Cycles de Conférences

Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive : Mai 2023

Publié le 27 octobre 2022 par Luciana Santoprete et Giulia Miraglia

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive

Mai 2023

Description et organisation

Vendredi 26 mai 2023, 16h-18h15, via Zoom.

La vie intellectuelle de la fin de l’Antiquité est caractérisée par un fort intérêt porté aux « principes » (archai) : principes de la réalité, principes du monde, principes de la connaissance. Quelle que soit la façon dont on regroupe les intellectuels de la fin de l’Antiquité – polythéistes ou chrétiens, philosophes ou théologiens −, tous parlent, explicitement ou implicitement, des principes. Certains cherchent même activement à déterminer ce que sont les principes (par ex., Origène, Plotin, Porphyre, Damascius, les gnostiques, les Hermétistes, les théurgistes). Cette recherche est pour eux capitale, afin d’établir la manière dont la réalité est structurée, de réfléchir à la place des êtres humains dans le monde et aux puissances qui affectent leur vie, de penser dans quelle mesure nous sommes libres, comment nous pouvons atteindre la connaissance, ainsi qu’obtenir le bonheur ou le salut. La recherche des principes (métaphysiques ou théologiques) est ainsi un thème important en lui-même et pour la formation éthique. Le Programme des rencontres 2022-2023 du projet de recherche Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité tardive propose d’explorer cette thématique des « principes » (archai) dans le monde intellectuel de la fin de l’Antiquité. Il examinera différentes questions, telles que : comment les principes disent la réalité, comment ils expliquent les relations entre les mondes divin et humain et dans quelle mesure le bonheur et le salut sont possibles pour les humains étant donné la structure de la réalité.

Programme

Is Matter a Principle? Christian Authors from Hermogenes to Origen

Lenka Karfikova (Charles University Prague) :

Our study attempts to map the ideas of matter in the Christian authors of the 2nd- 3rd centuries (Hermogenes, Tatian, Theophilus of Antioch, Clement of Alexandria, Origen), which by no means included only the idea of “creation out of nothing” as it eventually became established for a long time.

The Critique of the Chaldean Oracles in the Anonymous Commentary on Plato’s ‘Parmenides’

Stefan Marinca (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) :

The so-called Anonymous Commentary on Plato’s ‘Parmenides’ often shows a strong polemical spirit. This applies especially to the fourth fragment of the Commentary (fol. IX–X) where the possibility of knowing the First Principle is debated, questioning at least two schools of thought: on the one hand, the Stoics and on the other hand, an “unnamed group of interpreters” of the Chaldean Oracles. My presentation examines the passage that recalls the Chaldean Oracles from two perspectives. After reviewing some hypotheses about the identity of these “unnamed interpreters” and the originality of their thesis, I will turn to the response of the commentator, who criticizes both the form of their transmission (by means of a revelation) and the doctrine itself. The second point of view is related to a formal and objective matter: the “unnamed interpreters” of the Oracles claim that the Father “unifies in his simplicity” his own Power and Intellect. This phrase is also found in the ‘common source’ used by the Latin theologian Marius Victorinus and the Coptic-Gnostic apocalypse Zostrianos (NHC VIII,1), although here it indicates how the One is configured according to the triad Existence-Life-Blessedness. The final part of my presentation examines some hypotheses concerning the presence of this formula in both the Anonymous Commentary and the ‘common source’, by making some references to the anti-Gnostic debate promoted by the school of Plotinus.

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Projet pluriannel de recherches dirigé par Luciana Soares Santoprete, Anna Van den Kerchove, George Karamanolis, Éric Crégheur et Dylan Burns.

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive : Avril 2023

Publié le 27 octobre 2022 par Luciana Santoprete et Giulia Miraglia

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive

Avril 2023

Description et organisation

Vendredi 14 avril 2023, 16h-18h15, via Zoom.

