History of Platonism
Plato redivivus
Berchman, Robert M., Finamore, John F., University Press of the South, 2005
Description
Following from the centuries of philosophical and religious thinkers who have studied and used Plato’s 4th Century B.C. doctrines, this anthology offers interpretations of Plato’s own works. The authors consider the intermediary role of Aristotle, the Neoplatonism of Plotinus, the religious and mystical theories of later Neoplatonic sources (including Egyptian writings), the effect of Platonic philosophy on Jewish writers during the Middle Ages, the adaptations of Cambridge Platonists, the Neoplatonic basis of Jung’s psychological writings, and the role of Plato’s doctrines in 20th Century Post-Modern philosophy.
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Table of contents
Republic VI 509a9-c10 and its interpretation in antiquity : dialogical or dogmatic reading – Luc Brisson
Immortality vs. tripartition : the soul in Plato – Gwendolyn Gruber
The tripartite Soul in Plato’s Republic and Phaedrus – John F. Finamore
Erãos as institution : a consideration of why Plato wrote the Symposium – Matthew E. Kenney
Metaphors : thinking and being in Aristotle and Plotinus – Robert Berchman
Plotinus’ Philosophical Opposition to gnosticism and the implicit axiom of continuous hierarchy – Zeke Mazur
Plotinus : self and consciousness – Gary M. Gurtler
Alone to the Alone: The ascent to the One in Plotinus – Deepa Majumdar
The Sphere and the Altar of Sacrifice – Gregory Shaw
The Egyptian Book of the dead and Neoplatonic Philosophy – Algis Uzdavinys
Theories of nature in ancient platonism – John Phillips
A physics for the psyche? : Proclus’ Instituta physica and the « life » of the soul – Emilie Kutash
Damaskios’ new conception of metaphysics – Carolle Tresson & Alain Metry
« The Torah speaks in the language of humans » : on some uses of Plato’s theory of myth in medieval Jewish philosophy – Aaron Hughes
The manifest image : revealing the hidden in Halevi, Saadya and Ibn Gabirol – Sarah Pessin
Prophecy, imagination and the poet’s fine frenzy : reflections of a Cambridge platonist – Douglas Hedley
Listening to the voice of fire : theurgical fitness and esoteric sensitivity – Leonard George
Evolution, Jung, and theurgy : their role in modern neoplatonism – Bruce MacLennan
The problem of the self and its centre : postmodernism and neoplatonism – Kevin Corrigan.
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