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Iamblichus’ Path to the Ineffable [PDF]

SCHOLE, 2010
Iamblichus of Chalcis postulated theurgy on metaphysical grounds as the only means of communion with the supreme principle of everything that exists. Iamblichus set this principle as a completely transcendent reality, unattainable by reason, and, at the ...
Molina, Jose
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Dionysius the Areopagite and the Legacy of Iamblichus

Patristica et Mediaevalia
Neoplatonism takes a significant turn when Iamblichus integrates a mystical perspective based on the Chaldean Oracles into his doctrine. This compilation of fragments, which can be traced back to Babylonian Zoroastrianism, emerged in Hellenistic ...
Gustavo Riesgo
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Iamblichus and Plutarch on Inspiration

Mediterranea. International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge, 2021
This article argues that the works of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45–120 AD) exerted a significant influence on Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 245–325 AD), with specific reference to his theory of prophetic inspiration. This analysis is expressly concerned with the works that Plutarch and Iamblichus devoted to divination: the Delphic dialogues and De ...
Simonetti, Elsa Giovanna
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Virtues in Iamblichus and the Shift of Paradigm [PDF]

SCHOLE, 2010
This paper aims at pointing out differences between the perception of virtues in Plato’s Protagoras and especially the Symposium and in Iamblichus. The argument is focused on the fact that, although both philosophers agree that virtues can be taught and ...
Magoulas, Ch.
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Iamblichus

Les platonismes de l'Antiquité Tardive, 2019
Iamblichus Adrien Lecerf et Riccardo Chiaradonna, 2019 Iamblichus (ca. 242–ca. 325) was a Syrian Neoplatonist and disciple of Porphyry of Tyre, the editor of Plotinus’ works.
Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete
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Iamblichus Seminar

Les platonismes de l'Antiquité Tardive, 2017
Iamblichus Seminar Tuesdays, 5.45–7.30 p.m. Warburg Institute, Classroom 2 (15 November 2017), then Classroom 1 (following Tuesdays) In this seminar series we will discuss the Reply to Porphyry (De mysteriis) of Iamblichus of Chalcis (c.245–c.325 CE ...
Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete
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Theurgy and Transhumanism

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental, 2020
Theurgy was a system of magical practices in the late Roman Empire. It was applied Neoplatonism. The theurgists aimed to enable human bodies to assume divine attributes, that is, to become deities.
Eric Steinhart
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Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient World

Journal of Archaeology, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
In this historical review, the opinions of Ancient Greece philosophers, astronomers, and poets such as Thales Milesian, Pythagoras, Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Archimedes, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Iamblichus, Plutarch, Homer, and Aratus about the planet position calculations and about the possibility of predictions of natural phenomena are analyzed ...
A. N. Safronov, I. Liritzis
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La figura del filosofo nel IV secolo d.C.

Aitia, 2015
Building on Julian the Emperor’s Letter to Themistius, the present contribution seeks to interpret the debate between Julian and Themistius on the relation between philosophy and kingship within the philosophical context of the 4th century AD.
Riccardo Chiaradonna
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Peirce Chase’ing Pythagoras

Sign Systems Studies, 2020
Despite the common knowledge that there is something “Pythagorean” about Charles Peirce’s phenomenology and classification of signs there is a manifest lack of inquiries into the matter. Perhaps there is too little to go on, as Pythagoras himself did not
Rasmus Rebane
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