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The Concept of Matter in the Typology of Philosophical Worldviews
The study defines the typology of philosophical worldviews, from naturalistic (various types of materialism and positivism) to pantheistic (naturalistic and mystical or panentheistic) and transcendent, underlying world religions and the corresponding ...
Sergei A. Nizhnikov, Anna V. Martseva
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Il noeîn parmenideo (DK 28 B3) nella concezione plotiniana del Noûs
The present paper aims to show how Plotinus, in a perspective that remains essentially Platonic, interprets the notion of noeîn in Parmenides, especially in the light of the well known Fr. 3 DK, on the identity of being and thought. It needs to point out
Michele Abbate
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A misinterpreted psychoanalyst: Herbert Silberer and his theory of symbol‐formation
Abstract The primary aim of this article is to give a more detailed exposition of the cultural, personal, and theoretical contexts in which the Viennese psychoanalyst, Herbert Silberer's theories were born. When assessing the broader picture that this approach offers, it can be concluded that Silberer was an innovative thinker who inspired several of ...
Júlia Gyimesi
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Review of Stephen Gersh, Neoplatonism after Derrida. Parallelograms. [PDF]
Review of: Neoplatonism after Derrida. Parallelograms. By Stephen Gersh. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2006. Pp. xv + 223. $147.00 (cloth).
D. Gregory MacIsaac
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Abstract This article draws on the distinction between instrumentalism and realism in the philosophy of science to consider the merits of two possible approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity. One considers this doctrine to be an intellectual construct, which coordinates multiple insights about the nature and action of God; the other considers it to ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Simplicius on Empedocles: A note on his commentary in Phys. 157.25–161.20
The present study attempts to show what influence a commentary can have on the formation of ideas about a preceding philosophical tradition. A case in point is Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s “Physics” and on fragments of Empedocles’ poem.
A. S. Afonasina
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Manuscript “Neoplatonic Philosophy” by Pamfil D. Yurkevych: source criticism
This article is the first to bring into scientific discussion and to provide a historico-philosophical analysis of a manuscript “Neoplatonic Philosophy from the archive of Pamfil Danylovych Yurkevych (1826–1874). The reviewed manuscript belongs to P.
Anna Pylypiuk
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Surprise, Hope and Gift: A Pneumatological Account of the Unexpected Nature of Vocation
Abstract God's call can be surprising and unexpected. This article evaluates theologies of vocation in light of this potential for surprise. Contemporary Protestant theological interpretations of vocation are critiqued as incomplete due to their tendency to present vocation as the expression and utilisation of innate abilities without giving sufficient
Cara F. Lovell
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A Letter that Killeth: Gregory of Nyssa on How (Not) to Read Scripture, Platonically
Abstract In this essay, I explore the emergence of multicolumn Bibles in late antiquity, with a particular emphasis on Origen's Hexapla and its use by Gregory of Nyssa. I contextualise Gregory's use of multicolumn Bibles within the Origenian tradition and show that, in this intellectual context, multicolumn Bibles functioned as hermeneutical rather ...
ISIDOROS C. KATSOS
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