Eros In Neoplatonism And Its Reception In Christian Philosophy
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Eros In Neoplatonism And Its Reception In Christian Philosophy
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Author : Dimitrios A. Vasilakis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Eros In Neoplatonism And Its Reception In Christian Philosophy written by Dimitrios A. Vasilakis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Christianity categories.
"Speaking to vital scholarship in ancient philosophy, including contemporary Greek academia, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of Love (Eros) in the key texts of Neoplatonic philosophers; Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite. The book outlines the crucial interplay between Plotinus, Proclus, and Dionysius' ideas on love and hierarchy in relation to both the earthly and the divine. Through analysing key texts from each philosopher, this enlightening study traces a clear historical line between pagan Neoplatonism and early Christian philosophy"--
Eros In Neoplatonism And Its Reception In Christian Philosophy
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Author : Dimitrios A. Vasilakis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-12-24
Eros In Neoplatonism And Its Reception In Christian Philosophy written by Dimitrios A. Vasilakis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-24 with Philosophy categories.
Showing the ontological importance of eros within the philosophical systems inspired by Plato, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of eros in key texts of the Neoplatonic philosophers, Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite. Outlining the divergences and convergences between the three brings forward the core idea of love as deficiency in Plotinus and charts how this is transformed into plenitude in Proclus and Dionysius. Does Proclus diverge from Plotinus in his hierarchical scheme of eros? Is the Dionysian hierarchy to be identified with Proclus' classification of love? By analysing The Enneads, III.5, the Commentary on the First Alcibiades and the Divine Names side by side, Vasilakis uses a wealth of modern scholarship, including contemporary Greek literature to explore these questions, tracing a clear historical line between the three seminal late antique thinkers.
Eros And Psyche
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Author : John M. Rist
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press c1964.
Release Date : 1964
Eros And Psyche written by John M. Rist and has been published by University of Toronto Press c1964. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Philosophy categories.
"This study makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the development of ancient Platonism and of the influence of Greek philosophy on Christian thought. The author examines a number of themes such as Eros, Virtue and Knowledge in the writings of Plato himself, and shows that, in our interpretation of them, we must recognize certain latent contradictions; his successors, however, attempted not always successfully, to form a synthesis of Platonic theory based on the genuinely Platonic motif of the attaining of likeness to God. The author demonstrates that Plato's thought contained within itself unresolved, but philosophically fruitful divergences of opinion on the highest topics: the Good, the nature of love, the aim of the life of virtue. The author suggests that the unity of Plato's thought consists only in certain general beliefs, such as that there are supra-sensible realities and that some aspect of the human soul is immortal. He protests, in passing, against those who look on Plato as the author of a series of tracts: one on the Theory of Forms, one on Aesthetics, another on Statesmanship, and so on." -- Book jacket.
Plotinus On The Contemplation Of The Intelligible World
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Author : Mateusz Stróżyński
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-30
Plotinus On The Contemplation Of The Intelligible World written by Mateusz Stróżyński and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-30 with Philosophy categories.
This study offers an innovative understanding of the central role of the act of contemplation in the philosophy of Plotinus.
The Best Effect
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Author : Ryan Darr
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-12-06
The Best Effect written by Ryan Darr and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-06 with Religion categories.
A theological history of consequentialism and a fresh agenda for teleological ethics. Consequentialism—the notion that we can judge an action by its effects alone—has been among the most influential approaches to ethics and public policy in the Anglophone world for more than two centuries. In The Best Effect, Ryan Darr argues that consequentialist ethics is not as secular or as rational as it is often assumed to be. Instead, Darr describes the emergence of consequentialism in the seventeenth century as a theological and cosmological vision and traces its intellectual development and eventual secularization across several centuries. The Best Effect reveals how contemporary consequentialism continues to bear traces of its history and proposes in its place a more expansive vision for teleological ethics.
Higher Education And Love
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Author : Victoria de Rijke
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-01
Higher Education And Love written by Victoria de Rijke and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-01 with Education categories.
This book explicitly unites the concepts of higher education and love to examine how these concepts are mutually compatible. As the world of higher education moves towards the metrics of value, and the worth of knowledge becomes more valued in its use rather than its discovery, a crisis brews. If higher education is to contribute to the wellbeing of the self and of others, then the institution needs to be radically reviewed to see if, and how, love contributes to higher education within and beyond its walls. This book addresses the core question of what would the university might be like, today and into the future, if the timeless notion of love was the basis of its educative process, notwithstanding the material artefacts the university helps to create, but also as a way of framing approaches to higher education.
