Plotinus On Love An Introduction To His Metaphysics Through The Concept Of Eros
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Plotinus On Love An Introduction To His Metaphysics Through The Concept Of Eros
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Author : Alberto Bertozzi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-12-29
Plotinus On Love An Introduction To His Metaphysics Through The Concept Of Eros written by Alberto Bertozzi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-29 with Philosophy categories.
Winner of the 2021 Outstanding Academic Titles award in Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Plotinus' metaphysics is often portrayed as comprising two movements: the derivation of all reality from a single source, the One, and the return of the individual soul to it. Alberto Bertozzi argues that love is the origin, culmination, and regulative force of this double movement. The One is both the self-loving source of the derivation and articulation of all reality in levels of unity and love and the ultimate goal of the longing of the soul, whose return to its source is a gradual transformation of the love it originally received from the One. Touching on virtually all major concepts of Plotinus' philosophy, Plotinus on Love is at once an investigation of a lesser-studied Plotinian theme and an introduction to his metaphysics.
The Geometry Of Christian Contemplation
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Author : David Albertson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2025-05-16
The Geometry Of Christian Contemplation written by David Albertson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-16 with Religion categories.
The writings of ancient and medieval Christian mystics were rediscovered in the twentieth century, and today they are read more widely than ever before. But do modern assumptions about religious experience influence how we hear those premodern voices? Do we do them justice by thinking of mysticism as interior and ineffable? Or can mystical experience intersect with the natural environment, and indeed the cosmos, which science calculates with precise quantities? David Albertson's The Geometry of Christian Contemplation: Measure without Measure suggests a fresh approach to the history of mystical theology that is oriented toward exteriority more than interiority, and toward the measurable world outside more than the invisible world within. The ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus had taught contemplatives to close their eyes and withdraw into the soul. Most Christians followed his directions, but others dissented. In three critical episodes, an alternative model of Christian contemplation began to emerge: from Dionysius the Areopagite, to the Byzantine monks John of Damascus and Theodore the Studite, to eccentric humanists in medieval Paris. Together these episodes add up to a very different theological aesthetics, one that can enliven the modern study of mysticism and correct some of its imbalances. For in the centuries before the scientific revolution and the secularization of nature, Christians still saw God in the exterior world, not only the interior soul. God was not an ineffable and formless Absolute, immeasurable as the soul, but an infinite Measure who leaves behind geometrical traces in the figures of the world. The God who became a human body in the Incarnation not only entered time and matter, but also spatial extension, and with it the conditions of measure: points, lines, curves, shapes, planes, dimensions, and magnitudes. Today the wisdom of this counter-tradition can strengthen the study of mysticism, not only by supplementing our contemporary fascination with negative theology by redefining what it means to name God positively, but by suggesting a new connection between Christian mysticism and the hyper-measured, hyper-technologized world that surrounds us.
Plotinus On What We Think We Are
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Author : Wiebke-Marie Stock
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-09-09
Plotinus On What We Think We Are written by Wiebke-Marie Stock and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-09 with Philosophy categories.
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 ordinary language and notices that such ordinary experience conflicts with what the Platonic tradition claims we (truly) are. This conflict does not lead him to turn away from the human terms and expressions, but impels him to take seriously what we say about ourselves and to explain it philosophically.
Soul Body And Gender In Late Antiquity
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Author : Stanimir Panayotov
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-12-05
Soul Body And Gender In Late Antiquity written by Stanimir Panayotov and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-05 with History categories.
Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theories of dis/embodiment. Bringing together gender studies, late antique philosophy, patristics, history of asceticism, and history of Indian philosophy, this interdisciplinary volume examines the notions of dis/embodiment and im/materiality in late antique and early Christian culture and thought. The book’s geographical scope extends beyond the ancient Mediterranean, providing comparative perspectives from Late Antiquity in the Near East and South Asia. It offers critical interpretations of late antique scholarly objects of inquiry, exploring close readings of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in their historical context. These fascinating studies engage scholars from different fields and research traditions with one another, and reveal both change and continuity in the perception and social role of gender, sexuality, body, and soul in this period. Soul, Body, and Gender in Late Antiquity is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Classics, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as those working on late antique and early Christian history, philosophy, and theology.
Reading Plato Through Jung
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Author : Paul Bishop
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-01-19
Reading Plato Through Jung written by Paul Bishop and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-19 with Psychology categories.
