L.S. Newsletter 13 is available via the Pythagoras Foundation website: http://www.stichting-pythagoras.nl/English/index.htm Click Newsletter. Contents: Marcel...
**** John Uebersax wrote: **** Not an urgent question, but it seemed interesting enough to post in view of the recent thread on Penelope's weaving. **** Does...
I've just remembered another small reference to go with the one below, this one from Olympiodorus, On the Gorgias, 47.6 "And this is also why Heracles...
... I found my copy of Salutati, and skimmed it a bit, and no, there does not appear to be any Neoplatonically influenced content there, though I did notice he...
I wanted to share a personal revelation I had today, if I may, that stemmed rather accidentally from reading Reale's chapters on the Neopythagoreans in his...
In a message dated 12/31/2009 6:35:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... of the recent thread on Penelope's weaving. ... Stoic) allegorical interpretation of...
3 Jan. 10 Hi David  Your email of the 9th December just arrived. I understand what you are saying about numbers and geometry. I feel that you might feel...
In a message dated 1/3/2010 6:39:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, neoplatonist2000@... writes: Hi David Your email of the 9th December just arrived. I...
Hi David  Thanks for the thoughtful remarks and information. I will try to find the Slaveva-Griffin work this week. Some of your thoughts, though, seem...
Dennis, Michael, Tim, David -- many thanks for your replies. They were most helpful and gave even better leads than I'd hoped for! ... ‘This is why’, she...
John, Thanks for the lovely quotes. Shankara's allusion to contraries [299] brings to mind an idea I've been contemplating for several years: that apparent ...
Les, I'm not at all into numerology or divination and had no intention to point the discussion in that direction. Further, I don't read Greek and must rely on...
One of my new-year's resolutions is to come to a clearer understanding of how Platonic and Neoplatonic Dialectics is actually performed. There are many ideas...
I am completing a book on mysticism as advanced virtue ethics including the intellectual virtues focussing on Hesychasm. But if you want a good intro to the...
I'll add a few more titles. For a discussion of how the confessional interview between a directee and director in the Hesychast path is a therapeutic process...
Perhaps you would find it useful to explore the works of Pierre Hadot. Jim 2010/1/5 Alexander S <agathoeides@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Alexander, A few first thoughts, and no doubt others will add more to this ..... There are obviously several passages from Plato on the dialectic art worth...
Has anyone mentioned Plotinus Enneads 1.3? John Uebersax [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dear all, Sorry if someone already mentioned this and I missed it, but for those who read Italian one can now consult, on the four dialectical methods in...
Apologies for cross posting, but this came on LT-ANTIQUITY this morning, and I thought it might be of interest here: Dear LT-Antiq members, I wanted to tell...
I found this catchy verse in Asclepius' Comm. on the Metaphysics (38.10 Hayduck on 986a15, "phainontai de kai houtoi ton arithmon nomizontes archen einai"): ...
Apparently we can't post attachments to the group, so on the off-chance anyone would be interested in the entire passage, I can send the two JPEG's privately. ...
Thank you all for the suggestions. It was Neoplatonic understanding of the Parmenides that started my interest in learning dialectics. I have been most...
... M.C.: I would be inclined to understand this text in a fairly straightforward way: "For we see that there is the same form in the case of a large circle...
Could someone provide an English translation of the Greek, please. Â Les P.O. Box 314 Mentone, Victoria 3194 Australia Email: neoplatonist2000@... ... ...
Michael - thanks for the translation! I see you are traveling, but don't recall your mentioning the context. Is this holiday, or have you found a way to...
... M.C. I tend to move around a bit : summers in Victoria, winters in Paris. I've just been giving some talks at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico -...
