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Re: A metaphysical argument or a moral one?

Adamson, Peter — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:25:03 GMT

Hi all, I actually translated that first argument once upon a time for the Commentators Project. The word for "good" there (jud) could also mean "generosity,"

Re: A metaphysical argument or a moral one?

John Dillon — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:40:51 GMT

... Dear Tzvi, I should say that the ?moral? aspect goes back to Plato?s language in the Timaeus, which you quote: ?He was good? etc. Of course God, or

Re: A metaphysical argument or a moral one?

Goya — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:11:10 GMT

Hi Tzvi, I have a piece on the topic at Academia.edu, entitled "Abrahamic creation and Neoplatonic emanation in Greek, Arabic and Latin. Reflections on a

A metaphysical argument or a moral one?

Tzvi Langermann — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:40:30 GMT

I would like to share some thoughts on a movement I detect in the expression of what is Proclus' first argument against creation. I would like to present the

Re: more new publications

vaeringjar — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:49:53 GMT

I received my copy yesterday of the Chaldean Oracles. Very nice indeed. Great to have this and the recent fragments of Numenius now and in handsome volumes.

Re: more new publications

vaeringjar — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:48:44 GMT

Truly welcome news, Tim. My photocopy is a bit ragged by now, and I have never seen this come up once online at least at Abe in years. Excellent, glad that you

more new publications

Tim Addey — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:53:40 GMT

The Prometheus Trust has just published an edition of Ruth Majercik's Chaldean Oracles - it is a facsimile edition of the 1989 original, which had become

Re: paper request: John Dillon - The role of the demiurge in the Pla

Cristina Popoviciu — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:45:03 GMT

I got the paper. Thank you! ... From: Mark Subject: [neoplatonism] Re: paper request: John Dillon - The role of the demiurge in the

Re: paper request: John Dillon - The role of the demiurge in the Pla

Mark — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:08:53 GMT

Hi Cristina: Have you gotten a copy yet? If not, I can send you one sometime over the weekend. Cordially, Mark

films & more

Tzvi Langermann — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:48:54 GMT

Dear Colleagues, Richard Taylor took the trouble to videotape the presentations at last summer's Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions conference and now the

Re: Agent intellect

Mark — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:32:37 GMT

Here's a pretty decent summary of Avicenna's cosmology (McGinnis): Avicenna's modal ontology yet again provides him with a neat solution to this problem of

paper request: John Dillon - The role of the demiurge in the Platoni

cristina.popoviciu — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:22:32 GMT

Dear members, can someone help me with a digital copy of: John Dillon., The role of the demiurge in the Platonic Theology, in Proclus et la Théologie

Re: Agent intellect

Mark — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:52:16 GMT

Maybe 'Aristotelian rendering of Plotinus' sounds too stong - what I meant was that the Arabic Plotinus seems to be concerned with certain Aristotelian

Re: Agent intellect

Goya — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:53:09 GMT

... M.C. I'm afraid I don't believe either of these claims is accurate. The only discussion in the Theology of the soul as the form of the body, as far as I

Re: Agent intellect

Mark — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:24:41 GMT

... Cool - I have noticed labyrinth activities being held - they do seem quite popular.