New Book: A History of Mind and Body in Late Antiquity
We live in the age of the handbook. Some of them are pretty useful, as this one promises to be. It’s something of a pity that only ‘Pagan’ and Christian […]
Tag Archives: Platonism
New book: Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge
The latest offering from SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions is about Socrates and Plato: Sarah Ahbel-Rappe‘s Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato. Readers of this […]
New Book: Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus
I am very happy to draw attention to the forthcoming publication of Nicholas Banner’s Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). I was lucky enough […]
New book: Timotin, La prière dans la tradition platonicienne, de Platon à Proclus
Andrei Timotin’s latest has just been published – a comprehensive treatment of prayer in the Platonic Tradition. His book on demonology in Platonism is the definitive treatment on the subject, […]
Forthcoming book: Plotinus, The Enneads
A brand-new translation of Plotinus’s Enneads (all of them!) is set to appear in February from Cambridge. The managing editor for the project is Prof. Lloyd Gerson; translators include George […]
New book: Langage des dieux, langage des démons, langage des hommes dans l’Antiquité
Here is a notice for what looks like a very exciting new volume on “language of the gods, of demons, and of humans in antiquity.” From its website at Brepols: […]
New book: Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity. Edited by Harold Tarrant, University of Newcastle Australia, Danielle A. Layne, Gonzaga University, Dirk Baltzly, University of Tasmania and Monash University, […]
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