Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition – serie
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Enigmatic Reality of Time
Aristotle, Plotinus, and Today
Inbunden, 2008
3248 kr
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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 …
Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's Elements of Geometry
With a Translation of That Portion of Book I Missing from MS Leiden Or. 399.1 but Present in the Newly Discovered Qom Manuscript Edited by Rüdiger Arnzen
Inbunden, 2009
2250 kr
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The Commentary of al-Nayrizi (circa 920) on Euclid’s Elements of Geometry occupies an important place both in the history of mathematics and of philosophy, particularly Islamic philosophy. It is a compilation of original work by al-Nayrizi and of translations and commentaries made by others, such …
Afterlife of the Platonic Soul
Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions
Inbunden, 2009
2544 kr
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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 …
Iamblichus and the Foundations of Late Platonism
Inbunden, 2012
2322 kr
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Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 240-c. 325 C.E.), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, gave new life to Neoplatonism with his many philosophical and religious refinements. Once regarded as a religio-magical quack, Iamblichus is now seen as a philosophical innovator who harmonized not only Platonic …
Teachings of Syrianus on Plato's Timaeus and Parmenides
Inbunden, 2011
2570 kr
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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 …
Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics
Inbunden, 2011
2004 kr
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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 …
Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism
Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo
Av Sebastian Ramon Philipp Gertz
Inbunden, 2011
2374 kr
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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 …
Studies on Plato, Aristotle and Proclus
The Collected Essays on Ancient Philosophy of John Cleary
Av John J. Cleary, John M. Dillon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
4669 kr
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John J. Cleary (1949–2009) was an internationally recognised authority in many aspects of ancient philosophy. As well as penetrating and original studies of Plato, Aristotle, and Proclus, he was particularly interested in the philosophy of mathematics, and ancient theories of education. The essays …
Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2012
2772 kr
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The works of Plutarch, notably his Moralia, provide us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. As a priest of Apollo at Delphi, Plutarch was a first range witness of ancient religious experience; as a Middle Platonist, he was …
Being Different: More Neoplatonism after Derrida
Inbunden, 2013
2615 kr
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Having now benefited from viable editions and studies of many of the most important authors within the Neoplatonic tradition of western philosophy, it is time for us to read these materials more actively in terms of the philosophical developments of the late twentieth century that provide the …
Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonism and the Harmonization of Aristotle and Plato
Inbunden, 2015
2419 kr
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Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonism and the Harmonization of Aristotle and Plato by I. Hadot deals with the Neoplatonist tendency to harmonize the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. It shows that this harmonizing tendency, born in Middle Platonism, prevailed in Neoplatonism from Porphyry and …
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1
Western Scholarly Networks and Debates
Av Dragos Calma
Inbunden, 2019
3183 kr
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Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of Proclus’ legacy in the Hellenic, Byzantine, Islamic, Latin and Hebrew traditions. The history of the Book of Causes, an Islamic adaptation of mainly Proclus’ Elements of Theology and …
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 2
Translations and Acculturations
Av Dragos Calma
Inbunden, 2020
2922 kr
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Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of the history of Neoplatonism from the 9th to the 16th century. The impact of the Elements of Theology and the Book of Causes is reconsidered on the basis of newly discovered manuscripts and …
Plato’s Timaeus and the Missing Fourth Guest
Finding the Harmony of the Spheres
Inbunden, 2019
4471 kr
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In Plato's Timaeus and the Missing Fourth Guest, Donna M. Altimari Adler proposes a new Timaeus scale structure. She finds the harmonic cosmos, mathematically, at 35 A-36 D, regarding the text as a number generator. Plato's primary number sequence, she argues, yields a matrix defining a …
Models of Desire in Graeco-Arabic Philosophy
From Plotinus to Ibn Ṭufayl
Inbunden, 2021
2170 kr
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This study argues that late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic philosophers interpret human desire along two frameworks in reaction to Aristotle’s philosophy. The investigation of the model dichotomy unfolds historically from the philosophy of Plotinus through the Graeco-Arabic translation movement …
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3
On Causes and the Noetic Triad
Av Dragos Calma
Inbunden, 2022
3365 kr
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Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of the history of Neoplatonism from the 9th to the 16th century. This third volume gathers contributions on key concepts of the Platonic tradition (Proclus, Plotinus, Porphyry or Sallustius) …
Plotinus on Beauty
Beauty as Illuminated Unity in Multiplicity
Av Ota Gál
Inbunden, 2022
1397 kr
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The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.In this book, Ota Gál presents a new analysis of Plotinus' conception of beauty, beginning from a close reading of treatises I.6 and V.8, which link beauty with the unified …
Plotinus on What We Think We Are
Inbunden, 2024
1931 kr
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The Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus invites us to take part in his philosophizing when he encourages his readers to think about what they think they are, as living beings, human beings, as rational beings, ethical subjects and as philosophers. He is interested in what we say about ourselves in …
Philosophy of the Few against the Christians
An Inquiry into the Textual Transmission of Porphyry’s Philosophy according to the Chaldean Oracles
Inbunden, 2023
3795 kr
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This book gives us a new perspective on the Philosophy according to the Chaldean Oracles by Porphyry of Tyre (ca. 232/305 CE), demonstrating that much of what we thought we knew about this work and its fragments is mistaken. Here, for the first time, the attempt is made at reconstructing the …
Plotinus on Eternity and Time (Ennead III.7)
Text, Translation, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2024
2466 kr
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Plotinus’ Ennead III.7 is a treatise concerning the journey of the human soul first descending into time and then reclaiming its original identity in eternity. The treatise also conceives eternity as the key which grants access to the forms, and time as the portal through which the soul enters the …
Proclus' On the Hieratic Art according to the Greeks
Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary
Inbunden, 2024
2362 kr
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The book is a critical edition of the text with an English translation and commentary of Proclus’ On the Hieratic Art according to the Greeks. The Hieratic Art is the Theurgic Art, theurgy, the theurgic union with the divine. Proclus describes the theurgic union, putting an emphasis on a conceptual …
Plato's Parmenides. A Constructive Reading
Hierarchy of Forms, Definitions, Mathematics, Idiopragy, Participation, and Teleology
Av Denis Walter
Inbunden, 2026
2400 kr
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This book presents a constructive interpretation of Plato’s Parmenides. It offers a close reading of the dialogue’s first part and shows how the second part takes up its problems while unfolding a philosophical project that reaches beyond them. The reader is guided through the exercise as Denis …
New Essays on the Platonic Tradition
In Honour of Paul Kalligas
Inbunden, 2026
3459 kr
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This book honours the scholarly contributions of Paul Kalligas through a collection of essays that explore the diverse dimensions of the Platonic tradition. It investigates central questions: How did interpretations of Plato’s thought evolve across institutional, dogmatic, and inspirational …
L’Esthétique néoplatonicienne: de Plotin à Marsile Ficin
Inbunden, 2026
2489 kr
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La Beauté plotinienne, simple comme l'éclair, non symétrique, devenue intelligible, âme et idée, transcendante comme le Bien, c'était Ulysse, et non Narcisse. Dans l'Ennéade 31, elle est reliée à l’Art, l'Intelligence, et la Sagesse, gravée dans les temples. Augustin aimait les Beautés, et a lu …
