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Jonathan Greig

@jabgreig.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ HU Berlin, deep dives in ancient/Byzantine philosophy. Occasional remarks, usual disclaimers.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
A photographer in the Chatsworth Nature Preserve in Los Angeles captured a real-life image of something you would never see in cartoons: a coyote who successfully nabbed a road runner, instead of falling from a cliff, getting hit by a train or having an anvil land on him.
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Photo of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a Lie
Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.
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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are hiring a PhD-student! #Philosophysky #Medievalsky #philjob www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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PhD-candidate (1 + 2 years) for the project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)
Want to join the FitMA team?
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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We are looking for a postdoc @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! And they are looking for another postdoc @unituebingen.bsky.social! If you want to work on the Latin translations of Aristotle's De anima and De sensu, this is your chance! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #ancientbluesky #philosophysky
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Postdoctoral fellow for the FWO-WEAVE-project ‘Aristotle on Soul and Senses: Exchanges between Latin and Greek Transmissions of De anima and De sensu’ (EXDADS)
Interested in postdoc research on Aristotle?
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Just 789 more signatures to hit 20,000! A significant threshold - come on, we can do it!
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In Memoriam, Christopher Rowe www.academia.edu/165696557/In...
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In Memoriam: Christopher Rowe (1944–2025)
Christopher Rowe thought that things and people could and should make sense, and with unfailing good humour and generosity of spirit he tried to help them to do so. He had shallow reserves of patience...
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
New open access translation of Porphyry, "Letter to Anebo" and "On Oracles": cswr.hds.harvard.edu/4t/porphyry-...
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Porphyry of Tyre on Theology and Theurgy | Center for the Study of World Religions
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Krys Dolega @krysdolega.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I was looking for a copy of Rorty's "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature" and found one that belongs to a true pragmatist...
A copy of Richard Rorty's book held open by a scale replica of a medieval longsword
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byzanzforscher.bsky.social @byzanzforscher.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Save Classics at the University of Ottawa! #sosclassicsuo The #UniversityofOttawa administration has decided to suspend admissions to the BA program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (in February 2026). Please support the fight against this measure via bsky.app/profile/antr...
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Lea Cantor @leamundi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My co-authored article with Jonathan Egid on the controversy over the authorship of the Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob – a brilliant philosophical autobiography set in seventeenth-century Ethiopia – is finally out (advanced access) in the Journal of the History of Ideas (@jhideas.bsky.social)! 🧵 #philsky
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Project MUSE - An Ethiopian Lucretius? Giusto da Urbino and the Origins of the <em>Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿɘqob</em> Controversy
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Clelia Crialesi @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A 1551 print of Ptolemy’s Almagest annotated by Galileo Galilei has been newly discovered in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze! 🌙🔭🪐 #HistSci
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Un nuovo postillato di Galileo Galilei - Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze
Scoperta in Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze una copia dell'Almagesto postillata da Galileo Galilei
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LECTIO Institute @lectio-institute.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The call for Visiting Fellowships is open! In a nutshell: 📚 Open topic (x2) or a more specific theme (x3) ⏳ 4–6 weeks in the academic year 2026–2027 💶 Non-stipendiary (alas!), but we will cover travel to/from Leuven and accommodation 📆 Apply by 6 March 2026 🔗 www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...
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MedPhil Journals @medphiljournals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Quaestio 24 (2024): besides many others, articles on an aporia on nature in Augustine, accidental events in Siger of Brabant, the multiple uses of Avicenna in Henry of Ghent's doctrine of the res, and the context of Suárez's metaphysics. buff.ly/L3ndWx6
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Gorgias Press @gorgiaspress.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sebastian Brock's highly anticipated work 'St Ephrem on the Pearl and its Symbols', is available for pre-order. We're particularly delighted to be publishing this work as it's our first to include English, West Syriac, and East Syriac! www.gorgiaspress.com/st-ephrem-on... #Ephrem #comingsoon
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St Ephrem on the Pearl and its Symbols
The theme of the pearl, with its mysterious origins, has been taken up by writers in many different languages and cultures. In Syriac, beside the 'Hymn of the Pearl', incorporated into the Acts of Tho...
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Here’s an open question to throw out for philo-bsky: has anyone compared self-constitution b/w Proclus and Spinoza? I had some email me recently on this, and I honestly have no idea about the Spinoza scene to say - am curious.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This conversation has come up many times over the years. Even more so for academic jobs, like professorships. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Some days I miss my childhood home.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Incredible news - congratulations to an old Leuven colleague, Dan Batovici!
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MedPhil Journals @medphiljournals.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Journal of the History of Philosophy 63.4 (2025): an article analysing Aquinas's Five Ways. buff.ly/Kh0gIA9
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I'm co-organizing a panel for the 2026 ISNS on differing narratives of Greek philosophy between Neoplatonists and their monotheist inheritors. Come join us! isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Recently realized that, besides 1-2 mailing lists, there isn't a blog or site tracking ancient/late antique philosophy events/news/pubs/etc. at the moment, along the lines of (say) IPM Monthly (ipmtoday.com). Would there be any broader interest in this?
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New article (open access!) out in Synthese by @marilupapandreou.bsky.social - arguing for a new Aristotelian approach to artifacts, esp. in the domain of natural philosopher instead of the metaphysician. Looks very good: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Artworks, technical artefacts, and a few other things: a fresh Aristotelian approach - Synthese
I advance an Aristotelian approach by which we shall find a unified account of technical artefacts and artworks. The unification is conceptually available to Aristotle not because he does not have a s...
