Thanks Michael, Your answer is sort of what I suspected but I never considered the question before. BTW, I saw your translation of Hadot cited in a book on...
As long as we're recommending titles on Byzantine themes, the following is an excellent comparative study on the concept of theosis in Aquinas and Palamas, Â ...
Hello all, I would add that the following fairly recent book has a number of articles on Byzantine texts, including discussion of them as the transmitters of...
Adamson, Peter
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Nov 8, 2009 8:39 pm
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Byzantine manuscripts and numbers: Plato and Aristotle. I just did a little digging in the library. According to K. Ierodiakonou and L. Benakis, of Byzantine...
I personally am convinced that what you call the ... OK, I will bite - exactly who was it who claimed that one?!? Though the idea does have a sort of nutty...
... The Jesuit Jean Hardouin (1646-1729). According to him, most of classical literature was a forgery by 13h century Benedictine monks. Best, Mike ... Michael...
... I took a brief look online and only came up with the usual Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica entries - if they are to be trusted, yes, he also thought...
Just received notice of this new book from OUP: Parmenides and Presocratic Philosophy John Palmer 440 pages | 234x156mm 978-0-19-956790-4 | Hardback | 29...
I would like to call notice to three relatively new books on Parmenides. Â Cordero, Nestor-Luis. By Being, It is: The Thesis of Parmenides. (Parmenides...
There are a number of sources to share about whether modern science is as animated by "mythological thinking" as was ancient science and religion. I can share...
I'm interested Thomas. Les P.S. There is an interesting footnote by H.D.P. (Desmond) Lee, in this regard, in his Introduction to "Timaeus" and "Critias"...
I'm interested too. My brother Patrick Harpur discusses the subject in his book The Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination. Evolutionism and...
I will start then. It will be in chunks as I have time to work on it. I need to comment on the rationale of some selections such as the debate right now over...
I have been trying to remember where it is I read the allegorical significance of Penelope weaving and unweaving Laertes' shroud. I think it was Proclus in...
*Damascius On the Phaedo, I, 358* - "In what sense does she handle the web 'in a way opposite to Penelope's'? - In the sense that philosophy invisibly weaves...
... Well done, Tim! JMD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John Dillon
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Nov 14, 2009 12:24 pm
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Tim, Thank you! This is really helpful. Truth is, after I sent out the question to our site I thought "maybe I should just shoot this question to Tim...
Maybe we could avoid the Christmas rush by celebrating Saturnalia (Dec. 19th). ;-P Â Opening Minds does not have Tim's book, though. I was going to get the...
Sure, let's begin the holidays today! On obtaining the Prometheus Trust books through Opening Mind, I received both Dillon's book and Uzdavinys's book from...
... This essay of Taylor is excellent, by the way -- profitable reading for classicists and psychologists alike, and a nice companion to Porphyry's "On the...
A personal view of the symbolism of weaving. Some years ago I practised the beautiful craft of canvas embroidery, which is akin to weaving. I was struck...
It is from one long involved in what is called "The Gurdjieff Work". She is a member of the Foundation. She is the former wife of Jerry Needleman (former...
Prof. Jerry Needleman. Perfect name for an embroidery business. Les P.O. Box 314 Mentone, Victoria 3194 Australia Email: neoplatonist2000@... ... ...
... That is a most evocative remark on the symbolism of weaving! But did Penelope¹s web have a rough side and a smooth side, or was it twosided? JMD ...
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