Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity, 1989
By: Dominic J., O'Meara
Title Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1989
Publication Place Oxford
Publisher Clarendon Press
Categories no categories
Author(s) Dominic J., O'Meara
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
The Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality inspired Neoplatonist philosophers in Late Antiquity to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. This book examines this theme, describing first the Pythagorean interests of Platonists in the second and third centuries and then Iamblichus's programme to Pythagoreanize Platonism in the fourth century in his work On Pythagoreanism (whose unity of conception is shown and parts of which are reconstructed for the first time). The impact of Iamblichus's programme is examined as regards Hierocles of Alexandria and Syrianus and Proclus in Athens: their conceptions of the figure of Pythagoras and of mathematics and its relation to physics and metaphysics are examined and compared with those of Iamblichus. This provides insight into Iamblichus's contribution to the evolution of Neoplatonism, to the revival of interest in mathematics, and to the development of a philosophy of mathematics and a mathematizing physics and metaphysics. [author's abstract]

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Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism, 1982
By: Mahoney, Edward P., O'Meara, Dominic J. (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1982
Published in Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Pages 169-177
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mahoney, Edward P.
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic J.
Translator(s)
In this paper I should like to share with my fellow students of Neoplatonism the results of researches in medieval and Renaissance Aristotelianism that have brought to light interesting ways in which Neoplatonism came to have a special impact on the development of Renaissance Aristotelianism. It is certainly not my aim to exclude other possible ways in which Neoplatonism had its effect, but I do believe that historians of ancient Neoplatonism will themselves be surprised to learn of the pervasiveness of certain themes among supposed proponents of Aris­totle during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The two topics on which I wish to concentrate are (1) the influence on late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Aristotelianism of two late ancient commentators on Aristotle, namely, Themistius <317—388) and Simplicius (Jl. 530),1 and (2) a conceptual scheme of metaphysical hierarchy whose origins are clearly Neoplatonic and which was constantly debated during the same period. [Author's abstract]

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Neoplatonism and Christian thought, 1982
By: O'Meara, Dominic, J. (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 1982
Publication Place Albany
Publisher State University of New York Press
Series Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern
Volume 3
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic, J.
Translator(s)
In this volume, the relationships between two of the most vital currents in Western thought are examined by a group of nineteen internationally known specialists in a variety of disciplines—classics, patristics, philosophy, theology, history of ideas, literature. The contributing scholars discuss Neoplatonic theories about God, creation, man, and salvation, in relation to the ways in which they were adopted, adapted, or rejected by major Christian thinkers of five periods: Patristic, Later Greek and Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. [a.a]

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Some Later Neoplatonic Views on Divine Creation and the Eternity of the World, 1981
By: Verbeke, Gérard, O'Meara, Dominic J. (Ed.)
Title Some Later Neoplatonic Views on Divine Creation and the Eternity of the World
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1981
Published in Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Pages 45-53
Categories no categories
Author(s) Verbeke, Gérard
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic J.
Translator(s)
The commentary of Simplicius on Aristotle’s Physics is particularly inter­ esting thanks to the rich information it provides concerning the doctrines of pre­ vious philosophers. His interpretation shows a great erudition, but it is not always faithful to the authentic thought of Aristotle. The first cause of Aristotle is not that of Simplicius and this is not the only case in which Simplicius gave to Aristotelian thought a turn that does not correspond to its original content. A similar distortion may be found in the interpretation of the intricate question of chance and fortune. It is more difficult to formulate a judgment about the commentary of Philoponus: to what extent does it reflect the teaching of Ammonius? In any case, the interpretation is very penetrating, especially in those passages where the author criticizes the doctrine of Aristotle and expresses manifestly his own ideas. Alfarabi takes Philoponus to task for settling a philosophical question with the help of religious doctrines:60 nothing is less true, as W. Wieland has already noticed. Philoponus, rather, uses Aristotelian philosophy in order to refute Aristotle.61 On the other hand he appeals to the concept of creation against the eternity of the world: he very sharply notices, perhaps also under the influence of Ammonius, that creation as an integral causation is not a movement and does not belong to the continuous process of coming-to-be and passing away. Thanks mainly to the concept of creation, the author escapes from the eternity of movement and time. [conclusion p. 52-53]