Programme

Middle Platonic Theories of Principles and the Valentinian Grande Notice in Irenaeus of Lyon

Christoph Markschies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften) :

In Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses an extoteric sketch of a group of so called “Valentinian Gnostics” is preserved, probably not written by Ptolemy, a freelanced Christian teacher in Rome, but by one or some of his pupils. This sketch contains a theory of principles (in the form of a myth which one can compare to myths in Platonic texts. After having discussed the question which esoteric theory of principles is behind the esoteric myth we will discuss the question how this “Valentinian” theory of principles is related to contemporary Middle Platonic theories. We will observe a certain tendency of these Christians to demonstrate their independence and at the same time an interest to recognized by Platonists as part of a contemporary dialogue on principals.

Harmonics, Theurgy and Syncretism in the De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii of Martianus Capella

Jay Bregman (University of Maine)

In his Neoplatonic allegory of the ascent of the human soul to the noetic realm, The Marriage of Philology and Mercury, Martianus Capella follows the polyvalent allegorical principles of Porphyry and the Theurgic Neoplatonists for whom gods and myths, disturbing on the surface, esoterically represent noetic forms and processes. Mercury and Philology symbolize the divine and human intellect and their marriage. Martianus uniquely applies Greek harmonic principles and intervals to the steps of Philology’s ascent through the spheres. The “natural music” in the
grove of Apollo suggests the theurgic presence of the god. Harmony’s discourse on Greek music covers the modes and categories of Greek music. Martianus allegorical principles accord with the emperor Julian’s theology. His use of musical principles displays his grasp of theurgic and harmonic principles.

Contact

Projet pluriannuel de recherches dirigé par Luciana Soares Santoprete, Anna Van den Kerchove, George Karamanolis, Éric Crégheur et Dylan Burns.

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive : Février 2023

Publié le 27 octobre 2022 par Luciana Santoprete et Giulia Miraglia

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Les platonismes de l’Antiquité tardive

Février 2023

Description et organisation

Vendredi 10 février 2023, 16h-18h15, via Zoom.

Programme

Principia in the Rhetoric, Biblical Exegesis, and Trinitarian Theology of Marius Victorinus

Stephen Cooper (Franklin & Marshall College)

The surviving writings of Marius Victorinus, both those covering the areas of his professional pre-Christian activity as a rhetor as well his post-conversion works, all mention the principia of the objects of his authorial concerns: rhetoric, dialectic, theology, and the Christian life. While it is with slight exception only his trinitarian treatises that explicitly discuss principia in the ontological or metaphysical sense, all of his works show a distinct inclination to express what comes first — in argumentation, in knowledge, and in reality — as a necessary step to grasping the consequences relative to each sphere of inquiry or action. This paper will survey his writings for their various usages of the term principium (and related vocabulary), with the goal of ascertaining how his articulation of the principia of rhetoric, dialectical argumentation, trinitarian theology, and Christian ethics reveals his philosophical sources, his theological commitments, and his aims as an author.

Le nombre comme ἀρχή dans le monde latin des IV– Ve siècles

Beatrice Bakhouche (Université de Montpellier) :
Ἀρχή est généralement rendu en latin par les termes initium ou principium, qui peuvent recouvrir des réalités fort différentes. Le nombre en est l’une d’elles et sa déclinaison, sur le plan philosophique comme religieux, est plus fréquente qu’on ne pourrait le croire, car les grands auteurs des IVe-Ve siècles en font tous état. Je me propose d’aborder, dans le cadre de cette communication, les passages les plus significatifs d’auteurs comme Calcidius, Macrobe, Martianus Capella ou Favonius Eulogius, en essayant d’en dégager le sens, les nuances d’un auteur à l’autre et, s’il se peut, l’origine.

Contact

Projet pluriannel de recherches dirigé par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete, Anna Van den Kerchove, George Karamanolis, Éric Crégheur et Dylan Burns.

