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Early Philosophical Shiism: The Ismaili Neoplatonism of Abu Ya'qub
Domes; 10/31/1994; Sumaiya Hamdani; 787 words
; ... Early Philosophical Shiism: The Ismaili Neoplatonism of Abu Ya`qub. al-Sijistani This work ... current in Isma`ili Shi`ite thought - Neoplatonism - which had a special appeal for the ... formulations and writing, Shi`ism and Greek Neoplatonism. In the second part, Walker presents ...
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Alexandrakis, Aphrodite, editor. Neoplatonism and Western Aesthetics (Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12).(Book Review)
The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2003; Leaman, Oliver; 420 words
; ... and these make sense. They consist of Neoplatonism and the concept of the beautiful, representational ... approach to philosophy defended by Neoplatonism, and the conclusion of many authors ... Alexandrakis. One might have thought that Neoplatonism would not have been keen on the use ...
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SOMATIC PATHWAYS TO CHRIST: PASSION, TRAVAIL, AND JULIAN OF NORWICH'S CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIAN NEOPLATONISM
Magistra; 7/1/2008; Herzog, Bradley; 787 words
; ... Christ while witnessing his passion. In some ways, Julian's texts are paradoxical. Even though some of her doctrines recall Neoplatonism, she nonetheless refigures Eve, women, and the body in ways that challenge the Christian Neoplatonic tradition. Far from ...
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The vanishing point, or speculative mathemes in Neoplatonism.
Helios; 3/22/2004; Ahbel-Rappe, Sara; 787 words
; ... for he joins the distinguished company of Festugiere, Bergson, Brehier, Hadot, and Foucault in appropriating the tropes of Neoplatonism. (7) For example, such Neoplatonic conceptions as intuition, askesis, self-attention, and the pratiques de soi (the practices ...
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Giordano Bruno: Neoplatonism and the wheel of memory in the De umbris idearum.(Critical Essay)
Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2002; Farinella, Alessandro G.; 787 words
; From Bruno's language it is impossible to infer his rejection or acceptance of any philosophical system, whether it be Platonism, Aristotelianism or Hermeticism, Thomism or Lullism, since none seems to satisfy the universalizing exigency of his thought. Bruno's aim, in fact, was to discern in all
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Wagner, Michael F. Neoplatonism and Nature: Studies in Plotinus' "Enneads.".(Book Review)
The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2003; Falcon, Andrea Machamer, Peter; 787 words
; Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. viii + 338 pp. Cloth, $73.50; paper, $24.95--Little attention has been directed to Plotinus's philosophy of nature in contemporary scholarship, and we applaud in principle this attempt to investigate Plotinus's understanding of the natural world and
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(book review)
The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2001; Meconi, David Vincent; 787 words
; RAPPE, Sara. Reading Neoplatonism: Non-discursive Thinking in the ... infrequent throughout the history of Neoplatonism, suggesting how Plato and his ... Rappe's main point becomes clear: Neoplatonism's understanding of knowledge as ...
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"New Sects of Love".(Book Review)
Early Modern Literary Studies; 5/1/2002; 787 words
; New Sects of Love : Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in ... Dawson, Lesel. New Sects of Love : Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in ... reaction to the growing influence of Neoplatonism at the Caroline court. [1] By ...
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Obituary: Professor Henry Blumenthal
The Independent - London; 5/1/1998; John Dillon; 631 words
; ... leading British scholar in the area of Neoplatonism, one of a small band of pioneers, including ... Blumenthal remained to fly the flag of Neoplatonism in England, Rist moving to Toronto ... study published in 1996, Aristotle and Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity. Following a brief ...
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Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity.(Book Review)
Theological Studies; 6/1/2004; Casiday, Augustine; 737 words
; ... 55. Against the presumption that Neoplatonism was fundamentally escapist, O'Meara ... historical survey of the major figures in Neoplatonism, he undertakes a summary reconstruction ... benefits from a helpful overview of Neoplatonism, it rarely addresses in a detailed ...
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