Ontology in Early Neoplatonism : : Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus / / Riccardo Chiaradonna.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Chiaradonna, Riccardo,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina , 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VII, 237 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Ontology in Early Neoplatonism --; Note on the Text --; Plotinus’ Ontology --; 1 Plotinus on Intelligible Qualities --; 2 Plotinus on Demiurgic Causation --; 3 Plotinus’ Metaphorical Reading of the Timaeus --; 4 Plotinus on Motion as Activity --; The Interpretation of the Categories --; 5 Forms, Qualities, and Differentiae: Boethus of Sidon and Porphyry --; 6 Universals and Secondary Substances --; 7 Genera and Predication: Plotinus, Porphyry, and Iamblichus --; 8 Essence and Existence --; Knowledge and Ethics --; 9 Common Conceptions and Philosophical Enquiry: Plotinus and Porphyry --; 10 Ethics and the Hierarchy Of Virtues from Plotinus to Iamblichus --; Index of Names --; Index of Passages
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110986365; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319087; 9783111318110
• ISSN: 1864-4805
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110986365
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Riccardo Chiaradonna.

Neoplatonists from Plotinus onward incorporate Aristotle’s logic and ontology into their philosophies: this process is of both intrinsic and historical interest and paves the way for subsequent philosophical debates in the Middle Ages and beyond. The ten essays collected in this book focus on the readings of Aristotle by Plotinus, Porphyry, and Iamblichus in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Their discussions cover key issues in the history of logic and metaphysics such as substance, hylomorphism, causation, existence, and predication. Among the topics tackled in this volume are Plotinus’ criticism of Aristotle’s physical essentialism, which is a major chapter in the history of metaphysics, and the interpretation of Porphyry’s Isagoge, one of the most influential and enigmatic works in the history of philosophy. Further essays focus on the readings of Aristotle’s categories developed by Porphyry and Iamblichus, which raise interesting questions at the intersection of logic and ontology, and on the integration of Aristotle’s ontology into Neoplatonist accounts of being and existence.