyne, 47, pp. 698-702.
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