Women and the Female in Neoplatonism / edited by Jana Schultz and James Wilberding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schultz, Jana, editor.

Wilberding, James, editor.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; Volume 30.

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition Series ; Volume 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism.

Women philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

Sosipatra, Hypatia, Macrina: some of the most famous female philosophers of antiquity were connected to Neoplatonism. But what does it mean to be a woman philosopher in late antiquity? How is the inclusive nature of the Neoplatonic schools connected to their ethical, political, and metaphysical ideas? What role does the religious dimension of late Neoplatonism and the role of women as priestesses play in understanding Neoplatonic women philosophers? This book offers thirteen essays that examine women and the female in Neoplatonism from a variety of perspectives, paying particular attention to the interactions between the metaphysics, psychology, and ethics.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Jana Schultz and James Wilberding

Part 1 The Historical Presence of Women in Neoplatonic Schools

1 Diotima, Sosipatra and Hypatia: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Female Philosophers in the Platonic Tradition / Crystal Addey

Part 2 The Status of Women in Neoplatonic Socio-political Theory

2 Women in Plotinus / James Wilberding

3 Marcella and Porphyry / Luc Brisson

4 On the Equality of Women and Men in Late Antique Platonism: Proclus, Julian and Philip the Philosopher / Dominic O’Meara

5 Theodorus of Asine on the Equality of the Sexes: Traces of a Rhetorical Trope in the Fourth Century CE / John Dillon

6 The Myth of Er and Female Guardians in Proclus’ Republic Commentary / Dirk Baltzly

7 Damascius on the Virtue of Women and Their Relation to Men / Jana Schultz

Part 3 Female Principles in Neoplatonic Metaphysics and Science

8 Femininity in Porphyry’s On Abstinence / Miira Tuominen

9 A Match Made in Heaven: The Metaphysics of Aphrodite in Neoplatonic Thinkers / Marije Martijn

10 Neoplatonic Motives in Emperor Julian’s Hymn to the Mother of the Gods / Christoph Helmig

11 Otherwise Than the Father: Night and the Maternal Causes in Proclus’ Theological Metaphysics / Danielle Layne

Part 4 A Concluding Look at Two Christian Neoplatonists

12 Macrina’s Method: Reason and Reasoning in Gregory of Nyssa’s On Soul and Resurrection / Peter Adamson

13 What Did Michael Psellos Say about Women in the 11th Century AD ? / Denis Walter

Index Locorum

Index of Names and Subjects.

Notes:

This book explores the various ways, ranging over psychology, political philosophy and metaphysics, that both historical women and various conceptualizations of the female help shape Neoplatonism, one of the most influential philosophical schools of late antiquity, at various levels.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Schultz, Jana Women and the Female in Neoplatonism

ISBN:

9789004517646

9004517642

OCLC:

1342500731

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004517646 DOI