Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3: On Causes and the Noetic Triad

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3: On Causes and the Noetic Triad
Title Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3: On Causes and the Noetic Triad PDF eBook
Author Dragos Calma
Publisher Studies in Platonism, Neoplato
Pages 660
Release 2022-01-20
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9789004501324

Download Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3: On Causes and the Noetic Triad Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This volume gathers contributions on key concepts elaborated in the Platonic tradition (Proclus, Plotinus, Porphyry or Sallustius) and reconsidered by Arabic (e.g. Avicenna, the Book of Causes), Byzantine (e.g. Maximus the Confessor, Ioane Petritsi) and Latin authors (e.g. Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas etc.).

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1
Title Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1 PDF eBook
Author Dragos Calma
Publisher BRILL
Pages 505
Release 2019-05-15
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9004395113

Download Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of Proclus’ legacy in the Hellenic, Byzantine, Islamic, Latin and Hebrew traditions. The history of the Book of Causes, an Islamic adaptation of mainly Proclus’ Elements of Theology and Plotinus' Enneads, is reconsidered on the basis of newly discovered manuscripts. This first volume enriches our understanding of the diverse reception of Proclus’ Elements of Theology and of the Book of Causes in the Western tradition where universities and religious schools offered unparalleled conditions of diffusion. The volume sheds light on overlooked authors, texts, literary genres and libraries from all major European universities from the 12th to the 16th centuries.

Proklu diadochu Stoicheiosis theologike

Proklu diadochu Stoicheiosis theologike
Title Proklu diadochu Stoicheiosis theologike PDF eBook
Author Proclus
Publisher Oxford University Press on Demand
Pages 348
Release 1992
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9780198140979

Download Proklu diadochu Stoicheiosis theologike Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Proclus' Elements of Theology is a concise summa of the Neoplatonic system in its fully developed form; and for the student of late Greek thought second in importance only to the Enneads of Plotinus. Professor Dodds has provided a critical text based on a personal examination of some forty manuscripts, together with an English translation and a philosophical and linguistic commentary. First published in 1933, this second edition includes an Appendix of Addenda et Corrigenda and is widelyregarded and respected as the definitive edition of the text today.

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3
Title Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3 PDF eBook
Author Dragos Calma
Publisher BRILL
Pages 657
Release 2022-01-17
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9004501339

Download Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of the history of Neoplatonism from the 9th to the 16th century. This third volume gathers contributions on key concepts of the Platonic tradition (Proclus, Plotinus, Porphyry or Sallustius) inherited and reinterpreted by Arabic (e.g. Avicenna, the Book of Causes), Byzantine (e.g. Maximus the Confessor, Ioane Petritsi) and Latin authors (e.g. Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Berthold of Moosburg, Marsilio Ficino etc.). Two major themes are presently studied: causality (in respect to the One, the henads, the self-constituted substances and the first being) and the noetic triad (being-life-intellect).

The Book of Causes

The Book of Causes
Title The Book of Causes PDF eBook
Author Dennis J. Brand
Publisher
Pages 68
Release 1984
Genre Philosophy
ISBN

Download The Book of Causes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

All from One

All from One
Title All from One PDF eBook
Author Pieter d' Hoine
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 439
Release 2017
Genre History
ISBN 0199640335

Download All from One Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Proclus (412-485 A.D.) was one of the last official "successors" of Plato at the head of the Academy in Athens at the end of Antiquity, before the school was finally closed down in 529. As a prolific author of systematic works on a wide range of topics and one of the most influential commentators on Plato of all times, the legacy of Proclus in the cultural history of the west can hardly be overestimated. This book introduces the reader to Proclus' life and works, his place in the Platonic tradition of Antiquity, and the influence his work exerted in later ages. Various chapters are devoted to Proclus' metaphysical system, including his doctrines about the first principle of all reality, the One, and about the Forms and the soul. The broad range of Proclus' thought is further illustrated by highlighting his contribution to philosophy of nature, scientific theory, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of language. Finally, also his most original doctrines on evil and providence, his Neoplatonic virtue ethics, his complex views on theology and religious practice, and his metaphysical aesthetics receive separate treatments. This book is the first to bring together the leading scholars in the field and to present a state of the art of Proclean studies today. In doing so, it provides the most comprehensive introduction to Proclus' thought currently available.

Proclus and his Legacy

Proclus and his Legacy
Title Proclus and his Legacy PDF eBook
Author Danielle Layne
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 466
Release 2017-02-06
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 3110471620

Download Proclus and his Legacy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This volume investigates Proclus' own thought and his wide-ranging influence within late Neoplatonic, Alexandrine and Byzantinian philosophy and theology. It further explores how Procline metaphysics and doctrines of causality influence and transition into Arabic and Islamic thought, up until Richard Hooker in England, Spinoza in Holland and Pico in Italy. John Dillon provides a helpful overview of Proclus' thought, Harold Tarrant discusses Proclus' influence within Alexandrian philosophy and Tzvi Langermann presents ground breaking work on the Jewish reception of Proclus, focusing on the work of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591-1655), while Stephen Gersh presents a comprehensive synopsis of Proclus' reception throughout Christendom. The volume also presents works from notable scholars like Helen Lang, Sarah Wear and Crystal Addey and has a considerable strength in its presentation of Pseudo-Dionysius, Proclus' transmission and development in Arabic philosophy and the problem of the eternity of the world. It will be important for anyone interested in the development and transition of ideas from the late ancient world onwards.