Were holy men historical figures or figments of the theological imagination? Did the
biographies devoted to them reflect facts or only the ideological commitments of their …

According to Plato's Timaeus, a benevolent divine craftsman creates the cosmos, guided by
his intellect's reasoning and his 'forethought'or 'providence'(pronoia, Tim. 30b) about how to …

Plotinus maintains that our intellect is always thinking. This is due to his view that our
intellect remains in the intelligible world and shares a natural kinship with the hypostasis …

By the beginning of the sixth century, no philosopher of the old religion could have any
illusions about the world in which he now lived. Plato's meditations on the role of the …

In the first eight chapters of his Difficulties about the Soul (Enn. iv 3 [27]), Plotinus makes a
preliminary attempt to explain how the various souls are related to each other so as to form a …

Plotin (205/6–270 n. Chr.) gilt als ein auf das Jenseits ausgerichteter Denker, der glaubt, der
Mensch müsse dieser Welt, der Welt unserer alltäglichen irdischen Erfahrung, entfliehen …

One of the reasons why one might find it worthwhile to study philosophers of late antiquity is
the fact that they often have illuminating things to say about Plato and Aristotle. Plotinus, in …

This study traces the notion of the internal senses in three ancient authors, namely
Nemesius, Plotinus and Galen. It begins with Nemesius, and then by going backward ends …

The idea that the soul has a guardian daemon was a common topic among Platonists,
informed by different readings of Plato, especially Symp. 202e and Resp. 620e. In his …

According to a straightforward reading of Enn. 6.2. 21, all principles (logoi) in nature have
their origin in corresponding features of a divine Intellect. But interpreters have often …