The Significance of Neoplatonism (Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern, Volume 1)

The essays of this volume provide a sampling of the significance of Neoplatonism in Western philosophy and culture. Some deal with its sources; some with its interpretation, and some with its historical influence. The Neoplatonism Of Plato / J.n. Findlay -- Plotinus' Adaptation Of Aristotle's Psychology, Sensation, Imagination And Memory / Henry J. Blumenthal -- Iamblichus, Thrasyllus, And The Reading Order Of The Platonic Dialogues / Michael Dunn -- Plotinus' Approach To Categorical Theory / John P. Anton -- Chorismos And Emanation In The Philosoghy Of Plotinus / John H. Fielder -- Noy[sigma] As Experience / Richard T. Wallis -- Philological Comments On The Neoplatonic Notion Of Infinity / John Whittaker -- The Neoplatonic 'one' And The Trinitarian 'apxh' / J. Patrick Atherton -- The Apprehension Of Divinity In The Self And Cosmos In Plotinus / A. Hilary Armstrong -- Is Plotinian Mysticism Monistic / Plato Mamo -- Plontinus And Moral Obligation / John M. Rist -- Dynamic Structuralism In The Plotinian Theory Of The Imaginary / Evanghelos Moutsopoulos -- Image, Symbol And Analogy : Three Basic Concepts Of Neoplatonic Allegorical Exegesis / John Dillon. Marius Victorinus Afer, Porphyry, And The History Of Philosophy / Mary T. Clark -- Schelling's Neoplatonic System-notation, 'ineinsbildung' And Temporal Unfolding / Michael G. Vater -- The Problem Of Ordered Chaos In Whitehead And Plotinus / David F.t. Rodier -- Plotinus And Sartre, An Ontological Investigation Of Being-other-than / John N. Deck -- Paul Elmer More And Neoplatonism / K.w. Harrington. Edited By R. Baine Harris. -- Includes Bibliographical References And Index