The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situates and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought, and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. Over thirty chapters are divided into seven clear parts:
(Re)sources, instruction and interaction Methods and Styles of Exegesis Metaphysics and Metaphysical Perspectives Language, Knowledge, Soul, and Self Nature: Physics, Medicine and Biology Ethics, Political Theory and Aesthetics The legacy of Neoplatonism.
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a major reference source for all students and scholars in Neoplatonism and ancient philosophy, as well as researchers in the philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics and religion.
General Introduction: Neoplatonism today Pauliina Remes & Svetla Slaveva-Griffin Part 1: (Re)sources, instruction and interaction Introduction 1. Platonist Curricula and their Influence Harold Tarrant 2. The Alexandrian Classrooms Excavated and Sixth-Century Philosophy Teaching Richard Sorabji 3. Middle Platonism and its Relation to Stoicism and the Peripatetic Tradition Gretchen Reydams-Schils and Franco Ferrari 4. Plotinus and the Gnostics John Turner 5. Plotinus and the Orient Vishwa Adluri Part 2: Methods and Styles of Exegesis Introduction 6. Aristotelian Commentary Tradition Han Baltussen 7. The Non-Commentary Tradition Andrew Smith 8. Plotinus' Style and Argument Luc Brisson 9. Proclus' Geometrical Method Marije Martijn Part 3: Metaphysics and Metaphysical Perspectives Introduction 10. Metaphysics: The Origin of Becoming and the Resolution of Ignorance Sara Ahbel-Rappe 11. The Metaphysics of the One Jens Halfwassen 12. Number in the Metaphysical Landscape Svetla Slaveva-Griffin 13. Substance Riccardo Chiaradonna 14. Matter and Evil in the Neoplatonic Tradition Jean-Marc Narbonne Part 4: Language, Knowledge, Soul, and Self Introduction 15. The Neoplatonists on Language and Philosophy Robbert van den Berg 16. Neoplatonic Epistemology Lloyd Gerson 17. Iamblichus on Soul John Finamore 18. From Alexander of Aphrodisias to Plotinus Frederic Schroeder 19. Metaphysics of Soul and Self in Plotinus Gwenaëlle Aubry 20. Perceptual Awareness in the Ancient Commentators Peter Lautner Part 5: Nature: Physics, Medicine and Biology Introduction 21. Physics and Metaphysics Alessandro Linguiti 22. Neoplatonism and Medicine James Wilberding 23. Humans, Other Animals, Plants and the Question of the Good Kevin Corrigan Part 6: Ethics, Political Theory and Aesthetics Introduction 24. Plotinus on Metaphysics and Morality Suzanne Stern-Gillet 25. Plotinus on Founding Freedom in Ennead VI.8[39] Bernard Collette-Dučić 26. Freedom, Providence and Fate Peter Adamson 27. Action, Reasoning and the Highest Good Pauliina Remes 28. Political Theory Dominic O'Meara 29. Plotinus' Aesthetics Panayiota Vassilopoulou Part 7: Legacy Introduction 30. Neoplatonism and Christianity Dermot Moran 31. Neoplatonism and Christianity in Late Antiquity Dimitar Y. Dimitrov 32. Islamic and Jewish Neoplatonisms Sarah Pessin. Index
"Pauliina Remes is University Lecturer in Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden. She is the author of Plotinus on Self: The Philosophy of the ""We"" (2007), and Neoplatonism (2008), and the editor of Ancient Philosophy of the Self (2008, with J. Sihvola) and Consciousness: From Perception to Reflection in the History of Philosophy (2007, with S. Heinämaa and V. Lähteenmäki). Svetla Slaveva-Griffin is Associate Professor of Classics and a core faculty in the History and Philosophy of Science Program at the Florida State University, USA. She has published on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, including Plotinus on Number (2009)."
Reviews for The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
The overall quality is very high... unsurprising given that the essays are generally written by leading experts on each topic. The Handbook will be useful for a wide readership. Experts on Neoplatonism will find it useful, however, most of the articles are understandable to the non-expert and in many cases ideal for someone with some background in earlier Greek philosophy who wishes to familiarize themselves with Neoplatonism in some depth. - Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson, University of Oslo, Norway