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive : Cycle de conférences 2022-2023

Publié le 10 octobre 2022 par Luciana Santoprete et Giulia Miraglia

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Les Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive

Cycle de conférences 2022-2023

Description et organisation

English version

The intellectual life of late antiquity is characterized by a strong concern with principles (archai): principles of reality, principles of the world, principles of knowledge. Regardless of how one groups intellectuals in late antiquity— into pagans and Christians, philosophers and theologians—they all speak about principles explicitly or implicitly and some of them actively seek to establish what the principles are (e.g., Plotinus, Porphyry, Origen, Damascius, Gnostics, Hermeticists, theurgists). They clearly deem the project of principles to be crucial for establishing how reality is structured, what the place of humans in the world is, what powers affect our lives, how free are we, how we can attain knowledge, and how we can attain happiness or salvation. The search for principles (understood as metaphysical or theological) is then an important issue both of itself and also for shaping ethics. The series of talks in the academic year 2022-2023 of the research project The Platonisms of the Late Antiquity will explore this topic of “principles” (archai) in its broad application in the intellectual world of late antiquity and will examine questions such as how principles account for reality, how principles explain the interaction between the divine and the human world, and how human happiness and salvation is possible given the structure of reality.

Versão em português

O projeto de pesquisa « Platonismes de l’Antiquité Tardive : interactions philosophiques et religieuses » (Platonismos da Antiguidade Tardia: interações filosóficas e religiosas) tem por objetivo criar um espaço de encontro regular permitindo a colaboração de pesquisadores e pesquisadoras trabalhando nas áreas de história da filosofia e história das religiões. Esse projeto visa estudar as trocas entre os pensamentos filosóficos, filosófico-religiosos e religiosos da época do Império romano e da Antiguidade tardia a fim de melhor compreender tanto seu impacto sobre a emergência e a construção das filosofias neoplatônicas, quanto identificar as fontes filosóficas dos textos gnósticos, herméticos e dos Oráculos caldeus. Trata-se da continuação de um projeto colaborativo precedente, « Plotin et les gnostiques » (Plotino e os gnósticos), alargando o seu campo de pesquisa quanto à cronologia (antes e depois de Plotino) e quanto aos corpus estudados (médio platonismo, hermetismo, etc.), e está em ligação direta com a temática da base de dados https://platonismes.huma-num.fr/

Contact

Projet pluriannel de recherches dirigé par Luciana Soares Santoprete, Anna Van den Kerchove, George Karamanolis, Éric Crégheur et Dylan Burns / Research project directed by Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete, Anna Van den Kerchove, George Karamanolis, Éric Crégheur and Dylan Burns.

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Bottega di filosofia: La questione del corpo

Publié le 17 octobre 2021 par Luciana Santoprete et Giulia Miraglia

Bottega di filosofia: La question du corps

Qu’ enseignons nous quand nous enseignons la philosophie ? Quels sont les problèmes, les auteurs, les thèses essentielles ? Ces questions constituent le programme de recherche de la Bottega dell’insegnare Filosofia di Diesse (BdF).

Plus spécifiquement, la BdF se propose de développer une réflexion critique et un parcours d’ajournement de l’enseignement de philosophie, en approchant les grands nœuds de l’histoire de la pensée et les contenues essentiels de la didactique ordinaire. Chez BdF, comme dans la classe, on part d’un contenue proposé et des thèses spécifiques, pour les redécouvrir au-delà du déjà su et sédimenté. L’objectif est de trouver ensemble, avec le partage de l’expérience d’enseignement et ensemble avec les mètres d’autorité qui proviennent du champ de la recherche universitaire, les questions qui constituent le tissu même de la philosophie et son essai toujours ouvert. En développant ce travail, l’aide des auteurs d’autorité est décisive. Pour paraphraser Augustin, on pourrait dire: in manibus codices, in oculis auctoritates.

Le thème sélectionné pour l’édition de BdF 2021/2022 est: « La question du corps »

Responsable: Marco Ferrari

bottegadifilosofia@gmail.com

349 3187109

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Marianna Senni

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Programme

Mardi 4 Novembre

La question du corps chez Platon et Aristote

EMANUELE MAFFI, Università dell’Aquila