All From One: A Guide to Proclus

by Pieter d'Hoine (Editor), Marije Martijn (Editor)

Overview

Proclus (412-485 A.D.) was one of the last official 'successors' of Plato at the head of the Academy in Athens at the end of Antiquity, before the school was finally closed down in 529. As a prolific author of systematic works on a wide range of topics and one of the most influential commentators on Plato of all times, the legacy of Proclus in the cultural history of the west can hardly be overestimated. This book introduces the reader to Proclus' life and works, his place in the Platonic tradition of Antiquity and the influence his work exerted in later ages. Various chapters are devoted to Proclus' metaphysical system, including his doctrines about the first principle of all reality, the One, and about the Forms and the soul. The broad range of Proclus' thought is further illustrated by highlighting his contribution to philosophy of nature, scientific theory, theory of knowledge and philosophy of language. Finally, also his most original doctrines on evil and providence, his Neoplatonic virtue ethics, his complex views on theology and religious practice, and his metaphysical aesthetics receive separate treatments. This book is the first to bring together the leading scholars in the field and to present a state of the art of Proclean studies today. In doing so, it provides the most comprehensive introduction to Proclus' thought currently available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191092244
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Pieter d'Hoine is Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Intellectual History at the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven). He has co-edited, under the direction of Carlos Steel, Proclus' Commentary on the Parmenides for the Oxford Classical Texts and published on various aspects of later ancient metaphysics and epistemology. He is currently writing a monograph on the reception of Plato's theory of Forms in later Platonism. Marije Martijn is Cornelia de Vogel Professor of Ancient and Patristic Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is the author of Proclus on Nature: Philosophy of Nature and its Methods in Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (Brill, 2010) and of various articles on Proclus' natural philosophy and methodology. She is currently working on a monograph concerning the role of aesthetic and semiotic principles in Neoplatonic metaphysics and epistemology.

Table of Contents

1. Proclus of Athens: A Life, Christian Wildberg
2. Proclus' Place in the Platonic Tradition, Harold Tarrant
3. Proclus' System, Marije Martjin & Lloyd P. Gerson
4. The One, the Henads, and the Principles, Gerd Van Riel
5. Platonic Forms and the Triad of Being, Life, and Intellect, Pieter d'Hoine
6. Proclus on the psyche: World Soul and Individual Soul, John Finamore & Emilie Kutash
7. The Natural World, Jan Opsomer
8. Mathematics and the Sciences, Dominic O'Meara
9. Proclus on Epistemology, Language, and Logic, Christoph Helmig
10. Proclus on Gods and Demons, Luc Brisson
11. Theurgy in the Context of Proclus' Philosophy, Robbert M. van den Berg
12. Providence and Evil, Carlos Steel
13. The Human Life, Dirk Baltzly
14. Literary Theory and Aesthetics, Anne Sheppard
15. Proclus' Legacy, Peter Adamson & Filip Karfik
Appendix I: Proclus' Metaphysical and Theological System
Appendix II: Proclus' Works

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