The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, Pauliina Remes, London: Routledge, 2014
Description
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situates and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought, and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. Over thirty chapters are divided into seven clear parts: The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a major reference source for all students and scholars in Neoplatonism and ancient philosophy, as well as researchers in the philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics and religion.
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Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Neoplatonism today
Chapter 2: Platonist curricula and their influence
Chapter 3: The Alexandrian classrooms excavated and sixth-century philosophy teaching
Chapter 4: Middle Platonism and its relation to Stoicism and the Peripatetic tradition
Chapter 5: Plotinus and the Gnostics: opposed heirs of Plato
Chapter 6: Plotinus and the Orient: aoristos dyas
Chapter 7: Aristotelian commentary tradition
Chapter 8: The non-commentary tradition
Chapter 9: Plotinus’ style and argument
Chapter 10: Proclus’ geometrical method
Chapter 11: Metaphysics: the origin of becoming and the resolution of ignorance
Chapter 12: The metaphysics of the One
Chapter 13: Number in the metaphysical landscape
Chapter 14: Substance
Chapter 15: Matter and evil in the Neoplatonic tradition
Chapter 16: The gift of Hermes: the Neoplatonists on language and philosophy
Chapter 17: Neoplatonic epistemology: knowledge, truth and intellection
Chapter 18: Iamblichus on soul
Chapter 19: From Alexander of Aphrodisias to Plotinus
Chapter 20: Metaphysics of soul and self in Plotinus
Chapter 21: Perceptual awareness in the ancient commentators
Chapter 22: Physics and metaphysics
Chapter 23: Neoplatonism and medicine
Chapter 24: Humans, other animals, plants and the question of the good: the Platonic and Neoplatonic traditions
Chapter 25: Plotinus on metaphysics and morality
Chapter 26: Plotinus on founding freedom in Ennead VI.8[39]
Chapter 27: Freedom, providence and fate
Chapter 28: Action, reasoning and the highest good
Chapter 29: Political theory
Chapter 30: Plotinus’ aesthetics: in defence of the lifelike
Chapter 31: Neoplatonism and Christianity in the West
Chapter 32: Neoplatonism and Christianity in the East: philosophical and theological challenges for bishops
Chapter 33: Islamic and Jewish Neoplatonisms
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Passages Cited
General Index
Link
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