Physics and Philosophy of Nature in Greek Neoplatonism: Proceedings of the European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop (Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli, June 22-24, 2006)Riccardo Chiaradonna, F. T. Trabattoni Traditional scholarship has generally neglected the philosophy of nature in Greek Neoplatonism. In the last few decades, however, this attitude has changed radically. Natural philosophy has increasingly been regarded as a crucial aspect of late antique thought. Furthermore, several studies have outlined the impressive historical legacy of Neoplatonic physics. Building on this new interest, the ten papers published here concentrate on Neoplatonic philosophy of nature from Plotinus to Simplicius, and on its main conceptual features and its relation to the previous philosophical and scientific traditions. The papers were presented at a conference sponsored by the European Science Foundation in Castelvecchio Pascoli in June 2006. This volume makes an important contribution to the understanding of Greek Neoplatonism and its historical significance. |
Contents
Introduction Riccardo Chiaradonna Franco Trabattoni | 1 |
Trois adversaires Xénarque Ptolémée Plotin pour une thèse Marwan Rashed | 17 |
Le traité de Galien Sur la Démonstration et sa postérité tardoantique Riccardo Chiaradonna | 43 |
Plotinus on quality and immanent form George Karamanolis | 79 |
Language experience and the philosophy of time in Neoplatonism Robbert M van den Berg | 101 |
Plotinus on nature and contemplation Enn III8 30 16 Christian Wildberg | 121 |
A comparison between Plotinus and Proclus Chiara Russi | 145 |
On some fundamental principles of the Neoplatonic philosophy of nature Alessandro Linguiti | 173 |
Proclus on movers and divisibility Jan Opsomer | 189 |
Proclus on matter and physical necessity Gerd Van Riel | 231 |
Proclus on Timaeus 40 bc Carlos Steel | 259 |
Bibliography | 283 |
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