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Christian Insights into Plotinus' Metaphysics and his Concept of Aptitude (Ἐπιτηδειότης) [PDF]

, 2017
Modern scholarship on Late Antique philosophy seems to be more interested than ever before in examining in depth convergences and divergences between Platonism and Early Christian thought. Plotinus is a key gure in such an examination.
Pavlos, Panagiotis
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
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God-Perfecting Man: Theurgical Elements in the Mysticism of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240) and Their Historical Significance

Religions
The following article aims at highlighting the theurgical tendencies in the teachings of the great Andalusī Muslim mystic Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240).
Michael Ebstein
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Two models of catharsis in the cultural tradition of Europe

Дискурс, 2019
Introduction. The modern western socio-cultural space differs from the preceding historical eras by the absence of institutionalized practices of catharsis.
V. A. Lapatin
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Via activa a via contemplativa vo vybraných interpretáciách renesančných diel Erwinom Panofskym

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica, 2020
The paper deals with the processing of the theme of active and contemplative life in three selected examples of Renaissance art, namely in Dürer’s engravings Knight, Death and the Devil and Saint Jerome in His Study and Titian’s painting Sacred and ...
Stanislava Kustrová
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The Notion of Being as Act in Neoplatonism and Its Transmission in the Translatio Studiorum [PDF]

, 2012
The problem related to the origin of the concept of actus essendi constitutes one of the central themes in the history of ancient philosophy, and is one of the most important in the process known as Translatio studiorum.
Salis, RITA MARIA GAVINA
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Sound [PDF]

, 2018
Sound, basically characterized as air in motion since ancient Greece, has been at the core of the theories of many philosophers, as well as musicians, poets, scientists, and theologians.
Gutiérrez Cajaraville, Carlos
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The Systematic Normativity of Nicene Theology☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 443-463, October 2025.
Abstract The 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Council is an opportune moment to consider the possibility that the production and defense of the Nicene confession represent the fruition and manifestation of a way of doing theology that is perennially valid and normative precisely with respect to its systematic integration of the contents of Christian ...
Khaled Anatolios
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Converging ontologies: On some similarities between the Sāṃkhyakārikā and Plotinus's Enneads

Metaphilosophy, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 264-279, April 2025.
Abstract This article endeavors to conduct a comparative analysis between the philosophical systems of Plotinus and classical Sāṃkhya, two distinct philosophical traditions characterized by their substantial historical and cultural contexts. The primary aim of the study is to discern and evaluate the fundamental themes inherent in these philosophical ...
Federico Divino
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Neoplatonism in the Risala (De intellectu) of Alfarabi [PDF]

, 2010
The Neoplatonism of Plotinus and Proclus played an important role in the development of the Aristotelian concepts of intellect and perception in the Arabic commentators on Aristotle.
Hendrix, John S
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