What Is the Principle of Movement, the Self-moved (Plato) or the Unmoved (Aristotle)? The Exegetic Strategies of Hermias of Alexandria and Simplicius in Late Antiquity, 2020
By: Longo, Angela, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Manolea, Christina-Panagiota (Ed.)
Title What Is the Principle of Movement, the Self-moved (Plato) or the Unmoved (Aristotle)? The Exegetic Strategies of Hermias of Alexandria and Simplicius in Late Antiquity
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2020
Published in Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus
Pages 115-141
Categories no categories
Author(s) Longo, Angela
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Manolea, Christina-Panagiota
Translator(s)
In this paper, I will compare Plato’s Phaedrus 245c–e with Aristotle’s Physics VIII 5. In the Phaedrus passage, Plato describes the soul as that which moves by itself and therefore is always moving (and hence is immortal), and as the principle of movement for all moving things. In the Physics chapter, Aristotle assigns the pre-eminent role to that which, among moving things, moves by itself, and makes the case for the existence of something that moves while remaining unmoved. This Aristotle regards as the prime mover of all moving things, including self-moving ones. [introduction]

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Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29 , 2019
By: Sanchez, Liliana Carolina, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Nejeschleba, Tomáš (Ed.)
Title Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in Platonism and Its Legacy: Selected Papers from the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages 141-158
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sanchez, Liliana Carolina
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Nejeschleba, Tomáš
Translator(s)
In the following lines I aim to study one of those cases in which the exegetical labour of a Neoplatonic commentator is seen as carrying a doctrinal element that entails a certain distortion of Aristotle’s thought. The case that I propose to analyze is ‘Simplicius’’ commentary on the soul-harmony theory, for the commentator runs his interpretation with the aid of certain Neoplatonic theories that are alien to Aristotle’s thought. My aim is to track how the hermeneutical device that the commentator applies to the Aristotelian text is built up from the elements provided in the text itself, how the foreign doctrine is introduced, and how this elicits a global comprehension and a philosophical appropriation of the text. In order to do so, I will first present the passage and the alien theory that is being employed by ‘Simplicius’ to perform his exegesis; then I will show how the commentator chains two passages of the text and produce an explanation for the refutation of the soul harmony theory. Finally, I will describe what kind of interpretation is produced and how it serves to explain Aristotle’s challenge in using the hylomorphic model applied to psychology. By doing this I hope that I could explain how is that the commentator feels himself authorized to introduce the alien theory, how he builds up his exegesis around a problem that he needs to solve, and consequently what is the philosophical product of such an interpretation. [introduction]

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Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics, 2018
By: Parsons, Bethany, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Layne, Danielle, A. (Ed.)
Title Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2018
Published in Platonic Pathways: Selected Papers from the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages 227-242
Categories no categories
Author(s) Parsons, Bethany
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Layne, Danielle, A.
Translator(s)

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Iamblichus on Soul, 2014
By: Finamore, John F., Remes, Pauliina (Ed.), Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla (Ed.)
Title Iamblichus on Soul
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2014
Published in The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
Pages 280-292
Categories no categories
Author(s) Finamore, John F.
Editor(s) Remes, Pauliina , Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla
Translator(s)
Central to lamblichus’ philosophy is his doctrine o f the soul. The hum an soul strad­ dles two worlds (the realms o f the Intelligible and o f Nature) and can operate in both. H um an souls descend to live a life on earth, but their real hom e is in the Intelligible W orld o f the Forms. Through the help o f the interm ediary divinities, hum an souls re­ ascend to the Intelligible and regain their proper abode. The hum an soul is the central character in this dram a, and its purification through philosophy and ritual is central to its eventual ascent.As in other areas, lamblichus’ philosophy o f the soul had a large im pact on later Neoplatonists. We are lucky enough to have large sections o f his de Anima, preserved by John Stobaeus. His de Mysteriis and fragments from his Platonic com m entaries also shed light on Iamblichean psychology, but the m ost im portant fragments are preserved by the author o f the com m entary to A ristotle’s de Anima, who may or may not be Simplicius,2 and by Priscianus o f Lydia. We will consider all o f these sources as we examine lamblichus’ unique doctrine of the soul. [p. 280]

