Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism

Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato’s Phaedo

Sebastian Ramon Philipp Gertz, Leyde: Brill, 2011
Description
The belief in the immortality of the soul has been described as one of the twin pillars of Platonism and is famously defended by Socrates in Plato s Phaedo. The ancient commentaries on the dialogue by Olympiodorus and Damascius offer a unique perspective on the reception of this belief in the Platonic tradition. Through a detailed discussion of topics such as suicide, the life of the philosopher and arguments for immortality, this study demonstrates the commentators serious engagement with problems in Plato’s text as well as the dialogue’s importance to Neoplatonic ethics. The book will be of interest to students of Plato and the Platonic tradition, and to those working on ancient ethics and psychology.
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Table of contents
Preliminary Material

Introduction

I. Olympiodorus On Suicide

II. Politics And Purification In Socrates’ Second Defence (Phd. 63b–69e)

III. Syrianus And Damascius: Two Interpretations Of The Argument From Opposites In Plato’s Phaedo (Phd. 69e–72d)

IV. Memory, Forgetfulness And Recollection In The Commentaries On Plato’s Phaedo

V. The Affinity Argument In Plato’s Phaedo

VI. The Final Argument In Plato’s Phaedo

VII. After Death: The Phaedo Myth And Its Neoplatonic Interpreters

General Conclusions

Bibliography

Index Rerum

Index nominum Veterum et Recentiorum

Index Locorum Potiorum

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/20281

Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity

Polymnia Athanassiadi and Michael Frede (eds), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999

Description

In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in late antique philosophical ideals and its roots in classical antiquity and the Near East; second, monistic Gnosticism; third, the revelatory tradition as expressed in oracular literature; and finally, the monotheistic trend in popular religion.

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Table of contents

Introduction

Towards Monotheism

Monotheism and Pagan Philosophy

Monotheism in the Gnostic Tradition

The Cult of Theos Hypsistos

The Chaldean Oracles

The Speech of Praetextatus

Link

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/10109

Die Beziehung zwischen dem Schönen und dem Guten in der Philosophie Plotins

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Die Beziehung zwischen dem Schönen

und dem Guten in der Philosophie Plotins

Judith Omtzigt, V&R Verlag, 2012

Beschreibung

Wie ein roter Faden führt das Thema ›Schönheit‹ durch die plotinische Philosophie. Speziell die Beziehung zwischen dem Schönen und dem Guten in seinen Schriften nimmt dieses Buch in den Blick.
Bereits Platon hat auf die ethische Bedeutung des Ästhetischen hingewiesen: Die Schönheit erweckt unseren Eros, der uns – über stets erhabenere Arten der Schönheit – zum Guten führt. Plotin macht diese Beziehung noch einsichtiger und erhebt sie zu einem der Pfeiler seiner Philosophie. Die Autorin geht auf die aktuellen Debatten in der plotinischen Ethik ein und prüft neue Ergebnisse auf ihre Relevanz für den ethischen Status des künstlerischen Bereichs. Die Plausibilität und Kraft, die die plotinische Analyse der ästhetischen Erfahrung ausmacht, und das Wesen der Kunst und des Künstlers werden deutlich. Schließlich wird untersucht, inwiefern innerhalb der plotinischen Philosophie dem Guten Schönheit zugeschrieben werden kann.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Danksagung

Einleitung

Kapitel 1: Plotin und das Gute

  1. Einleitung
    • Eudaimonismus
    • Metaphysik
  2. Das neuplatonische Glück
    • Definition
    • Selbsttranszendenz
    • Sorge um die materielle Existenz
  3. Die Tugenden
    • Unterteilung
    • Bürgerliche Tugend
    • Kathartische Tugend
    • Das Verhältnis zwischen der bürgerlichen und der kathartischen Tugend
      • Die bürgerlichen Tugenden als vorbereitendes Stadium
      • Gegenseitige Beeinflussung von hoher und unterer Tugend
      • Sichvertragen von hoher und unterer Tugend
  1. Soziale Dimension
    • Eine Ethik?
    • Das soziale Engagement des Weisen
    • Anwesenheit eines Präferenzkonflikts in der plotinischen Ethik

