Results 71 to 80 of about 16,374 (221)
The Ascension of the Soul in Plotinus’ Enneads
according to Plotinus, it is possible for the soul of the philosopher to follow a way of ascension towards the superior realities. This way is composed of two parts.
Bernardo Brandão
doaj +1 more source
Philosophy of Intellect in the Long Commentary on the De anima of Averroes [PDF]
In the Long Commentary on the De anima, Averroes posits three separate intelligences in the anima rationalis or the rational soul: agent intellect or intellectus agens, material or passible intellect, intellectus possibilis or intellectus passibilis, and
Hendrix, John S
core +1 more source
Abstract This article argues that freedom in the divine creative act is better understood as a freedom of consent rather than freedom of will. However, even if some conundrums are thus avoided, one has to face the apparent antinomy between both God's creative act from His very nature and God's absolute freedom.
Isabelle Moulin
wiley +1 more source
Political Implications of Plotinus’s Philosophy [PDF]
Interpreters of classical philosophy, especially those concentrating on the philosophy of Plotinus, mostly believe that he, in contrast with Plato who laid the foundations of political philosophy, was not concerned with politics and the introduction of ...
shervin moghimi zanjani, hatam qaderi
doaj
La beauté d'Hélène ou la médiation du Beau dans les Traités 31 (V,8) et 48 (III,3) de Plotin
In his treatises 31 (V,8) and 48 (III,3), Plotinus refers to Helen’s beauty ; he is thus challenging a topos of ancient Greek Literature. After recalling the various traditional interpretations of this controversial figure, we scrutinize the way through ...
Anne-Lise Worms
doaj +1 more source
Pico della Mirandola and the Presocratics [PDF]
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) decided to study all the ancient and medieval schools of philosophy, including the Pre-Socratics, in order to broaden his scope. Pico showed interest in ancient monists.
Steiris, Georgios
core +1 more source
Les formes du χωρισμός chez Plotin
The philosophical term χωρισμός indicates a particular form of separation that is distinct from the metaphysical separation between the sensitive and the intelligible.
Étienne Ménard
doaj
The challenge of the oceanic feeling: Romain Rolland’s mystical critique of psychoanalysis and his call for a ‘new science of the mind’ [PDF]
In a letter written in 1927, the French writer Romain Rolland asked Sigmund Freud to analyse the “oceanic feeling,” a religious feeling of oneness with the entire universe.
Maharaj, Ayon
core +1 more source
A Comparative Study of Beauty and its Relation to Pleasure and Goodness in the Philosophy of Plotinus and Avicenna [PDF]
The truth and nature of beauty, as a secondary intelligible (Arabic: مَعْقولُ الْثَّانی, romanized: maʿqūl al-thānī), have become a topic of discussion among philosophers.
Muḥammūd Ṣeydiī +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Philosophy of Intellect and Vision in the De anima and De intellectu of Alexander of Aphrodisias [PDF]
Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. 198–209) was born somewhere around 150, in Aphrodisia on the Aegean Sea. He began his career in Alexandria during the reign of Septimius Severus, was appointed to the peripatetic chair at the Lyceum in Athens in 198, a ...
Hendrix, John S
core +1 more source

