10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEO-PLATONIC»
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Neo-Platonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Renaissance Studies in Honor of Hardin Craig
THE NEO-PLATONIC LADDER IN SPENSER'S AMORETTI By Edwin Casady
Brown University Although the relation of Spenser's Fowre Hy nines to Neo-
Platonic writings has been studied in detail1 and the influence of the Neo-
Platonic ...
Renaissance Studies in Honor of Hardin Craig,
1941
2
Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge
Ficino: Neo-Platonic Ascent through Love and Education Marsilio FlC1NO (1433-
99), the leading philosopher of the neo-Platonic Academy under Medici
patronage in Florence, reformulates the Stoic phrases in relationship to Platonic
and ...
Maryanne Cline Horowitz,
1998
3
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion: L-Z
Apuleius' tale of Cupid and Psyche has long been understood as a neo-Platonic
allegory of the ascent of human consciousness from earthly to divine love. In
another of his works, the Apologia, Apuleius speaks of two Venuses, one the ...
David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, Stanton Marlan,
2010
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Gnostic Visions: Uncovering the Greatest Secret of the ...
11 It wasn't until later in the classical age with the appearance of the Neo Platonic
philosophers in Egypt, that we begin to find the greatest influx of visionary and
ecstatic experiences beginning to take center stage on the philosophical platform
...
5
The Life, Personality and Writings of Al-Junayd
CHAPTER XI AL~JUNAYD AND PLOTINUS The influence of Neo-platonic
philosophy on the mystical teaching of Islam has been proved definitely for the
later Islamic period. It has been clearly traced in Ibn 'Arabi, Sahrawardi, and
others.
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Platonism, Ancient and Modern
The consequence was that ancient philosophy and culture were thus transmitted
to the Middle Ages in interpretations, commentaries, and textbooks that even
when not explicitly Neo-Platonic were colored by the Neo-Platonic spirit and ...
7
Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris
Neo-Platonic Cosmology The most dominant single aspect of Hermetic
cosmology is that provided by the Platonic school. By the time of the writing of the
Greek magical papyri and the Corpus Hermeticum, this system had developed
into a ...
Some early-modern European scholars have discerned extensive parallels
between Sufism and neo-Platonic thought because they interpreted some Islamic
mystical traditions as monistic and/or pantheistic. Some have made the
connection ...
9
A Short History of the Italian Renaissance:
Let us very quickly review the ideas that characterize the Renaissance neo—
Platonic movement. First, it maintained its close associations with some of the
ideals of Christian humanism through a deep commitment to human dignity and
our ...
Kenneth R. Bartlett,
2013
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Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical ...
They seem to be determined to undermine the cosmologies of the neo-platonic
philosophers and of the Peripatetic school, not to mention the fantasies of the
Pythagorians. They belong only to the Church. So they say. However, one can
see ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEO-PLATONIC»
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When historical treasures become pawns in a civil war
... an Ismailitic character, but that has distanced itself from Islam through the addition of neo-Platonic elements and the belief in reincarnation. «Qantara.de, Jul 15»
More Monteverdi
... reflect his stile concitato—an agitated style which his preface to the eighth book of madrigals links to neo-Platonic philosophy and the sounds ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
Another Look at Robert Motherwell
... together visuality (the monochromatic ground) and text (the three pronged, linear structure), aspects the Neo-Platonic and Judaic tradition. «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
As It Is in Heaven: A Nearly Perfect Film by Joshua Overbay
David seems committed to a neo-Platonic division of spirit and body. Flesh is evil; spirit is good. He tells the religious sect that they must fast for ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
“Bukhara Nights” to commemorate Izutsu's scholarly position
... Arabic Thinking' followed by another book on philosophy and mysticism with an emphasis on Neo-platonic philosophy and Greek mysticism, ... «Iran Book News Agency, Mar 15»
Loafing heroism.
Essentially Clarke holds a neo-Platonic, pre-Enlightenment worldview, much like that of most of the poets he adulates including Shakespeare, ... «Village, Feb 15»
Cornelia Parker at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
... through Mondrian and back to neo-Platonic forms. Here, its most spectacular incarnation is “War Room”. After die-cutting double sheets of the ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»
Tilt-shift photography offers tantalizing views of the Universe
Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from ... «Tech Gen Mag, Feb 15»
Miami's Most Natural Plastic Surgeon— Dr. Rian Maercks
He also studied psychology and philosophy, resulting in a unique degree in philosophy with a focus on neo-platonic virtue based ethical theory ... «Haute Living, Feb 15»
What is the Jewish afterlife like?
The first to write a systematic treatise on Jewish philosophy of the afterlife, and an exemplar of neo-Platonic Jewish thought, was Rabbi Saadia ... «Haaretz, Jan 15»