RT Book
T1 Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus: philosophy and religion in Neoplatonism
T2 Variorum collected studies series
JF Variorum collected studies series
A1 Smith, Andrew 1945-
LA English
PP Farnham, Surrey u.a.
PB Ashgate
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/161667038X
AB 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
AB 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
CN B517
SN 9781409421689
K1 Plotinus
K1 Porphyry : approximately 234-approximately 305
K1 Iamblichus : approximately 250-approximately 330
K1 Neoplatonism
K1 Philosophy and religion : History : To 1500
K1 Aufsatzsammlung