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a study of the One's causality in Proclus and Damascius

"The first principle in late Neoplatonism" was published by Brill in 2021 - Leiden, it has 346 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: ➤  The first principle in late Neoplatonism
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 346
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  • Publish Location: Leiden

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  • Pagination: xiv, 346 pages

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"The first principle in late Neoplatonism" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- The background to Proclus and Damascius
  • 2- Proclus' causal framework
  • 3- Damascius' causal framework
  • 4- Proclus on the One's causality
  • 5- Damascius on the One's causality and the ineffable.

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In 'The First Principle', Jonathan Greig examines the philosophical theology of the two Neoplatonists, Proclus and Damascius (5th-6th centuries A.D.), on the One as the first cause. Both philosophers address a tension in the Neoplatonic tradition: namely that the One was seen as absolutely transcendent, yet it was also seen as intimately related to other things as the source of their unity and being. Proclus' solution is to posit intermediate causes after the One, while Damascius posits a distinct principle, the 'Ineffable', above the One. This book provides a new, thorough study of the theories of causation that lead each to their respective position and reveals crucial insights involved in a rigorous negative theology employed in metaphysics.

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In 'The First Principle', Jonathan Greig examines the philosophical theology of the two Neoplatonists, Proclus and Damascius (5th-6th centuries A.D.), on the One as the first cause. Both philosophers address a tension in the Neoplatonic tradition: namely that the One was seen as absolutely transcendent, yet it was also seen as intimately related to other things as the source of their unity and being. Proclus' solution is to posit intermediate causes after the One, while Damascius posits a distinct principle, the 'Ineffable', above the One. This book provides a new, thorough study of the theories of causation that lead each to their respective position and reveals crucial insights involved in a rigorous negative theology employed in metaphysics

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