I started reading through the Commentary in Bechtle's edition, and I was struck by a couple of things immediately. One, just from the high- level discussion of...
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John Dilon
jmdillon@...
May 12, 2007 8:19 pm
... No, Dennis, I think that Iamblichus is ruled out because of the metaphysical scheme utilised by the author in Fr. 6, which seems to link the first ...
What do you thing about the "new" testimonies about the "Anonymous Commentary of Parmenides", e.g. the Gnostic texts of Nag Hammadi. Especialy a part of ...
... to ... was ... later ... perhaps ... wouldn't ... likely to ... of, ... instance, ... Porphyry. ... seem ... Is ... of ... metaphysical ... first ... ...
... I haven't personally studied all the scholarship on the possible connections with the Zostrianos, but I have been dipping into various of the Gnostic texts...
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John Dilon
jmdillon@...
May 15, 2007 8:57 am
... Well, the style is certainly odd in places, but there are a number of fairly distinctive Porphyrian words and phrases. The Marius Zostrianus connection ...
I have a favor to ask anyone who has ready access to an index of Plotinus. I am curious to know if he ever uses the verb eklampein/ellampein or the noun form,...
Hi Dennis, Here you go: Enneads 2.9.12.30-32, and 4.6.3.17. Regards, Edward ... From: vaeringjar To: neoplatonism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007...
... Thanks, Edward, that is most kind of you. That first one is interestingly enough from "Against the Gnostics", and unless I am reading backwards to the...
Dear Dennis, Ellampsis (I think that 'illumination' is the appropriate translation) is usually related to the cosmogony of Sethian Gnosticism. Plotinus’...
Dear Dennis, I think that "illumination" reflects the "actuality"of ellampsis; "outshining" is of course closer to the Greek but not close to Plotinus'...
... ellampsis; "outshining" is of course closer to the Greek but not close to Plotinus' philosophical context and usage. H. J. Blumenthal (in Plotinus'...
... ellampsis; "outshining" is of course closer to the Greek but not close to Plotinus' philosophical context and usage. H. J. Blumenthal (in Plotinus'...
Dear Dennis, "eklampein" is used by Plotinus in the Enneads (cf. for example I.6.9.13; II.1.7.29; III.2.14.25; III.7.3.25); see also "eklampsis" III.2.16.15...
A few years back I was invited to write an article on Pythagoreanism for the NEW DICTIONARY OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS. The other day I noticed that it is now...
... I.6.9.13; II.1.7.29; III.2.14.25; III.7.3.25); see also "eklampsis" III.2.16.15 and IV.5.7.61. Eklampsis seems to have the metaphysical connotation of...
I am cross posting this request from the Late Antiguity list, in case anyone can help out here with this request: If, indeed, he is still with us, I wonder if...
I notice that he's still on the list of emeritus faculty of the Department of Philosophy at the the University of Toronto. You could perhaps telephone or...
... No, it's a listserv group. Here is the address: LT-ANTIQ@... Dennis Clark...
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Sara Ahbel-Rappe
rappe@...
May 31, 2007 10:47 am
hi all, sorry for the personal aspect of this, but i thought some of you would enjoy this picture of my daughter. sara [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Harold Tarrant
Harold.Tarrant@...
May 31, 2007 10:28 pm
Dear Sara, No problems about having a look at the picture, but my e-mail program obviously doesn't support the format, since it said: [Non-text portions of...
... would ... I don't receive my postings via email as some do, but I didn't see the photo at the group here. Usually Yahoo groups have a File section where ...
Does anyone know if there is a planned translation, English or otherwise, in the works or in progress for Hermias' commentary/scholia on the Phaedrus? I looked...
Dear all, A student of mine wants to write a thesis on cultic aspects of philosophical schools. The literature she has come up with so far is: * Johannes Hahn,...