Deus Est Caritas The Voice Of Gabriele Biondo On Personal Justification And Church Reform
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Author : Vito Guida
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-08-04
Deus Est Caritas The Voice Of Gabriele Biondo On Personal Justification And Church Reform written by Vito Guida and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-04 with Philosophy categories.
The book examines the life and the writings of Gabriele Biondo, a secular priest who lived in the little town of Modigliana between the second half of the fifteenth century and the first decades of the sixteenth century. Through a careful examination of his writings and the sources he used, this book allows the reader to obtain a more precise understanding of Biondo, his background, his life, his movements, the difficulties that he encountered (mainly with the ecclesiastical authorities and the other members of the clergy, but also with civic leaders), and the main events of his life. Additionally, Biondo was the leader of a minor following formed by nuns, secular women, and laymen. Therefore, this book illustrates Biondo’s pastoral activity, the ideas and principles that supported his actions, and the objectives he was pursuing. Given these various objectives, this book is of interest to those scholars and academics interested in the religious tensions that swept through Europe in the years immediately preceding the Protestant Reformation and who, consequently, seek to investigate Biondo’s personal and complex answer to these tensions.
Eros Unveiled
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Author : Catherine Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Eros Unveiled written by Catherine Osborne and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Family & Relationships categories.
Few books on love can claim to make significant contributions to our understanding both of ancient views on eros and of its place in the Christian tradition. On the basis of a new and sympathetic reading of Plato, Catherine Osborne shows that the long-standing distrust of eros, rather than agape, as a model for the believer's relation to God in Christian thought derives from a misunderstanding of ancient thought on love. Focussing on a number of classic texts, including Plato's Symposium and Lysis, Aristotle's Ethics and Metaphysics, and famous passages in Gregory of Nyssa, Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Plotinus, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, she shows that love is not motivated by a need that seeks fulfilment. On the contrary, Dr Osborne argues, to seek a motive for love, whether in Plato's account or our own, is to pursue a philosophical confusion. To mention love is to mention the motive that explains our response of affection or devotion or desire; the response cannot be the motive for our love, but is an attitude that belongs in a vision of the beloved transfigured by love. It is for this reason that we have to restore the image of Cupid, whose mischievous darts picture the impossibility of seeking some further grounds or explanation for love.
Neoplatonism And Christian Thought
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Author : Dominic J. O'Meara
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1981-06-30
Neoplatonism And Christian Thought written by Dominic J. O'Meara and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-06-30 with Philosophy categories.
In this volume, the relationships between two of the most vital currents in Western thought are examined by a group of nineteen internationally known specialists in a variety of disciplines—classics, patristics, philosophy, theology, history of ideas, and literature. The contributing scholars discuss Neoplatonic theories about God, creation, man, and salvation, in relation to the ways in which they were adopted, adapted, or rejected by major Christian thinkers of five periods: Patristic, Later Greek and Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. Contributors include G.-H. Allard, A. Hilary Armstrong, Elizabeth Bieman, Linos Benakis, Henry Blumenthal, Mary T. Clark, Norris Clarke, John Dillon, Cornelio Fabro, John N. Findlay, Maurice de Gandillac, Edward P. Mahoney, Bernard McGinn, Dominic J. O'Meara, John J. O'Meara, Jean Pépin, Mary Carman Rose, Henri-Dominique Saffrey, Charles B. Schmitt, and Gérard Verbeke.
Eros In Plato And Early Christian Platonists Microform A Philosophical Poetics
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Author : Tim Lilburn
language : en
Publisher: Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Release Date : 2004
Eros In Plato And Early Christian Platonists Microform A Philosophical Poetics written by Tim Lilburn and has been published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Christian literature, Early categories.
A comparable training of desire appears in the ascetical theology of such Christian writers as John Cassian, pseudo-Dionysius and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing. As with Plato's dialogues, the works of these thinkers are accounts of "turning the soul around" (Republic 518d, 521c), and are themselves training documents for those who subsequently read them. They are less concerned with the assertion of dogma than with the drawing of such readers into the practice of the higher forms of contemplative prayer. This dissertation sees a continuous tradition of erotics and soul craft extending from Plato to Christian writers in spirituality in late antiquity and beyond.