This book examines the Jungian imperative that the Third must become the Fourth through the lens of Carl Jung’s complex reception of Plato. While in psychoanalytic discourse the Third is typically viewed as an agent that brings about healing, the author highlights that, in the case of Jung, an early emphasis on the Third as the “transcendent function” gave way to an increasing insistence on the importance of the Fourth. And yet, he asks, why must “the Third become the Fourth”? Paul Bishop begins with a survey of work on Jung’s relation to Plato, before turning to Jung’s readings of the Timaeus and Black Books, as well as Goethe’s Faust II and Nietzsche’s Zarathustra. He proceeds to unpick Jung’s statements on the Third and the Fourth though a compelling analysis of how Jung draws upon religious and alchemical traditions, Pythagorean numerology, his own dream-like experiences and Plato’s cosmology. This book will appeal to practitioners and to scholars working in the history of ideas, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and psychoanalytic theory.
Plotinus Porphyry And Iamblichus
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Author : Andrew Smith
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-10-28
Plotinus Porphyry And Iamblichus written by Andrew Smith and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-28 with Philosophy categories.
This selection of twenty-five essays by Andrew Smith is devoted to Neoplatonism and especially to Plotinus and Porphyry. It deals with Plotinus' development of the Platonic Forms, and includes a lengthy assessment of Porphyry's contribution to the Platonic tradition. The themes also embrace a number of issues that have become particularly prominent in the more recent growth of interest in these philosophers of late antiquity. For example, the importance of practical ethical activity is examined particularly in the case of Plotinus and it is argued from several perspectives that a theoretical basis for reconciling the life of contemplation with that of everyday living may be found in his metaphysics. This also involves his speculations on time and eternity as well as his observations about human consciousness. A closer examination of the role of religion, magic and myth in the life of the philosopher reveals a much richer and more nuanced appreciation of their importance than has been accorded them by an earlier generation of scholars. In particular the contribution of Iamblichus is recognised as a profound attempt to account for divine activity in the world and the first attempt to propose a solution to the problems involved in presenting metaphysics of religious ritual.
Texts And Culture In Late Antiquity
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Author : J. H. D. Scourfield
language : en
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Release Date : 2007-12-31
Texts And Culture In Late Antiquity written by J. H. D. Scourfield and has been published by Classical Press of Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change in its literature as in society and politics. In this volume, thirteen scholars focus on the intellectual and literary culture of the time, investigating complex relationships between late-Antique authors and the texts which they had inherited through the classical ('pagan') and Christian traditions. Particular emphasis is placed on works that carried special authority: Homer, Virgil, Plato, and the Bible. The volume thus contributes to the history of the reception of classical texts, and through its inclusiveness (classical and classicizing, philosophical, and patristic writing are all represented) seeks to offer a view of the textual world of late Antiquity as a unified whole. It affords a scholarly introduction to a sweep of late-Antique literature in Greek and Latin. Authors and genres discussed include Juvencus and Claudian, Plotinus and Proclus, Jerome and John Cassian, geographical and grammatical writing, and Christian cento.
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.
Plotin Handbuch
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Author : Christian Tornau
language : de
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Release Date : 2024-05-28
Plotin Handbuch written by Christian Tornau and has been published by Springer-Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-28 with Philosophy categories.
Plotin ist der Begründer des Neuplatonismus. Seine Interpretation des Platonismus als eines konsequenten Denkens der Transzendenz findet seit der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts reges philosophisches und philosophiehistorisches Interesse und wird als eigenständiger Beitrag zur Wahrheitssuche und als dem klassischen Platonismus, dem Aristotelismus und der hellenistischen Philosophie gleichrangige philosophische Tradition anerkannt. Das Handbuch verortet Plotin zunächst biographisch-historisch, beschreibt dann sowohl den Exegeten als auch den systematischen Denker und führt über eine interpretierende Inhaltsübersicht seiner Schriften in Plotins Werk ein. Der Hauptteil erläutert zunächst die philosophiehistorischen Traditionen und Kontexte von Plotins Denken und stellt dann in systematischer Form zentrale Themen seiner Philosophie dar. Abgeschlossen wird das Handbuch durch eine Gesamtdarstellung der Wirkungsgeschichte Plotins. Ein Personen- und Sachregister ermöglicht eine zusätzliche spezifische Erschließung des Inhalts.
Plotinus On The Soul
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Author : Jennifer Yhap
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 2003
Plotinus On The Soul written by Jennifer Yhap and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philosophy categories.
Of interest to scholars in Plotinian studies, this book has yet a larger audience as the author investigates the full range of Plotinian epistemology from the originative production of the One, that is the Intellect, to the last declension of true being that is Nature, the lower part of world Soul. The style is fluid and appeals to scholars of ancient philosophy as well as more contemporary discussions in the field of metaphysics and epistemology."--BOOK JACKET.