Diogenes of Oinoanda/Diogene d'Oenoanda

“This is a very strong cast of contributors and the cumulative effect of the contributions is an important step forward in thinking about Diogenes of Oinoanda.”
Dr James Warren, University of Cambridge

This volume comprises a huge wealth of expertise and offers a broad presentation of the main directions of contemporary research on Diogenes. Although, as Roskam points out (p. 242), the central focus of its attention on polemics might potentially have led to emphasis only on the destructive message of Diogenes, these authoritative interpretations of the corpus engage the reader in the constructive side of his philosophy as well, offering a fascinating and richly detailed resource for anyone interested in not only Diogenes of Oinoanda, but his historical and philosophical milieu and that of Epicureanism under the Roman Empire.Attila Németh, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.01.08

Indeed, this book can be said to represent a new stage in the research into this very important document. [...] Together the articles in this volume develop many different, and often new, points of view on the inscription, sometimes confirming, sometimes contradicting each other, and thereby showing that the research into the inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda is still an on-going affair. The volume therefore presents an ideal point of access for those who want to familiarize themselves with the inscription and the current state of the research.Frederik
Bakker, Syzetesis
V/1 (2018)

Gli obiettivi posti dai curatori, in conclusione, sono stati pienamente raggiunti; grazie all’approfondimento e alle capacità dei contributori, come si è tentato di mostrare, l’importanza di questo volume è andata al di là dell’interesse per la figura di D. e ha investito problematiche ben più ampie che, a partire da questo particolare autore, vanno dalla comprensione dell’evoluzione storica del pensiero del Giardino ai rapporti che quest’ultimo intrattenne, durante l’ellenismo e la prima età imperiale, con le altre scuole filosofiche. Un volume, dunque, di cui si sentiva il bisogno e che ha il merito di aprire la strada, in maniera più che autorevole, a un nuovo campo d’indagine nella filosofia ellenistica e imperiale.
Federico G. Corsi, Elenchos 2018; 39(1): 179–184

Voici le premier recueil d’articles entièrement consacré à l’inscription monumentale, la plus grande jamais découverte de l’Antiquité, par laquelle Diogène (IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne) invitait les habitants et les visiteurs de sa cité (en Lycie, dans la Turquie actuelle) au mode de vie épicurien. Cette publication est un événement éditorial pour une autre raison encore. Le recueil tient compte des nombreux fragments découverts entre 1993, date de l’édition magistrale de M. F. Smith (Diogenes of Oinoanda. The Epicurean Inscription), et août 2014, date du colloque d’Istanbul dont il est issu. L’évaluation qu’il propose des buts philosophiques et des stratégies polémiques de Diogène peut donc se fonder sur la quasi-totalité des textes publiés depuis la première découverte en 1884. Or cet épicurien affronte et tranche des questions fort complexes : ainsi, le bonheur, la peur, la vieillesse, la mort. Mais, sur un mur public, fût-il colossal, comment évoquer avec justesse l’éthique, la physique ou la théorie de la connaissance qu’impliquent les réponses d’Épicure ? Un des attraits du recueil tient à la lucidité avec laquelle il aborde le plus souvent cette difficulté.José Kany-Turpin, Revue philosophique, n° 3/2018, p. 417 a p. 456

... a particularly welcome contribution. The twelve essays it brings together bear witness to the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach strengthened by the use of innovative investigative technologies [...] The merit of this endeavor, however, chiefly resides in the choice to examine the content of the inscription from a specific point of view: that of doctrinal polemics, which—in keepingwith the dictates of the Epicurean school, yet also with some original insights—Diogenes directs against other currents of thought (Stoicism, no doubt, but also other philosophies).Emidio Spinelli, ISIS—Volume
109, Number 4, December 2018