... M.C. Far from being ignorant, it opens a huge can of worms and shows me I spoke too quickly and/or carelessly. Clearly, there is no anthropomorphic Supreme...
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Sara Ahbel-Rappe
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Oct 1, 2007 5:54 pm
Does anyone know of such a commentary published within the past five years? I have heard about it but have not seen it. thanks, sara...
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Peter Adamson
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Oct 1, 2007 7:21 pm
Dear Sara, Yes indeed, in fact two, one in French and one in Italian: G. Aubry, Plotin: Traité 53 (I,1). Paris: Cerf, 2004. Pp. 396. ?44 (pb). ISBN 2 204...
... I know a commentary by Gwenaëlle Aubry (Paris, Cerf, 2004). There's another, italian, but I haven't read it, and also don't have much information about...
Just finished the chapter on 5th century Alexandria, which is probably the strongest one in this book. Watts uses the primary sources of Damascius' Life of...
Frank Trombley has a very interesting chapter on the Philoponoi and Paralius and many of the same issues covered by Watts in the first chapter of the second...
... Those were "interesting times", as the Chinese say. Philosophy was fighting for its life - nothing is more exhilarating than that. The final outcome - the...
Thanks for your responses, Mike. They were very helpful, despite being before breakfast. Best, Bob -- Robert M. Wallace 2503 E. Olive St. Shorewood, WI 53211 ...
Dear Mike, Here's another question, regarding your second, "deeper answer" (below). Why would something need to be self-conscious in order to be perfect? It...
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Peter Adamson
peter.adamson@...
Oct 3, 2007 10:42 am
Dear George, ... I was talking about Plotinus. Plotinus and Proclus have very different views on both matter and evil, and specifically on the question of ...
... M.C. I'll answer by a reductio : in the Greek tradition, would it make sense to claim that something could be perfect and yet lack self-consciousness ? I...
... which ... I was struck my this when I first studied his Elements of Theology. Is this considered his own innovation or something he inherited from ...
... to be ... make ... of ... to ... greatest ... I have been following all the postings in this thread with great interest, and find them very informative,...
Mike, Thanks for your detailed and thought-provoking reply. ... Of course Gnothi Seauton is indispensable advice for mortals like us. It's how we "revert", I...
... To my limited understanding, the crux of Zeno's paradoxes has been resolved by the sub-branch of calculus dealing with infinite series. Supposedly even as...
... that ... just ... series. ... mathematical ... the ... Clever Diogenes! But it won't play, however "doggedly" he might try...sorry... What are the...
... Isn't this precisely why it is "to arrheton hen," the inexpressible, unsayable One? We have from many mystical traditions that the One is irreducibly...
... convincing ... why ... inexpressible, ... is ... it ... known ... theology/ ... who ... and ... reason ... I would absolutely agree with you, Bruce. As to...
... M.C. Well, Aristotle's Prime Mover is among other things, thought thinking itself (noêsis noêseôs), which sounds to me like a pretty good definition of...
Dear Mike, Thanks again for this wonderful stuff. ... Touche! It's funny how one's memory sometimes produces only what one wants it to produce. I'm sure you're...
... that ... just ... series. ... mathematical ... the ... Thanks for bringing up the calculus solution. Even a quick look online led to the Wikipedia article...
... Quite by chance because of a discussion of demons in Apuleius and Augustine on another online discussion group, I went back and looked at Prof Dillon's...
... Now that you are going down this rabbit hole, Dennis, you should check out Ficino's "Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love" (and probably go back and...
... The objections voiced there are pretty thin, imnsho. One cannot deny that the mathematics of infinite series demonstrates that an infinite sum can "add up"...
... fairly ... deny ... infinite ... other ... Well, but is there not a leap of faith there? It's still basically counting, isn't it? I think there is still a...
... check ... probably go ... been ... summarizing ... well ... Couliano ... and ... to ... latter ... I have Couliano in fact, but have never had the chance...
... check ... probably go ... been ... summarizing ... well ... Couliano ... and ... to ... latter ... I have Couliano in fact, but have never had the chance...
