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Evil Itself and Nothingness in Proclus

Peitho, 2020
In his reflection on the nature of evil, the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus affirms that evil itself (to autokakon) is “also beyond the abso­lute non-being” (epekeina kai tou mēdamōs ontos).
Valerio Napoli
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Beyond the Polemics: Freedom and Necessity in Plotinus and St Maximus Confessor

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 49-63, January 2024.
Abstract Abstract: The aim of this paper is to challenge the prevailing polemic between ‘necessary’ emanation and ‘free’ creation. I begin by arguing for the presence of freedom and volition in the emanationism of Plotinus. I then move on to explore the role of necessity in the creationism of Maximus. In both cases, I rely upon a twofold schematisation
Daniel Heide
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Proclus and the Intelligible-Intellectual Roots of Mathematical Theology

Peitho
The purpose of my paper is to investigate some aspects of Proclus’ foundation of the theological role of mathematics. In the first section, I briefly discuss the question of the foundation project of mathematics in Plato, as I believe it is also from ...
Claudia Maggi
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A Letter that Killeth: Gregory of Nyssa on How (Not) to Read Scripture, Platonically

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 147-171, January 2024.
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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Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides

, 2018
This is the first English translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato's"Parmenides." Glenn Morrow's death occurred while he was less than halfway through the translation, which was completed by John Dillon.
ca. Proclus, G. R. Morrow, J. Dillon
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Freedom and Necessity of the Creative Act: The Cosmological Aspect of Kandinsky's Principle of Inner Necessity

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 82-96, January 2024.
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
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‘A Mixing Cup of Piety and Learnedness’: Michael Psellos and Nicholas of Methone as Readers of Proclus’ Elements of Theology

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 2, 2020
This man [Origen] delved into our sacred courts from the perspective of Platonic and Aristotelian idle talk and thus dragged in from there all sorts of superfluous and pretentious discourse; and bywishing to seem to comprehend what is against and what is
Joshua Robinson
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PARMENİDES DİYALOGUNDA PROCLUS YORUMU ÜZERİNE

Felsefe Dünyası, 2006
Fulya BAYRAKTAR, "PARMENİDES DİYALOGUNDA PROCLUS YORUMU ÜZERİNE"
Fulya Bayraktar
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YENİ - PLATONCULUKTA İNSAN

Felsefe Dünyası, 2004
mekânını terk etmiş değildir.7 Ancak Ruh, kendisinin bu imajına ikinci kez bakar ve bu imaja hayran olarak, ontik ve etik anlamda kendisinden daha aşağıda olan bu imaja doğru atılır ...
Fulya Bayraktar
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Examining the Impact of Distance-Based Similarity Metrics on the Performance of Projected Clustering Algorithm for Fingerprint Database Clustering

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society
The projected clustering (PROCLUS) algorithm is a subspace clustering algorithm based on the k-medoids clustering approach. It is designed to address the challenges of irrelevant received signal strength (RSS) measurements in fingerprint vectors by ...
Abdulmalik Shehu Yaro, Filip Maly, Pavel Prazak, Karel Maly   +3 more
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