L.S. Newsletter 17 (February 2012) is available via the Pythagoras Foundation website: http://www.stichting-pythagoras.nl/English/index.htm Click Newsletter. ...
Today marks the descent of Proclus into these earthly realms some exactly 1600 years ago - for which lovers of wisdom have much to be thankful for, I think. At...
... Thanks, Tim, very much for reminding us and posting this. Is that Thomas Taylor's version there? I must remember to commemorate somehow tonight. Happy...
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John Dillon
jmdillon@...
Feb 8, 2012 10:15 pm
... Yes, at our Proclus colloquium in Amsterdam last week, Christian Wildberg gave a very nice paper on his life and works, among other things giving a most...
... Glad to hear that went well - I wanted so much to go! Is there a plan to publish the papers from the conference? One of these days I hope to meet folks,...
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Adamson, Peter
peter.adamson@...
Feb 9, 2012 9:34 pm
Hi Dennis, ... Yes, it will issue in a book being edited by Pieter d'Hoine and Marije Martijn. Best wishes, Peter...
Thanks, Peter - I will try to look out for that when it's published. Is there a list anywhere online already of the titles of the papers included in the...
Hello All, The old Attic festival calendar was still being used by the Neoplatonists, as Marinus gives both the Attic and Gregorian dates for Proclus' death...
... Yes, the data is from Thomas Taylor's introduction to "The Theology of Plato" (Prometheus Trust). In it, Marinus reveals the natal positions for Proclus'...
Thank you for sending this out. I was unaware that the phrase Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind originated with Proclus. I welcome the news. ... -- -end...
This, of course, may not be Proclus' actual birth date since, as Siorvanes argues, it was created after his death and backdated 74 years. It was sloppily...
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Adamson, Peter
peter.adamson@...
Feb 11, 2012 10:11 pm
Dear Dennis, I think that it is posted here: http://www.knaw.nl/Content/Internet_KNAW/actueel/bestanden/120201_Proclus.htm Best, Peter peter.adamson@... ...
... Vance - sorry that's my somewhat ambigious posting. The words on the tomb end with the line, "One place our kindred souls, - th' etherial plane". The...
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John Dillon
jmdillon@...
Feb 12, 2012 6:13 pm
... Yes, Dennis, it is actually going to be a set of essays on Proclus to be published by Oxford, probably this year, and the papers were just previews of the...
Oh, thanks, Peter - now those all look really interesting, and what a gathering. Would be nice as they do with Entretiens Hardt also to get the respondents'...
List, I'm inquiring into Neoplatonic themes on sex and conscience. I'll leave it there except for this. In Hesychasm, syneidesis is Divine Sophia's presence...
Forgive the mistaken spellings. I'm doped up from a day in the dentist chair. For "Divine Sophia's presence within on" it should be "within one". For "in...
Just got this notice today from OUP: Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite "No Longer I" Charles M. Stang Oxford Early Christian Studies 256...
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John Dillon
jmdillon@...
Mar 23, 2012 8:00 pm
... I am glad to have notice of this book, Dennis, and will look out for it ‹ but I am not too sure about his theory of pseudonymity. No doubt Denys has a ...
A group of us here in Chicago has been studying Proclus' Elements of Theology, and we have hit a brick wall with the justification for proposition 40. Here is...
Could someone possibly explain to me the meaning of the three type of Nous and Soul in Neoplatonism? that is: Devine, Angelic, and Daemonic Nous; and Devine,...
... I really do need to study him more, and thanks for prompting me to do so, John - what better place to start than the article on Denys in the new Cambridge...
Lucky for me but a shame (and sorry commentary on academia in the US) otherwise, I picked up the hardcover 2 volume set _already!!!_ as a university library...
 John Dillon said  I am glad to have notice of this book, Dennis, and will look out for it  but I am not too sure about his theory of pseudonymity. No...
Just a quick point here, very late, and have been meaning to look into your question here, but have not really had the time to do it properly, but I would...
Gentlemen, In your opinion --- is it correct to make the following general statement about the ideas of Plotinus? "The proper emanation of man is the arts and...
Hi everyone, I am new to this group and to the topic, but I am highly interested in your thoughts on the connection of Neoplatonism and religion, esp....
