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Papers by Bo Lindberg
Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context, 2020
In this essay, Stoic consolation is presented by help of Seneca and his treatises on consolation ... more In this essay, Stoic consolation is presented by help of Seneca and his treatises on consolation addressed to two women, his mother Helvia and his relative Marcia. Consolation according to Seneca consists in arguments taken from the rhetorical genre of consolation embedded in Stoic philosophy. By excluding the passions and effects from the philosophical soul, by criticizing conventional opinion of what is important in life, and by ac- cepting determinism, Stoic consolation aimed at preventing grief from invading the mind of the mourner. It was a proactive strategy, preparing the soul for hardship rather than mitigating grief after misfortune has hit the individual. In theory, the Stoic would be in no need of consolation. In practice, however, as in the cases of Helvia and Marcia, the consolatory arguments are applied after the calamity. Stoic consolation differs from Chris- tian consolation in that the category of hope is excluded. Since affects are ruled out, compassion and pity on...
Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century, 2018
Although virtue is not a key concept in natural law and Christian theology, these two doctrines a... more Although virtue is not a key concept in natural law and Christian theology, these two doctrines are included in my analysis of the moral discourse at seventeenth-century Swedish universities, alongside, of course, Aristotelianism and Stoicism. There were differences and conflicts between these four 'languages', Stoicism being considered less useful for society, and natural law eventually replacing Aristotelianism as the dominant theory. But all of them could serve the education of the clergy and civil servants of the expanding Swedish Lutheran monarchy. My sources are mainly dissertations and orations, which were produced within the pedagogic context of university teaching; that means that they do not necessarily present the personal convictions of the authors. Stoicism is partly an exception, represented here by a chastened ex-academic.
The first part of the paper describes the old antagonism between science and rhetoric from Plato ... more The first part of the paper describes the old antagonism between science and rhetoric from Plato to positivism. The sketch ends in the new neutral evaluation of rhetoric in the latter part of the 20th century, due to the increasing significance of rhetoric in society and the new trends in the theory of science labelled the linguistic turn. The latter part of the paper touches on the role of rhetoric in various genres in the periphery of science, focusing however on some examples of internal rhetoric of science (Galileo, Newton, and Darwin). The conclusion is that the rhetoric of science has a practical importance in the diffusion of knowledge to the public; from a theoretical point of view, however, the study of the rhetoric of science is a moment in the critique of science that started with Thomas Kuhn and has become an ingredient in standard theory of science.
Förord avAsa Karlsson och Bo Lindberg Introduktion: nationalism och nationell identitet i 1700-ta... more Förord avAsa Karlsson och Bo Lindberg Introduktion: nationalism och nationell identitet i 1700-talets Sverige av Bo Lindberg Det nationella landskapet. Om upptäckten av den svenska naturen i Elias Martins bilder av Mikael Ahlund Primitiva bönder? Något om allmogens syn på statsmakt, politik och nation under 1700-talet av Anders Claréus "Guds och Swea barn." Religion och nationell identitet i 1700-talets Sverige av Nils Ekedahl Den läsande nationen: utgivningen och spridningen av Olof Dalins svenska rikshistoria, 1747-1763 av Peter Hallberg Svenskt och osvenskt i 1700-talets svenska ordböcker av Anna Helga Hannesdöttir Kungliga slott som nationella byggnader under frihetstiden av Merit Laine Om kärleken till fäderneslandet och dess utövning 113 av Jonas Nordin Gustaf III:s svenska dräktprojekten nationell reform i tiden 127 av Lena Rangström Arvefjenden: Det danske syn på svensk identitet i 1700-tallet 143 av Jens Rahbek Rasmussen
Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Upsaliensis, 2012
Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context, 2020
In this essay, Stoic consolation is presented by help of Seneca and his treatises on consolation ... more In this essay, Stoic consolation is presented by help of Seneca and his treatises on consolation addressed to two women, his mother Helvia and his relative Marcia. Consolation according to Seneca consists in arguments taken from the rhetorical genre of consolation embedded in Stoic philosophy. By excluding the passions and effects from the philosophical soul, by criticizing conventional opinion of what is important in life, and by ac- cepting determinism, Stoic consolation aimed at preventing grief from invading the mind of the mourner. It was a proactive strategy, preparing the soul for hardship rather than mitigating grief after misfortune has hit the individual. In theory, the Stoic would be in no need of consolation. In practice, however, as in the cases of Helvia and Marcia, the consolatory arguments are applied after the calamity. Stoic consolation differs from Chris- tian consolation in that the category of hope is excluded. Since affects are ruled out, compassion and pity on...
Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century, 2018
Although virtue is not a key concept in natural law and Christian theology, these two doctrines a... more Although virtue is not a key concept in natural law and Christian theology, these two doctrines are included in my analysis of the moral discourse at seventeenth-century Swedish universities, alongside, of course, Aristotelianism and Stoicism. There were differences and conflicts between these four 'languages', Stoicism being considered less useful for society, and natural law eventually replacing Aristotelianism as the dominant theory. But all of them could serve the education of the clergy and civil servants of the expanding Swedish Lutheran monarchy. My sources are mainly dissertations and orations, which were produced within the pedagogic context of university teaching; that means that they do not necessarily present the personal convictions of the authors. Stoicism is partly an exception, represented here by a chastened ex-academic.
The first part of the paper describes the old antagonism between science and rhetoric from Plato ... more The first part of the paper describes the old antagonism between science and rhetoric from Plato to positivism. The sketch ends in the new neutral evaluation of rhetoric in the latter part of the 20th century, due to the increasing significance of rhetoric in society and the new trends in the theory of science labelled the linguistic turn. The latter part of the paper touches on the role of rhetoric in various genres in the periphery of science, focusing however on some examples of internal rhetoric of science (Galileo, Newton, and Darwin). The conclusion is that the rhetoric of science has a practical importance in the diffusion of knowledge to the public; from a theoretical point of view, however, the study of the rhetoric of science is a moment in the critique of science that started with Thomas Kuhn and has become an ingredient in standard theory of science.
Förord avAsa Karlsson och Bo Lindberg Introduktion: nationalism och nationell identitet i 1700-ta... more Förord avAsa Karlsson och Bo Lindberg Introduktion: nationalism och nationell identitet i 1700-talets Sverige av Bo Lindberg Det nationella landskapet. Om upptäckten av den svenska naturen i Elias Martins bilder av Mikael Ahlund Primitiva bönder? Något om allmogens syn på statsmakt, politik och nation under 1700-talet av Anders Claréus "Guds och Swea barn." Religion och nationell identitet i 1700-talets Sverige av Nils Ekedahl Den läsande nationen: utgivningen och spridningen av Olof Dalins svenska rikshistoria, 1747-1763 av Peter Hallberg Svenskt och osvenskt i 1700-talets svenska ordböcker av Anna Helga Hannesdöttir Kungliga slott som nationella byggnader under frihetstiden av Merit Laine Om kärleken till fäderneslandet och dess utövning 113 av Jonas Nordin Gustaf III:s svenska dräktprojekten nationell reform i tiden 127 av Lena Rangström Arvefjenden: Det danske syn på svensk identitet i 1700-tallet 143 av Jens Rahbek Rasmussen
Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Upsaliensis, 2012