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Marilù Papandreou @marilupapandreou.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Ancient philosophy people are so great at labels.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Doing my favorite early summer activity: hang out in a beer garden and check out the recent pubs.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Now out! Immense thanks to our solid contributors. Anyone into Byzantine philosophy and Neoplatonism's legacy in the Eastern Christian world, this is the work for you! brill.com/display/titl...
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Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium
"Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium" published on 19 May 2025 by Brill.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Coming out May 29th! (open access) brill.com/display/titl...
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
My suggestion a while ago that there should be a Rerum Novarum 2.0 seems finally to be resurfacing - and for a guy going for the Leonine heritage, very nice. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
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Pope Leo identifies AI as main challenge in first meeting with cardinals
New pontiff sets out vision, pledging to continue ‘precious legacy’ of predecessor Pope Francis.
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Krys Dolega @krysdolega.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“We have been judged by the younger generation who think they have invented everything, […] but really, they are just wearing what we wore in our teen years.” dads in 1968 🤝 millennials in 2025
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Out today! Very pleased to see this work in the wild now—honored to have had the chance to contribute a ch. on the "bundle theory" of matter in Gregory's In hex. A must-read for late antique/early Christian philosophy readers: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Something mysteriously fitting about Pope Francis' passing after the resurrection, so sudden and immediately, as honestly hard as it is to digest. A similar feeling to what I had with my father's own passing. Memoria aeterna, Pope Francis
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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
If you have excellent knowledge of Latin, and you'd like to get a 4-year job to work with medieval philosophy and manuscripts, there is a week left to apply! #philsky #medievalsky
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna. Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/ Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries! @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It’s happening!
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Antonio Vargas 🏳️‍🌈 @philoantonio.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Vesuvius as a Titan covering Philodemus' School in Ash for posterior discovery at Herculaneum. (made with chatgpt for a class I'm teaching on Lucretius)
A Renaissance-style oil painting depicts Mount Vesuvius as a colossal, muscular Titan draped in flowing volcanic robes. With a solemn expression, the Titan gently spreads a glowing blanket of ash over an ancient Roman villa, symbolizing the preservation of knowledge. Inside the villa, philosophers—including Philodemus—are seen mid-discussion, surrounded by scrolls and statues. The scene contrasts warm, golden interior light with the dark, ash-filled sky, evoking a sense of calm amidst impending destruction.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Proclus vs Damascius
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This looks excellent and immensely essential for our field. Looking forward to reading soon.
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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
FitMA is hiring! We are looking for a motivated PhD-candidate in medieval Latin philosophy to join our team @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! Deadline for applications: 24 April www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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PhD-candidate (4 years) for the project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)
Interested in Greek-Latin translations of Aristotle?
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Certain Thomist types (like the River Forest'y folks) might appreciate this Alexandrian take.
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Props to Damascius
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MedPhil Journals @medphiljournals.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Medioevo 49 (2024): a special issue on the concept of action in 13th-century Parisian masters of arts, covering commentaries on De anima, De sensu, Ethics, Politics, Liber sex principiorum, and treatises on music theory. buff.ly/oFqhr88
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Today is the feast of St. John Climacus, d. 649, author of the Scala Paradisi. BNF Coislin 263 is a copy of that work written in 1059 per to its colophon (the black and red text page with geomentric layout in the third pic). I have a #codicology q for those of you who know Greek MSS...🧵
fol. 8r: manuscript page with diagram of an A-frame ladder with monks ascending towards a Christ Pantocrator in a blue heaven at the peakfol. 10v: diagram of the steps of the ladderfol. 157v: manuscript colophon with black and red text arranged in a complicated geometric layout
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Pleased to announce my project's highlight workshop coming up April 9-10 in Berlin, on the various visions of Greek philosophy, covering a wide swath from Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche. With 17 talks, a dense yet rich set of discussions ahead!
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Not sure how publicized it is here, but the Serbian govt. has cut the salaries of (I believe) all academics in public institutions—punishing prof's. for the student protests. This is *far* worse than what's w/ academics in the US (for now). Shame on Serbia—and on western govt's. for ignoring this!
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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Next month, FitMA will start its search for a PhD-student #medieval #Latin #Aristotle. I will post the announcement here and through the usual channels. #medievalsky #classicsbluesky
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Coming this July. www.cambridge.org/au/universit...
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MedPhil Journals @medphiljournals.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Studi sull'Aristotelismo medievale 4.4 (2024): the special issue dedicated to John of Ripa, OFM, with articles on his views on latitudines, beatific vision, theory of distinction, intuitive cognition, experience & reflexivity, his legacy, and much more. buff.ly/2l0QPo5
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MedPhil Journals @medphiljournals.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
British Journal for the History of Philosophy 33.2 (2025): a special issue on medieval debates on quantity: Grosseteste, the unity of matter, atomism & Bacon, divisibilism & Rimini, quantity perception, the perfection of species, & Peter of Mantua. buff.ly/GvXYjdi
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
(Pssst—there is… In the past some called this, um, PHILOSOPHY)
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This was a fun read - and very fortuitous timing, having just visited the well-known Academia Vivarium Novum, where all teaching/conversation is *entirely* in Latin and/or ancient Greek. Kept thinking back to the not-so-distant past.
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kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
nice
a Ge'ez word for "wizard" is arestatalu from Greek Aristotle, who was considered a wizard
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