Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus: philosophy and religion in Neoplatonism
These essays are devoted to Neoplatonism and especially to Plotinus and Porphyry. They deal with Plotinus' development of the Platonic forms, and include a lengthy assessment of Porphyry's contribution to the Platonic tradition
| Published in: | Variorum collected studies series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey [u.a.]
Ashgate
2011
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Variorum collected studies series (979)
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| Series/Journal: | Variorum collected studies series
979 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Plotinus 205-270
/ Porphyrius 233-301
/ Iamblichus, Chalcidensis 250-325
/ Neoplatonism
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| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy and religion
History To 1500
B Collection of essays B Iamblichus (approximately 250-approximately 330) B Plotinus B Porphyry (approximately 234-approximately 305) B Neoplatonism |
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| Summary: | These essays are devoted to Neoplatonism and especially to Plotinus and Porphyry. They deal with Plotinus' development of the Platonic forms, and include a lengthy assessment of Porphyry's contribution to the Platonic tradition Unconsciousness and quasiconsciousness in Plotinus -- The significance of practical ethics for Plotinus -- Action and contemplation in Plotinus -- Eternity and time -- Soul and time in Plotinus -- Reason and experience in Plotinus -- Plotinus on fate and free will -- Potentiality and the problem of plurality in the intelligible world -- Dunamis in Plotinus and Porphyry -- Plotinus and the myth of love -- The object of perception in Plotinus -- Plotinus on ideas between Plato and Aristotle -- The Neoplatonic Socrates -- Porphyrian studies since 1913 -- Porphyry: scope for a reassessment -- A Porphyrian treatise against Aristotle? -- Did Porphyry reject the transmigration of human souls into animals -- Porphyry and pagan religious practice -- Religion, magic and theurgy in Porphyry -- Porphyry and the Platonic theology -- More Neoplatonic ethics -- Hypostasis and hyparxis in Porphyry -- Philosophical objections to Christianity on the eve of the Great Persecution -- Iamblichus' views on the relationship of philosophy to religion in De Mysteriis -- Further thoughts on Iamblichus as the first philosopher of religion |
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| ISBN: | 1409421686 |