Neoplatonism And Nature

Author : James Wilberding,Christoph Horn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCSD:31822039392444

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Neoplatonism and the Philosophy of Nature by James Wilberding,Christoph Horn Pdf

This volume dispels the idea that Platonism was an otherworldly enterprise which neglected the study of the natural world. Leading scholars examine how the Platonists of late antiquity sought to understand and explain natural phenomena: their essays offer a new understanding of the metaphysics of Platonism, and its place in the history of science.

Author : Maria-Teresa Teixeira,Aljoscha Berve,Moirika Reker
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527565159

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Mind in Nature by Maria-Teresa Teixeira,Aljoscha Berve,Moirika Reker Pdf

This collection of essays written by leading Whitehead scholars bridges two important philosophical movements in Western philosophy separated by many centuries: Neo-Platonism and Process Philosophy. It focuses on a variety of topics, which can be found in both theories, including creativity, temporality, holism, potentiality, causality, evolution, organism, and multiplicities. They all concur with an integral, natural worldview, showing that wholeness, complexity, and indivisibility are prevalent in Nature. All in all, it brings together Neo-Platonism and Process Philosophy through the impact the former had on the latter. This volume shows that process philosophy can contribute to an integral worldview as it draws on ancient philosophy, setting new paradigms for novel approaches to nature, science and metaphysics.

Author : Michael F. Wagner
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791452727

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Neoplatonism and Nature by Michael F. Wagner Pdf

Original essays by leading scholars on Plotinus' philosophy of nature.

Author : Riccardo Chiaradonna,F. T. Trabattoni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004173804

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Physics and Philosophy of Nature in Greek Neoplatonism by Riccardo Chiaradonna,F. T. Trabattoni Pdf

Traditional scholarship has generally neglected the philosophy of nature in Greek Neoplatonism. In the last few decades, however, this attitude has changed radically. Natural philosophy has increasingly been regarded as a crucial aspect of late antique thought. Furthermore, several studies have outlined the impressive historical legacy of Neoplatonic physics. Building on this new interest, the ten papers published here concentrate on Neoplatonic philosophy of nature from Plotinus to Simplicius, and on its main conceptual features and its relation to the previous philosophical and scientific traditions. The papers were presented at a conference sponsored by the European Science Foundation in Castelvecchio Pascoli in June 2006. This volume makes an important contribution to the understanding of Greek Neoplatonism and its historical significance.

Author : Michael F. Wagner
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791452719

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Neoplatonism and Nature by Michael F. Wagner Pdf

Original essays by leading scholars on Plotinus' philosophy of nature.

Author : Pauliina Remes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492894

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Neoplatonism by Pauliina Remes Pdf

Although Neoplatonism has long been studied by classicists, until recently most philosophers saw the ideas of Plotinus et al as a lot of religious/magical mumbo-jumbo. Recent work however has provided a new perspective on the philosophical issues in Neoplatonism and Pauliina Remes new introduction to the subject is the first to take account of this fresh research and provides a reassessment of Neoplatonism's philosophical credentials. Covering the Neoplatonic movement from its founder, Plotinus (AD 204-70) to the closure of Plato's Academy in AD 529 Remes explores the ideas of leading Neoplatonists such as Porphyry, lamblichus, Proclus, Simplicius and Damascius as well as less well-known thinkers. Situating their ideas alongside classical Platonism, Stoicism, and the neo-Pythagoreans as well as other intellectual movements of the time such as Gnosticism, Judaism and Christianity, Remes provides a valuable survey for the beginning student and non-specialist.

Author : Marije Martijn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004193253

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Proclus on Nature by Marije Martijn Pdf

This study presents a revision of Proclus’ natural philosophy, starting from the Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus. It provides new insight into Proclus' metaphysics of nature, his surprisingly peripatetic philosophy of science, the role of mathematics, and the nature of discourse.

Author : Ursula Coope
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192558282

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Freedom and Responsibility in Neoplatonist Thought by Ursula Coope Pdf

The Neoplatonists have a perfectionist view of freedom: an entity is free to the extent that it succeeds in making itself good. Free entities are wholly in control of themselves—they are self-determining, self-constituting, and self-knowing. Neoplatonist philosophers argue that such freedom is only possible for non-bodily things. The human soul is free insofar as it rises above bodily things and engages in intellection, but when it turns its desires to bodily things, it is drawn under the sway of fate and becomes enslaved. Ursula Coope discusses this notion of freedom and its relation to questions about responsibility. She explains the important role of notions of self-reflexivity in Neoplatonist accounts of both freedom and responsibility. In Part I, Coope sets out the puzzles Neoplatonist philosophers face about freedom and responsibility and explains how these puzzles arise from earlier discussions. Part II explores the metaphysical underpinnings of the Neoplatonist notion of freedom (concentrating especially on the views of Plotinus and Proclus). In what sense, if any, is the ultimate first principle of everything (the One) free? If everything else is under this ultimate first principle, how can anything other than the One be free? What is the connection between freedom and nonbodiliness? Finally, Coope considers in Part III questions about responsibility, arising from this perfectionist view of freedom. Why are human beings responsible for their behaviour, in a way that other animals are not? If we are enslaved when we act viciously, how can we be to blame for our vicious actions and choices?

Author : Paulos Gregorios,International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791452743

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Neoplatonism and Indian Philosophy by Paulos Gregorios,International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Pdf

Explores connections between Neoplatonism and Indian philosophy.

Author : R. Baine Harris
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438405902

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The Significance of Neoplatonism by R. Baine Harris Pdf

This is a collection of essays on the sources, interpretations, and influences of Neoplatonism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004517646

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Women and the Female in Neoplatonism by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the various ways, ranging over psychology, political philosophy and metaphysics, that both historical women and various conceptualizations of the female help shape Neoplatonism, one of the most influential philosophical schools of late antiquity, at various levels.

Author : Svetla Slaveva-Griffin,Pauliina Remes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317591368

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The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism by Svetla Slaveva-Griffin,Pauliina Remes Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situates and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought, and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. Over thirty chapters are divided into seven clear parts: (Re)sources, instruction and interaction Methods and Styles of Exegesis Metaphysics and Metaphysical Perspectives Language, Knowledge, Soul, and Self Nature: Physics, Medicine and Biology Ethics, Political Theory and Aesthetics The legacy of Neoplatonism. The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a major reference source for all students and scholars in Neoplatonism and ancient philosophy, as well as researchers in the philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics and religion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mind and body
ISBN : 3896655183

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Conversations Platonic and Neoplatonic by Anonim Pdf

Author : Luc Brisson,Seamus O'Neill,Andrei Timotin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004374980

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Neoplatonic Demons and Angels by Luc Brisson,Seamus O'Neill,Andrei Timotin Pdf

Neoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of studies which examine the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers, but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles and Christian Neoplatonism.

Author : James Wilberding
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317355243

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Forms, Souls, and Embryos by James Wilberding Pdf

Forms, Souls, and Embryos allows readers coming from different backgrounds to appreciate the depth and originality with which the Neoplatonists engaged with and responded to a number of philosophical questions central to human reproduction, including: What is the causal explanation of the embryo’s formation? How and to what extent are Platonic Forms involved? In what sense is a fetus ‘alive,’ and when does it become a human being? Where does the embryo’s soul come from, and how is it connected to its body? This is the first full-length study in English of this fascinating subject, and is a must-read for anyone interested in Neoplatonism or the history of medicine and embryology.