Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonism and the harmonization of Aristotle and Plato / by Ilsetraut Hadot ; translated by Michael Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadot, Ilsetraut, author.

Contributor:

Chase, Michael, translator.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 18.

Studies in platonism, neoplatonism, and the platonic tradition, 1871-188X ; volume 18

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Plato.

Aristotle.

Neoplatonism.

Alexandrian school.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonism and the Harmonization of Aristotle and Plato by I. Hadot deals with the Neoplatonist tendency to harmonize the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. It shows that this harmonizing tendency, born in Middle Platonism, prevailed in Neoplatonism from Porphyry and Iamblichus, where it persisted until the end of this philosophy. Hadot aims to illustrate that it is not the different schools themselves, for instance those of Athens and Alexandria, that differ from one another by the intensity of the will to harmonization, but groups of philosophers within these schools. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Harmonizing Tendency from Porphyry to Simplicius 54

1 Porphyry (circa 234-305/310) 54

2 Iamblichus (3rd/4th Century) 65

3 Themistius (circa 317-388) 74

3.1 The Speeches 75

3.2 The Paraphrases 88

4 Plutarch of Athens (Died 431/32) and His Student Hierocles of Alexandria (End of the 4th and 1st Half of the 5th Century) 97

5 Syrianus (1st Half of the 5th Century) 103

6 Macrobius (Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, circa 400) 115

7 Hermias of Alexandria (Student of Syrianus around 430) 118

8 Proclus (412-485) 121

9 The Harmonizing Tendency in the Introductions to the Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories of Ammonius and His School (Philoponus, Olympiodorus, David [Elias]) and in Simplicius 126

9.1 Aristotle as Plato's Successor 127

9.2 The Division of Aristotle's Works in a Neoplatonic Spirit 129

9.3 The Neoplatonic One is the End (τελοζ) of Both Plato's and Aristotle's Philosophy 129

9.4 A Neoplatonic Exegetical Principle: Aristotle's Deliberate Obscurity (αδαεια) in His Properly Philosophical Works 136

9.5 The Duty of the Exegete: To Bring to Light the Deep Agreement between the Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato 140

9.6 Aristotle as a Philosopher Inferior to Plato 143

10 Did the Tendency of Ammonius' School to Harmonize the Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato Bear a Greater Resemblance to the Intense Tendency of Iamblichus, or to the Limited One of Syrianus-Proclus? 146

11 The Compositional Procedure of the Neoplatonic Commentaries 156

12 The Harmonizing Tendency in Damascius and His Students Simplicius and Priscianus of Lydia 159.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004280076

9004280073

OCLC:

889181077