The Structure of Being and the Search for the Good
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The Structure of Being and the Search for the Good: Essays on Ancient and Early Medieval Platonism(Variorum Collected Studies)

The Structure of Being and the Search for the Good: Essays on Ancient and Early Medieval Platonism(Variorum Collected Studies)


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The essays in this book discuss a number of the central metaphysical and ethical themes that engaged the minds of Platonist philosophers during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. One particular theme is that of the structure of reality, with the associated questions of the relations between soul and body and between intelligible and sensible reality, and the existence of mathematical objects. Other topics relate to evil and beauty, political life and its purpose, the philosophical search for the absolute Good, and how one can speak about this Absolute and have union with it. Going from Plato to Eriugena, the ways in which Platonist philosophers understood and developed these themes are analysed and compared.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction; Faut-il philosopher? Le voyage d’une question dans le monde antique; The chain of being in the light of recent work on Platonic hierarchies; Man as political animal: on the relation between Plato and Aristotle; Remarks on dualism and the definition of soul in Aristotle’s De anima; Being in Numenius and Plotinus: some points of comparison; The problem of omnipresence in Plotinus Ennead VI, 4-5: a reply; Gnosticism and the making of the world in Plotinus; Plotinus on how soul acts on body; Evil in Plotinus (Enn.I,8); Textes de Plotin sur la beauté: initiation et remarques; Le problème du discours sur l’indicible chez Plotin; The freedom of the One; A propos d’un témoignage sur l’expérience mystique de Plotin (Enn.IV 8[6], 1, 1-11); Le problème de la métaphysique dans l’antiquité tardive; La question de l’être et du non-être des objets mathématiques chez Plotin et Jamblique; Proclus’ First Prologue to Euclid: The problem of its major source; Vie politique et divinisation dans la philosophie néoplatonicienne; Aspects of political philosophy in Iamblichus; Evêques et philosophes-rois: philosophie politique néoplatonicienne chez le Pseudo-Denys; L’investigation et les investigateurs dans le De divisione naturae de Jean Scot Erigène; The concept of Natura in John Scottus Eriugena; The problem of speaking about God in John Scottus Eriugena; The metaphysical use of mathematical concepts in Eriugena; Eriugena and Aquinas on the Beatific Vision; Addenda and Corrigenda; Index.

About the Author :
Dominic O'Meara, Seminaire de Philosophie, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland

Review :
'... the essays reprinted here constitute a valuable source of insights into later ancient and early medieval philosophy.' Review of Metaphysics


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780860787655
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Height: 224 mm
  • No of Pages: 318
  • Sub Title: Essays on Ancient and Early Medieval Platonism
  • Width: 150 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0860787656
  • Publisher Date: 22 Dec 1998
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Variorum Collected Studies
  • Weight: 750 gr


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