Kapitel 2: Plotin und das Schöne

  1. Eine Definition der Schönheit
    • Symmetrie
    • Methexis
    • Ideelle Schönheit
  2. Die ästhetische Erfahrung
    • Einfluss der Schönheit auf die Seele
    • Spontaneität der ästhetischen Reaktion
  3. Ästhetik oder Metaphysik des Schönen

Kapitel 3: Kunst und Moral

  1. Einleitung
    • Platons Ablehnung der Künste
    • Plotins Rehabilitation der Künste
  2. Kunst als Nachahmung und als Symbol
    • Symbolische Verweisung
    • Mimesis
    • Die Schönheit des Kunstwerks
  3. Ethischer Status des Künstlers
    • Einleitung
    • Der Künstler als Weiser
  4. Kunst versus Natur
    • Künstlerische und natürliche Schöpfung
    • Die menschliche Abbildung

Kapitel 4: Die Schönheit des Guten

  1. Einleitung
  2. Die Idee der Schönheit
  3. Die frühen Schriften
  4. Das Eros-Argument
  5. Traktate V.8 und V.5
  6. Traktat VI.7.32 – 34

Schluss

Literaturverzeichnis

Link

https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur-sprach-und-kulturwissenschaften/philosophie/15097/die-beziehung-zwischen-dem-schoenen-und-dem-guten-in-der-philosophie-plotins

Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics

Jean-Marc Narbonne, Leyde: Brill, 2011

Description

The point of view put forth in the following pages differs greatly from the common perspective according to which the treatises 30 to 33 constitute a single work, a Grossschrift, and this single work, Plotinus essential response to the Gnostics. Our perspective is that of an ongoing discussions with his Gnostic yet Platonizing friends, which started early in his writings (at least treatise 6), developed into what we could call a Grosszyklus (treatises 27 to 39), and went on in later treatises as well (e. g. 47-48, 51). The prospect of an ongoing discussion with the Gnostics bears an additional virtue, that of allowing for a truly dynamic understanding of the Plotinian corpus.

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Table of contents

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Study One.The Controversy over the Generation of Matter in Plotinus:The Riddle Resolved?

Study Two.The Riddle of the Partly Undescendend Soul in Plotinus: The Gnostic/Hermetic Path of the ὁμοούσιος

Study Three. A Doctrinal Evolution in Plotinus? The Weakness of the Soul in Its Relation to Evil

Study Four. A New Sign of the Impact of the Quarrel against the Gnostics on Plotinus’Thought: Two Modes of Reascent in  (VI ) and  (VI )

Study Five. A New Type of Causality: Plotinian Contemplative Demiurgy

Study Six. New Reflections on God as CAUSA SUI in Plotinus and Its Possible Gnostic Sources

Works Consulted

Index Nominum

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/19996

The Teachings of Syrianus on Plato’s Timaeus and Parmenides

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

The Teachings of Syrianus on Plato’s Timaeus and Parmenides

Sarah Klitenic Wear, Leyde: Brill 2011

Description

Although it has long been established that Syrianus, the teacher of Proclus, was the source of much of his student’s metaphysics, it is not known precisely what in Proclus’ thought can be attributed to Syrianus. The problem is compounded by the fact that Syrianus wrote very little and there is uncertainty as to whether written commentaries ever existed of his teaching on Plato’s Timaeus and Parmenides, the most important sources for Platonic metaphysics. This work attempts to re-construct the major tenets of Syrianus’ philosophical teachings on the Timaeus and Parmenides based on the testimonia of Proclus, as found in Proclus’ commentaries on Plato’s Timaeus and Parmenides and, Damascius, as reported in his On First Principles and commentary on Plato’s Parmenides.

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Table of contents

Introduction

Fragments

Abbreviations Of Works Frequently Cited

Bibliography

Index Of Philosophical Terms And Names

Index Of Passages From Ancient Authors

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/19574

The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul

Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions

Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth and John Dillon (Editors), Leyde: Brill, 2009

Description

Plato’s doctrine of the soul, its immaterial nature, its parts or faculties, and its fate after death (and before birth) came to have an enormous influence on the great religious traditions that sprang up in late antiquity, beginning with Judaism (in the person of Philo of Alexandria), and continuing with Christianity, from St. Paul on through the Alexandrian and Cappadocian Fathers to Byzantium, and finally with Islamic thinkers from Al-kindi on. This volume, while not aspiring to completeness, attempts to provide insights into how members of each of these traditions adapted Platonist doctrines to their own particular needs, with varying degrees of creativity.

