Platonism and its Legacy

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This anthology of 23 essays by scholars from around the world is published in association with the ISNS: it contains many of the papers presented in their 2017 annual conference. Contents:

Why the Intelligibles are not Outside the Intellect Lloyd Gerson

The Causality of the First Principle and the theory of Two Activities in Plotinus Enn. V.4 [7] 13 Andrei Timotin

“Our concern, though, is not to be out of sin, but to be god:” Assimilation to god according to Plotinus  Thomas Vidart

Eros as Soul’s ‘Eye’ in Plotinus: What does it see and not see?  Lela Alexidze

Eternity and Time in Porphyry, Sentence 44 Lenka Karfíková

Gender construction and social connections in Porphyry’s Ad Marcellam  Mathilde Cambron-Goulet

What kind of souls did Proclus discover?  Svetlana Messiats

Is self-knowledge one or multiple? Consciousness in ‘Simplicius’, Commentary on On the Soul Chiara Militello

Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29 Carolina Sánchez

Neoplatonic Asclepius  Eugene Afonasin

Porphyry and the Motif of Christianity as παράνομος Ilaria Ramelli

The Reception of Xenophanes’ Philosophical Theology in Plato and the Christian Platonists Monika Recinová

Cyril of Alexandria’s Theory of the Incarnate Union Re-examined Sergey Trostyanskiy

The Erotic Magus: Ficino’s De amore as a Guide to Plato’s Symposium  Angela Hobbs

Francesco Patrizi and the Oracles of Zoroaster: The Use of Chaldean Oracles in Nova de universis philosophia Vojtěch Hladky

Ficino in the light of alchemy. Heinrich Khunrathʼs use of Ficinian metaphysics of light Martin Žemla

Johannes Kepler and His Neoplatonic Sources  Jiří Michalík

Georgius Raguseius against Astrology Luka Boršić and Ivana Skuhala Karasman

The Platonic Framework of Valeriano Magni’s Philosophy Tomáš Nejeschleba

Comenius’ Pansophia in the Context of Renaissance Neo-Platonism Jan Čížek

The Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of God Jacques Joseph

Lewis Campbell’s Studies on Plato and their Philosophical Significance Thomas Mróz

Psychological Effects of Henôsis  Bruce J. MacLennan