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Iamblichus on Soul, 2014
By: Finamore, John F., Remes, Pauliina (Ed.), Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla (Ed.)
Title Iamblichus on Soul
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2014
Published in The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism
Pages 280-292
Categories no categories
Author(s) Finamore, John F.
Editor(s) Remes, Pauliina , Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla
Translator(s)
Central to lamblichus’ philosophy is his doctrine o f the soul. The hum an soul strad­
dles two worlds (the realms o f the Intelligible and o f Nature)  and can  operate in both. 
H um an  souls descend  to  live  a  life on  earth, but their real hom e is  in  the Intelligible 
W orld o f the Forms. Through the help o f the interm ediary divinities,  hum an souls re­
ascend to the Intelligible and regain their proper abode. The hum an soul is the central 
character in this dram a, and its purification through philosophy and ritual is central to 
its eventual ascent.As  in  other  areas,  lamblichus’  philosophy  o f the  soul  had  a  large  im pact  on  later 
Neoplatonists. We are lucky enough to have large sections o f his de Anima, preserved by 
John Stobaeus. His de Mysteriis and fragments from his Platonic com m entaries also shed 
light on Iamblichean psychology, but the m ost im portant fragments are preserved by the 
author o f the com m entary to A ristotle’s de Anima, who may or may not be Simplicius,2 
and by Priscianus o f Lydia. We will consider all o f these sources as we examine lamblichus’ 
unique doctrine of the soul. [p. 280]

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Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics, 2018
By: Parsons, Bethany, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Layne, Danielle, A. (Ed.)
Title Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2018
Published in Platonic Pathways: Selected Papers from the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages 227-242
Categories no categories
Author(s) Parsons, Bethany
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Layne, Danielle, A.
Translator(s)

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Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29 , 2019
By: Sanchez, Liliana Carolina, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Nejeschleba, Tomáš (Ed.)
Title Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in Platonism and Its Legacy: Selected Papers from the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages 141-158
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sanchez, Liliana Carolina
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Nejeschleba, Tomáš
Translator(s)
In the following lines I aim to study one of those cases in which the exegetical labour of a Neoplatonic commentator is seen as carrying a doctrinal element that entails a certain distortion of Aristotle’s thought. The case that I propose to analyze is ‘Simplicius’’ commentary on the soul-harmony theory, for the commentator runs his interpretation with the aid of certain Neoplatonic theories that are alien to Aristotle’s thought. My aim is to track how the hermeneutical device that the commentator applies to the Aristotelian text is built up from the elements provided in the text itself, how the foreign doctrine is introduced, and how this elicits a global comprehension and a philosophical appropriation of the text. In order to do so, I will first present the passage and the alien theory that is being employed by ‘Simplicius’ to perform his exegesis; then I will show how the commentator chains two passages of the text and produce an explanation for the refutation of the soul harmony theory. Finally, I will describe what kind of interpretation is produced and how it serves to explain Aristotle’s challenge in using the hylomorphic model applied to psychology. By doing this I hope that I could explain how is that the commentator feels himself authorized to introduce the alien theory, how he builds up his exegesis around a problem that he needs to solve, and consequently what is the philosophical product of such an interpretation. [introduction]

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What Is the Principle of Movement, the Self-moved (Plato) or the Unmoved (Aristotle)? The Exegetic Strategies of Hermias of Alexandria and Simplicius in Late Antiquity, 2020
By: Longo, Angela, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Manolea, Christina-Panagiota (Ed.)
Title What Is the Principle of Movement, the Self-moved (Plato) or the Unmoved (Aristotle)? The Exegetic Strategies of Hermias of Alexandria and Simplicius in Late Antiquity
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2020
Published in Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus
Pages 115-141
Categories no categories
Author(s) Longo, Angela
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Manolea, Christina-Panagiota
Translator(s)
In this paper, I will compare Plato’s Phaedrus 245c–e with Aristotle’s Physics
VIII 5. In the Phaedrus passage, Plato describes the soul as that which moves
by itself and therefore is always moving (and hence is immortal), and as the
principle of movement for all moving things. In the Physics chapter, Aristotle assigns the pre-eminent role to that which, among moving things, moves
by itself, and makes the case for the existence of something that moves while
remaining unmoved. This Aristotle regards as the prime mover of all moving
things, including self-moving ones. [introduction]

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