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Table of contents

Introduction

A. Early Period

Philo Of Alexandria And Platonist Psychology – John Dillon

St. Paul On Soul, Spirit And The Inner Man – George H. Van Kooten

B. Christian Tradition

Faith And Reason In Late Antiquity: The Perishability Axiom And Its Impact On Christian Views About The Origin And Nature Of The Soul – Dirk Krausmüller

The Nature Of The Soul According To Eriugena – Catherine Kavanagh

C. Islamic Tradition

Aristotle’s Categories And The Soul: An Annotated Translation Of Al-Kindī’S That There Are Separate Substances – Peter Adamson and Peter E. Pormann

Private Caves And Public Islands: Islam, Plato And The Ikhwān Al-Ṣafāʾ – Ian Richard Netton

Tradition And Innovation In The Psychology Of Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī – Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth

D. Judaic Tradition

The Soul In Jewish Neoplatonism: A Case Study Of Abraham Ibn Ezra And Judah Halevi – Aaron W. Hughes

Maimonides, The Soul And The Classical Tradition – Oliver Leaman

E. Later Medieval Period

St. Thomas Aquinass Concept Of The Human Soul And The Influence Of Platonism – Patrick Quinn

Intellect As Intrinsic Formal Cause In The Soul According To Aquinas And Averroes – Richard C. Taylor

Bibliography

Index Of Names

Index Of Concepts And Places

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/16850

Futuro del ‘classico’

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Futuro del classico

Salvatore Settis, Roma: Einaudi, 2004

Descrizione

Come mai l’eroina di un famoso manga giapponese si chiama Nausicaa? Perché, dopo l’11 settembre 2001, il mullah Omar paragonava l’America a Polifemo, «un gigante accecato da un nemico a cui non sa dare un nome», da un Nessuno? Dobbiamo davvero sbalordirci di queste citazioni – ritenendo Omero piú ‘nostro’ che dei giapponesi o dei musulmani – o non dovremmo piuttosto riflettere su quanto siano intense ed efficaci citazioni che vengono da cosí lontano? Salvatore Settis ripercorre all’indietro quei sentieri della storia dell’arte che dai grattacieli postmoderni americani corrono fino ai Greci e ai Romani, per mostrare come è mutata nei secoli l’idea di ‘classico’, in un serrato confronto fra Antichi e ‘moderni’ sempre giocato in funzione del presente: uno scontro fra opposte interpretazioni, non solo del passato, ma del futuro. Nessuna civiltà può pensare se stessa se non dispone di altre società che servano da termine di comparazione: un altrove nel tempo (Greci e Romani) cosí come un altrove nello spazio (le civiltà extraeuropee). Quanto piú sapremo guardare al ‘classico’ non come una morta eredità che ci appartiene senza nostro merito, ma come qualcosa di sorprendente da riconquistare ogni giorno, come un potente stimolo a intendere il ‘diverso’, tanto piú sapremo formare le nuove generazioni per il futuro.

(Testo della casa editrice)

Indice

  1. Il “classico” nell’universo del “globale”
  2. La storia antica come storia universale
  3. Il “classicismo” e il “classico”: un percorso a ritroso
  4. Il “classico” come discrimine, fra postmoderno e moderno
  5. Il “classico” fra gli stili “storici”: vittoria del dorico
  6. Il “classico” non è “autentico”
  7. “Classico” greco contro “classico” romano
  8. “Classico”, libertà, rivoluzioni
  9. Il “classico” come repertorio
  10. “Rinascimento dell’antichità”
  11. Il “classico” prima dell’“antichità classica”
  12. Il “classicismo” dei “classici”
  13. Eternità delle rovine
  14. Identità e alterità
  15. Storie di ritorni
  16. Futuro del “classico”
  17. Nota al testo
  18. Nota bibliografica

Link

https://www.einaudi.it/catalogo-libri/problemi-contemporanei/futuro-del-classico-salvatore-settis-9788806143800/

The Enigmatic Reality of Time

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

The Enigmatic Reality of Time

Aristotle, Plotinus, and Today

Michael F. Wagner, Leyde: Brill, 2008

Description

The nature and existence of time is a fascinating and puzzling feature of human life and awareness. This book integrates interdisciplinary work and approaches from such fields as physics, psychology, biology, phenomenology, and technology studies with philosophical analyses and considerations to explain a number of facets of the perennial question of time’s nature and existence, both in contemporary and in its initial classical Greek context; and it then explores and explains two of the most influential investigations of time in classical Western thought: Aristotle’s, as presented in his Physics, and the (neo)Platonist Plotinus’ in his treatise On Time and Eternity. Original interpretative perspectives are argued in both cases, and special attention is paid to Plotinus as partly responding to and critiquing Aristotle’s account.

