Proclus and his legacy / edited by David D. Butorac and Danielle A. Layne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layne, Danielle, Editor.

Contributor:

Butorac, David D., editor.

Layne, Danielle A., editor.

Series:

Millennium-Studien ; Volume 65.

Millennium-Studien, 1862-1139 ; Volume 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proclus, approximately 410-485.

Proclus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Danielle A. Layne, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA, USA; David D. Butorac, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Summary:

This volume investigates Proclus' own thought and his wide-ranging influence within late Neoplatonic, Alexandrine and Byzantinian philosophy and theology. It further explores how Procline metaphysics and doctrines of causality influence and transition into Arabic and Islamic thought, up until Richard Hooker in England, Spinoza in Holland and Pico in Italy. John Dillon provides a helpful overview of Proclus' thought, Harold Tarrant discusses Proclus' influence within Alexandrian philosophy and Tzvi Langermann presents ground breaking work on the Jewish reception of Proclus, focusing on the work of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591-1655), while Stephen Gersh presents a comprehensive synopsis of Proclus' reception throughout Christendom. The volume also presents works from notable scholars like Helen Lang, Sarah Wear and Crystal Addey and has a considerable strength in its presentation of Pseudo-Dionysius, Proclus' transmission and development in Arabic philosophy and the problem of the eternity of the world. It will be important for anyone interested in the development and transition of ideas from the late ancient world onwards.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on editions, translations and abbreviations

Introduction

Proclus in the History of Philosophy: Construction and Deconstruction

Forgetting Procline Theology: the Alexandrian Story

Platonic Eros, Moral Egoism, and Proclus

The Platonic Hero

The Status of Body in Proclus

Proclus on Time and the Units of Time

Proclus and Apokatastasis

Proclus’ aporetic epistemology

The Lycians are coming: The career of Patricius, the Father of Proclus

Marinus’ Abrahamic notions of the Soul and One

Spiritual Motion and the Incarnation in the Divine Names of Dionysius The Areopagite

A Crypto-Pagan Reading of the Figure of Hierotheus and the “Dormition” Passage in the Corpus Areopagiticum

An unknown Elements of Theology? On Proclus as the model for the Hierotheos in the Dionysian Corpus

The Transfiguration of Proclus’ Legacy: Pseudo-Dionysius and the Late Neoplatonic School of Athens

Pseudo-Dionysius and Proclus on Parmenides 137d: On Parts and Wholes

The Renaissance of Proclus in the Eleventh Century

Proclus as a biblical exegete: Bible and its Platonic interpretation in Ioane Petritsi’s commentaries

Dionysius Against Proclus: the Apophatic Critique in Nicholas of Methone’s Refutation of the Elements of Theology

The Presence of Proclus in George Pachymeres’ Paraphrase of Ps.-Dionysius’ De Divinis Nominibus

On the Absence of the Henads in the Liber de Causis: Some Consequences for Procline Subjectivity

Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Istithmār on Proclus’ Commentary on the Pythagorean Golden Verses

Al-Šahrastānī on Proclus

Proclus’ Arguments on the Eternity of the World in al-Shahrastānī’s Works

Proclus as a Source for Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Arguments Concerning Emanatio and Creatio Ex Nihilo

Aeternall Lawe: Richard Hooker’s Neoplatonic Account of Law and Causality

Proclus Revenant: The (Re‐)Integration of Proclus into the Creationism-Eternalism Debate in Joseph Solomon Delmedigo’s (1591–1655) Novelot Ḥokhma

Understanding the Geometric Method: Prolegomena to a Study of Procline Influences in Spinoza as Mediated through Abraham Cohen Herrera

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

3-11-047037-3

3-11-047162-0

OCLC:

979912536