Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Platonism
The Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Platonism (LCAP) is a new lecture series on the history of ancient Platonism (from the Early Academy to Late Antiquity), traditionally an important field of […]
Tag Archives: Late Platonism
Two New Books of Interest
A new collection on the great Emperor Julian (still called ‘the Apostate’ in the title, in a remarkable acceptance of Christian value-judgements) is out from Brill. A look at the […]
new book: Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles
I’m excited to see that Nicola Spanu‘s new book on the great Neoplatonist Proclus ‘the Successor’ and theurgy will be published in August 2020, by Routledge. Surely one that will […]
Andrei Timotin on Platonic and Platonist Prayer in Antiquity: Review
Andrei Timotin, who keeps producing cool stuff on ancient Platonism, including some great contributions on the theory of δαίμονες, has released a volume on philosophic ideas of prayer in the […]
A New Study of Plotinus Reviewed
John Dillon has reviewed (very positively) the recent Plotinian study by J.-F. Pradeau. Of special interest might be Chapter 8 on ‘The One: First, Ineffable, Ungraspable’, which approaches Plotinus’ fascinatingly […]
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