Ontology in Early Neoplatonism : : Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus / / 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 re...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VII, 237 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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