Platonic Inquiries 

This anthology of 24 essays by scholars from around the world is published in association with the ISNS: it contains many of the papers presented in their 2015 annual conference. Contents:

The Platonic origins of the Axiochus and the contribution of its author to the Socratic theme – Menahem Luz

Rhea – Hecate. The Triple Expansion of Life – Graciela Ritacco

Plotinus, and the tripartition of the soul in Plato:  Anger as an example – Luc Brisson

Theoria, Theorema Theorein: on the Vocabulary, Style, and Content of Plotinus Enn. III. 8 [30] – Jose Baracat

The Gnostic Background of Plotinus’ Theory of Generative Contemplation – Zeke Mazur

Contemplation and form in Plotinus: continuity or overcoming Greek thought? – Fernando Martin De Blassi

The Value of the Soul’s Descent – Edward Halper

Cosmic Order and Evil: The Concept of Providence in Plotinus and St. Augustine – Maurizio Di Silva

The Issue of Divine Filiality in the Commentary on the Gospel of John: Doctrinal Comparisons between Heracleon, Origen and Plotinus – Patricia Andrea Ciner

The Depth-bathos of the Gnostics and Porphyry – Juan Bautista Garcia Bazan

Porphyry’s Extension and Restriction of Plato’s Views on Justice – Hyun Hochsman

The Pure Human Soul in Iamblichus: Divine or Angelic? – Julio Cesar Moreira

The ‘Second Trace of Life’:  Hermias and the Irrational Soul – John Finamore

Teaching and learning in Marinus – Mathilde Cambron-Goulet

Hierarchy of beings & the Neo-platonic tetrad Goodness, Being, Life, Mind in Byzantine Platonism – Dimitry Biriukov

Negligence as the Cause of the Fall of Souls in Origen & its Reinterpretation by Evagrius Ponticus – Ruben Pereto Rivas

Approach to the Sources of the Cusan Notions of Oneness, Identity, and Coincidence – Claudia D’Amico

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1431) on the Role of Faith in the Human Mind’s Return to God – Paula Pico Estrada

Marsilio Ficino’s teachings on the Platonic notion of inspiration: A brief survey for understanding the depiction of artists as divinely inspired lovers of Beauty – Juan Pablo Maggiotti

Florentine Neoplatonism a Philosophical Movement? – Teresa Rodriguez

Newton and the Neoplatonic offensive against Cartesianism – Rodolfo E. Fazio

Thinking on Thinking: Ultimate Presuppositions in Plotinus and Leibniz – Robert Berchman

Plato in Weimar. Plato’s Ideal State and the Weimar Republic: The impossibility of creating the Perfect state – Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli

Notes on Abandon:  excerpts from a diary of studies on the concept of Gelassenheit – Luiz Fernando Fontes-Teixeira