Platonism and Forms of Intelligence

The volume contains a collection of papers presented at the International Symposium, which took place in Hvar, Croatia, in 2006. In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the study of Plato, Platonism and Neoplatonism. Taking the position that it is of vital importance to establish an ongoing dialogue among scientists, artists, academics, theologians and philosophers concerning pressing issues of common interest to humankind, this collection of papers endeavours to bridge the gap between contemporary research in Platonist philosophy and other fields where insights gained from the study of Plato and Platonist philosophy can be of consequence and benefit. Authors: Werner Beierwaltes, Luc Brisson, Amber Carpenter, John Dillon, Jonathan Doner, Franco Ferrari, Francesco Fronterotta, F.A.J. de Haas, Aaron Hughes, Byron Kaldis, Daniel Kolak, Thomas Leinkauf, Dionysis Mentzeniotis, Jean-Marc Narbonne, Giannis Stamatellos, Vladimir Stoupel, Patrick Quinn, Jure Zovko and Marie-Élize Zovko Contents 5 Preface 9 Platonism and Forms of Intelligence 11 1. PLATONISM AND THE PHYSICAL AND SENSIBLECONDITIONS OF INTELLIGENCE 23 The Origin and Nature of Intelligence 25 Embodying Intelligence Animals and Us in Plato's Timaeus 39 The Question of Platonic Division and Modern Epistemology 59 Intelligenza e Intelligibilità nel Timeo di Platone 81 2. PLATONISM AND THE ETHICAL NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE 105 Irony and the Care of the Soul in Plato's Early Dialogues 107 Stepping into the Same Rivers Consciousness, Personal Identity, and the Metaphysical Foundationsfor Global Ethics 117 3. PLATONISM ON THE INTELLIGENT CONDITIONS OF INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGIBILITY 139 Thinking about Thought An inquiry into the life of Platonism 141 Zum Begriff des ,Geistes' in der Frühen NeuzeitÜberlegungen am Beispiel Francesco Patrizi da Chersos 159 Reminiscence in Plato 179 Platonismo e scienze della mente: cosa è l'intuizione? 191 4. PLATONISM ON INTELLECT, INFINITY, AND THEINTELLIGIBILITY OF CONCEPTS OF GOD 211 The Notion of Infinity in Plotinus and Cantor 213 Nous: Unity In Difference* 231 The One of the Soul and the Flower of the Intellect Special Modes of Knowing in Later Neoplatonism 247 The Influence of Platonism on St. Thomas Aquinas's Concept of Mind 259 Liberté divine chez Plotin et Jamblique (Traité 39 [VI 8] 7, 11-15 et De mysteriis III, 17-20) 275 5. PLATONISM AND FORMS OF INTELLIGENCEIN ART AND EDUCATION 291 Intelligible Beauty and Artistic Creation The Renaissance Platonism of Judah Abravanel 293 La liberté est dans la mémoire Zur Notwendigkeit des auswendigen Spielsam Beispiel der Werke von Alexander Skrjabin 309 The Way Up and the Way Back is the Same The Ascent of Cognition in Plato's Analogies of the Sun, the Line and the Cave and the Path Intelligence Takes 313 Index of Names 343 Notes on Contributors 348