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Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter One – Is Time Real?

Chapter Two – Eleaticism, Temporality, And Time

Chapter Three – The Makings Of A Temporal Universe

Chapter Four – Parmenidean Time And The Impossible Now

Chapter Five – Cosmic Motion And The Speed Of Time

Chapter Six – Temporal Cognition And The Return Of The Now

Chapter Seven – Real Temporality In An Aristotelian World

Chapter Eight – Does Aristotle Refute Eleaticism?

Chapter Nine – Temporality, Eternality, And Plotinus’ New Platonism

Chapter Ten – Plotinus’ Critique Of Aristotelian Motion

Chapter Eleven – Indefinite Temporality And The Measure Of Motion

Chapter Twelve – Plotinus’ Neoplatonic Account Of Time

Bibliography

Index

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/15344

Die Übersetzungen der Elementatio Theologica des Proklos und Ihre Bedeutung für den Proklostext

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Die Übersetzungen der Elementatio Theologica

des Proklos und Ihre Bedeutung für den Proklostext

Hans-Christian Günther, Leiden: Brill, 2007

Description

The present book presents for the first time a detailed study of selected passages of the most important Georgian translation of a text of Greek philosophy: the translation of Proklos’ Elementatio Theologica by the most eminent philosopher of the Georgian middle ages, Ioane Petrizi, who not only translated Proklos’ text, but also provided it with an extensive commentary. The book discusses the paragraphs which are also extant in an Arabic translation of the early 9th century. The main scope of the book is to establish the relevance of the Georgian and Arabic translations for the history of the constitution of the text, but it provides also important insights in Petrizi’s method of translation and the philosophical significance of his commentary.

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Table of contents

Vorläufige material

Kapitel 1 – Einige Vorläufige Bemerkungen zur Bedeutung von Petrizis Übersetzung der Elementatio für die Textkonstitution

Kapitel 2 – Einige Propositionen der Elementatio im Licht der älteren Übersetzungen

Kapitel 3 – Freie Übersetzungen und Mißverständnisse in der Übersetzung Ioane Petrizis

Kapitel 4 – Einige Schlußfolgerungen für den Text der Elementatio

Kapitel 5 – Eine Paraphrasierende Interpretation des von Unechten Zusätzen Gereinigten Textes der Propositionen 1–6

Kapitel 6 – Zusammenfassung und Ausblick

Appendix I – Ioane Petrizis Übersetzung der Behandelten Zwanzig Propositionen der Elementatio Theologica

Appendix II – Die Proposition 128a

Appendix III – Die Arabische Übersetzung der Zwanzig Propositionen der Elementatio Theologica

Appendix IV – Glossar

Register

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/12568

Order from Disorder: Proclus’ Doctrine of Evil and Its Roots in Ancient Platonism

Publié le par Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete

Order from Disorder

Proclus’ Doctrine of Evil and Its Roots in Ancient Platonism

John Phillips, Leiden: Brill, 2007

Description

This study places the doctrine of the evil of the Neoplatonist Proclus in its proper context, the exegetical tradition as it developed within the various schools of ancient Platonism, from Middle Platonism to early Neoplatonism. With regard to the evil of the body, there are chapters on the various interpretations of Plato’s notion of a pre-cosmic disorderly motion as the source of corporeal evil and on the role of what Platonists referred to as an irrational Nature in the origin of that motion. As for evil of the soul, there are chapters dealing with the concept of an evil World Soul and with the view that the evil that is ascribed to the human soul is a form of psychological weakness.

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Table of contents

Preliminary material

Introduction

Chapter One – Proclus’ doctrine of evil

Chapter Two – Evil as privation

Chapter Three – Evil as a disorderly motion

Chapter Four – Irrational nature

Chapter Five – The evil world soul

Chapter Six – Evil as weakness of the human soul

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Link

https://brill.com/view/title/12752