- The Handbook of Neoplatonism
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- Series: Acumen Handbooks
- Editor(s):
Pauliina Remes and Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
- ISBN: 1844656268
- ISBN-13: 9781844656264
- Publication Date: 28 Nov 2013
- Pages: 488
- Format: Hardback
- Published Price: £85.00
- Discount Price: £68.00
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DESCRIPTION:
The 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 explore its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. The 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 religion and the history and philosophy of science.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Pauliina Remes teaches in the Philosophy Department at Uppsala University. Svetla Slaveva-Griffin is an Associate Professor of Classics at Florida State University.
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CONTENTS:
Introduction: What is Neoplatonism?
Part I: Sources and Historical Background
1. Curriculum: Neoplatonists as readers of Plato, Harold Tarrant
2. Relation to Middle-Platonism, Peripatetics and Hellenistic philosophy, Gretchen Reydams-Schils and Franco Ferrari
3. Neoplatonism and Religion, John Turner
4. Neoplatonism and Indian philosophy, Vishwa Adluri
5. In the lecture halls of Alexandria, Richard Sorabji
Part II: Method, Exegesis and Argumentation
6. Plotinus’ style and argumentation, Luc Brisson
7. Non-commentary tradition between Plotinus and Proclus, Andrew Smith
8. Proclus’ geometrical method, Marije Martijn
9. Commentary tradition: Aristotelian, Han Baltussen
Part III: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Mathematics
10. Hierarchy, emanation, becoming of multiplicity, Sara Ahbel-Rappe
11. Different conceptions of the One, Bernard Collette
12. Substance, Riccardo Chiaradonna
13. Matter, Jean-Marc Narbonne
14. Number and mathematics, Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
Part IV: Psychology
15. Metaphysics of soul and self, Gwenaëlle Aubry
16. Sense-perception and consciousness, Peter Lautner
17. Iamblichus on soul, John Finamore
Part V: Epistemology
18. From Alexander of Aphrodisias to Plotinus, Frederic Schroeder
19. Knowledge, truth and intellection, Lloyd Gerson
20. Names and language, Robert van den Berg
Part VI: Nature and Science
21. Nature and cosmogony, Kevin Corrigan
22. Physics, Alessandro Linguiti
23. Medicine and biology, James Wilberding
Part VII: Ethics, Political Theory, and Aesthetics
24. Freedom, providence and fate, Peter Adamson
25. Agency, Pauliina Remes
26. Virtues and eudaimonia, Suzanne Stern-Gillet
27. Political theory, Dominic O’Meara
28. Creativity and art, Panayiota Vassilopolou
Part VIII: Legacy
29. Christian philosophy, Dermot Moran
30. Byzantine developments, Dimitar Dimitrov
31. Jewish and Islamic Neoplatonic trends, Sarah Pessin
