UID:
kobvindex_HPB1232277007
Format:
1 online resource (262 pages).
Edition:
1st edition.
ISBN:
9783896658951
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3896658956
Series Statement:
Academia philosophical studies ; 67
Uniform Title:
Le neoplatonicien Simplicius a la lumiere des recherches contemporaines
Note:
The English translation is based on an updated (unpublished) version of the French text.
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Cover -- A. Biography -- I. Name -- II. Simplicius's origins and where he studied -- III. The philosophical and religious atmosphere in Alexandria during Simplicius's stay -- IV. Date of Simplicius's departure for Athens -- V. Date of departure for Persia and reasons for exile -- VI. The stay in Persia -- VII. Where did Simplicius and the other philosophers go after their stay in Persia? -- 1. Older hypotheses: The seven philosophers, or at least Simplicius, returned to Athens or Alexandria -- 2. The hypothesis that some or all of the seven philosophers settled in arrān (Carrhae)
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A) Simplicius's conversation with a Manichaean -- b) Where did Simplicius found the famous school of mathematics which continued after him? -- c) In the tenth century, the Arab historian al-Masūdī visited a Platonist school in arrān, a city on the frontier with Persia which had remained largely pagan. -- d) Evidence supporting the theory that Neoplatonism survived in arrān between the sixth and tenth centuries -- aa) Late sixth to early seventh century -- bb) Second half of the eighth century -- cc) The ninth century: The pagan Neoplatonists of arrān adopt the name "ābians"
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(1) The prophets of the ābians -- (2) the Qurʼānicābians -- (3) The god of Abraham as seen by Muslims, Neoplatonists, and ābians -- dd) Four Arabic accounts of the role of arrān in the transmission of Greek thought to the Arabs -- ee) The "temples" of arrān: astrological-philosophical terminology -- 3. Additional arguments in favour of Tardieu's theory -- a) Simplicius's observation on the river Aboras (Khābūr) in Mesopotamia -- b) The Syrian goddess Atargatis (Simplicius, In Phys., 641.33 -- 35 Diels) -- c) The calendars in use in arrān
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D) The addressee of a commentary by Simplicius on Aristotle's De anima according to the Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm (d. 995): by Philippe Vallat -- VIII. Conclusions -- IX. Some additional remarks -- X. Three epigrams on Simplicius -- B. The surviving works (except In Phys. and In De caelo) -- I. General introduction -- 1. The method of composition of Neoplatonist commentaries -- 2. The importance of the prefaces for interpreting the Neoplatonist commentaries -- a) The Aristotelian curriculum as preparation for the Platonic curriculum -- b) The superiority of Plato over Aristotle
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C) The assertion that the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato are complementary but related hierarchically -- II. The commentary on the Encheiridion of Epictetus -- 1. Editions -- 2. Translations -- 3. The place of the commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion in the Neoplatonist programme of studies -- 4. The kind of people to whom the Encheiridion was directed (its usefulness: an essential point in the second introductory outline in six points) -- 5. Dating and philosophical orientation -- a) Praechter's hypothesis -- b) Alan Cameron's hypothesis -- c) Merlan's hypothesis -- 6. The doctrinal orientation of the commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hadot, Ilsetraut Simplicius the Neoplatonist in Light of Contemporary Research Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft,©2020 ISBN 9783896658944
Language:
English
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