Abstract: It is common knowledge that in ancient Greek philosophy – and arguably in Western philosophy in general – Plato’s literary genius has no equal. Yet, what becomes apparent only after close reading of Plato’s original Greek prose – and eventually turns out to be most unexpected and extraordinary – is that Plato as a writer is most ingenious in those parts of his œuvre, which are most important philosophically and where some philosophical point of crucial importance is being made. Over the past few decades extensive research has been carried out into the modes of interplay between the literary form and philosophical content of Platonic dialogues1. Nevertheless, some specific and problematic issues still await to be dealt with. A significant amount of scholarly research still has to be carried out at the microlevel of Platonic dialogues – that is to say, at the

Abstract: Italian feminist thought has not reached to-date a great popularity among a wide international audience nor has gained a recognized standing within the academic field of Women's Studies. Instead, Italian feminist theories seem to have kept a constant marginal role on the international literary and critical scene. This is certainly the result of a combination of factors related to the particular way in which Italian feminist thought has been produced and distributed at international level. However a further cause, intrinsic within the same nature of Italian feminism, cannot be underestimated. Following this direction, this article intends to present an overview of the nature of Italian feminist thought with special attention to the ‘thought of sexual difference', highlighting the elements that have negatively influenced its international visibility.

Abstract: Im Artikel Fragend zu denken; auf diese Weise und anders zu denken werden wissenschaftliche Werke vom langjahrigen Professor von Vilnius Universi­tats’ Lehrstuhl fur litauische Literatur Donatas Sauka analysiert und die Eigenartigkeit vom Sehen-Denken hervorgehoben. Die Position des Standpunktes des Artikels wird als antropologische Phanomenologie bezeichnet. Man argumentiert damit, dass solche methodologische Grundlage auch dem Professor Donatas Sauka nahegelegen ist. Problemmonogra­phieDer Epilog von Faust’s Zeitalter wird als eine Zusammenfassung von Positionen und Grundlagen sowie auch als ein Werk der umfangreichsten Ana­lyse bezeichnet. Man achtet auf die Beharrlichkeit und Eigenartigkeit der philologischen Arbeit, und auf dieser Grundlage werden manche Akzente so­wohl im Zusammenhang mit der wissenschaftlichen, als auch mit der personlichen Charakteristik des Professors angefuhrt. Wenn man die Quellen und die Wichtigkeit, sich zu Anfangen zuruckzukehren, betont, werden Werke der literarischen Volkskunst kurz prasentiert. Vor allem achtet man auf die Mo­nographienDas Wunder von Žemaitė und Jurgis Savickis – die Chiffre der Literatur des 20-igsten Jahrhunderts; diese wird als der hochste Punkt der Literaturwissenschaft von Donatas Sauka bezeichnet und vor allem darin kommt der individuelle Figuren­stil zum Vorschein.

Abstract: Profesorei Birutei Masionienei atminti Esame pasaukti darbams, svarbiems tik mūsų kaimelyje, mūsų Katalonijoje, mūs Velse, mūsų Slovėnijoj. Czeslaw Milosz

Abstract: Discussion of rhetoric is a common subject in Greek and Roman culture. Roman rhetoric developed when Greek rhetoric and oratory had flourished for some centuries. Chronological succession and discussion of the same subject matter in the framework of general influence of Greek ideas and practices on Roman culture suggest impact, possible reception and adoption of ideas in this field of research. Study of the impact of ideas is bound to encounter reasonable difficulties. As so much of the ancient literary heritage is lost, oftentimes it is impossible to establish direct interconnection between the originator of the idea and its receptor. Conclusions may be subjective, although the link seems obvious. Knowledge of ideas in most cases is impossible without availability of the text. Thus text tradition is essential for establishing interconnectedness and continuity of ideas in a culture. Understanding of the impact of the major source of ancient rhetoric, Aristotle’s On Rhetoric on Roman rhetorical culture starts with establishing availability of the text as a precondition for knowledge of the ideas. Two types of ancient sources provide information on this issue: 1. Ancient sources on the history of Aristotle’s esoteric texts (Strabo’s Geography, Plutarch’s Life of Sulla, Diogenes Laertius’ Life of Aristotle, Athenaeus’ Dinner-table Philosophers). These sources speak about the ge neral history of Aristotle’s esoteric writings. Rhetoric is not mentioned specifically. Still, as the Rhetoric is one of the esoteric texts, as there is no evidence that its text history is different from other esoteric texts and as there is no reason to suspect a different text history, for the purpose of the study of text reception the testimony of ancient sources pertaining to the esoteric texts is applied to the Rhetoric. 2. Ancient sources which speak of Aristotle’s Rhetoric or Aristotle in the context of rhetoric or show reception of Aristotle’s rhetorical ideas (Diogenes Laertius’ Life of Theophrastus, Rhetoric for Herennius, Cicero’s On the Orator, Orator, On invention, Quintilian’s Education of an Orator).

Abstract: The discussion on teaching Latin under the Soviet occupation is important for several reasons: first, researchers who analyzed education of the period 1940–1990 focused on the other issues of education, leaving issues of teaching Latin virtually unexplored; second, the Soviet education system was formally based neither on the classical nor the modern concept of education. Investigation of the purpose of teaching Latin in the Soviet system of education reveals to which extent education in Lithuania remained distinctive and preserved the continuity of the classical system. Analysis has shown that the classical foundations of humanitarian education, realized through teaching Latin, were fragmented and inconsistent. During the Soviet occupation, the Latin language had a very important effect on helping to preserve the elements of classical education in Lithuania.