The Self as Image and Suddenness: Some Remarks on Plotinus’ Noetic Life
This article focuses on certain dimensions of Plotinus’ notion of the noetic self, which so far have not received sufficient scholarly attention. The evidence of Enn. V 8 makes clear the assumption about the inexhaustible generativity of the noetic self.
Salvatore Lavecchia
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Folly to the Greeks: Good Reasons to Give up Reason [PDF]
A discussion of why a strong doctrine of 'reason' may not be worth sustaining in the face of modern scientific speculation, and the difficulties this poses for scientific rationality, together with comments on the social understanding of religion, and ...
Clark, Stephen R. L.
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Insights from para-psychology for international relations [PDF]
Western International Relations (IR) has much to learn from the so-called ‘para-sciences’. At the one hand, they can instruct us about the role of consciousness and its connection to peace.
Beyer, Anna Cornelia
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Aesthetic Comparison of Being Levels in the philosophies of Plotinus and Suhrawardi [PDF]
There are similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plotinus and Suhrawardi with respect to the beauty. According to Plotinus, Being has three Hypostases: (1) the One, which is the source of any beauty; the intellect, which is the greatest ...
mohammad ali sultanmoradi +1 more
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Introduction: the article is devoted to the problem of apophatic tradition formation in the history of ancient philosophy. The research focuses on the issue of the source of negativity in Neoplatonism, analyzes the teachings of Plotinus and Damascus.
A. V. Bogomolov
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The Criterion of Incorporeal and Material Things in the Philosophy of Plotinus and Mūllā Sadrā
Incorporeal being consists of immaterial things such as intellect and soul. Also The One, in Plotinus' philosophy, and Independent and Rich Existence (Necessary Being), in Mullā Sadrā's philosophy, are incorporeal and immaterial.
R. Akbarian, T. Karami
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The Yin and the Yang of Transformative Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Perspective. [PDF]
Sampath V, Ramchandran R.
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Christian Insights into Plotinus' Metaphysics and his Concept of Aptitude (Ἐπιτηδειότης) [PDF]
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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Spirituality in the uncertainty of illness: the perspective of oncology patients. [PDF]
Almeida Filho RF +6 more
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Angelology in situ : recovering higher-order beings as emblems of transcendence, immanence and imagination [PDF]
The aim of this study is twofold: to identify the theological purpose underlying the depiction of angels at certain key points in the history of their use, and to explore how far that deeper theological rationale can be re-appropriated for our own day.
Potter, Dylan D.
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