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Neoplatonism and Christian thought, 1982
By: O'Meara, Dominic, J. (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 1982
Publication Place Albany
Publisher State University of New York Press
Series Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern
Volume 3
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic, J.
Translator(s)
In this volume, the relationships between two of the most vital currents in Western thought are examined by a group of nineteen internationally known specialists in a variety of disciplines—classics, patristics, philosophy, theology, history of ideas, literature. The contributing scholars discuss Neoplatonic theories about God, creation, man, and salvation, in relation to the ways in which they were adopted, adapted, or rejected by major Christian thinkers of five periods: Patristic, Later Greek and Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. [a.a]

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Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism, 1982
By: Mahoney, Edward P., O'Meara, Dominic J. (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1982
Published in Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Pages 169-177
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mahoney, Edward P.
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic J.
Translator(s)
In this paper I should like to share with my fellow students of Neoplatonism the results  of  researches  in  medieval  and  Renaissance  Aristotelianism  that  have brought to  light interesting ways in which Neoplatonism came to have a special impact on the development of Renaissance Aristotelianism. It is certainly not my aim to exclude other possible ways in which Neoplatonism had its effect, but I do believe  that historians  of ancient  Neoplatonism  will  themselves  be  surprised  to learn of the pervasiveness of certain themes among supposed proponents of Aris­totle during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The two topics on which I wish to concentrate are (1) the influence on late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Aristotelianism of two late ancient commentators on Aristotle, namely, Themistius <317—388) and Simplicius (Jl. 530),1 and (2) a conceptual scheme of metaphysical hierarchy whose origins are clearly Neoplatonic and which was constantly debated during the same period. [Author's abstract]

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Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity, 1989
By: Dominic J., O'Meara
Title Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1989
Publication Place Oxford
Publisher Clarendon Press
Categories no categories
Author(s) Dominic J., O'Meara
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
The Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality inspired Neoplatonist philosophers in Late Antiquity to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. This book examines this theme, describing first the Pythagorean interests of Platonists in the second and third centuries and then Iamblichus's programme to Pythagoreanize Platonism in the fourth century in his work On Pythagoreanism (whose unity of conception is shown and parts of which are reconstructed for the first time). The impact of Iamblichus's programme is examined as regards Hierocles of Alexandria and Syrianus and Proclus in Athens: their conceptions of the figure of Pythagoras and of mathematics and its relation to physics and metaphysics are examined and compared with those of Iamblichus. This provides insight into Iamblichus's contribution to the evolution of Neoplatonism, to the revival of interest in mathematics, and to the development of a philosophy of mathematics and a mathematizing physics and metaphysics. [author's abstract]

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Some Later Neoplatonic Views on Divine Creation and the Eternity of the World, 1981
By: Verbeke, Gérard, O'Meara, Dominic J. (Ed.)
Title Some Later Neoplatonic Views on Divine Creation and the Eternity of the World
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1981
Published in Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Pages 45-53
Categories no categories
Author(s) Verbeke, Gérard
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic J.
Translator(s)
The  commentary  of  Simplicius  on  Aristotle’s  Physics  is  particularly  inter­
esting  thanks  to  the  rich  information  it  provides  concerning  the  doctrines  of pre­
vious  philosophers.  His  interpretation  shows  a  great erudition,  but  it  is  not  always 
faithful  to  the  authentic  thought  of  Aristotle.  The  first  cause  of  Aristotle  is  not 
that  of  Simplicius  and  this  is  not  the  only  case  in  which  Simplicius  gave  to 
Aristotelian thought a turn that does not correspond to its original content.  A similar 
distortion  may  be  found  in  the  interpretation  of  the  intricate  question  of  chance 
and  fortune.  It  is  more  difficult  to  formulate  a  judgment  about  the  commentary 
of  Philoponus:  to  what  extent  does  it  reflect  the  teaching  of  Ammonius?  In  any 
case,  the  interpretation  is  very  penetrating,  especially  in  those  passages  where 
the  author  criticizes  the  doctrine  of  Aristotle  and  expresses  manifestly  his  own 
ideas.  Alfarabi  takes  Philoponus  to  task  for  settling  a  philosophical  question  with 
the  help  of  religious  doctrines:60  nothing  is  less  true,  as  W.  Wieland  has  already 
noticed.  Philoponus,  rather,  uses  Aristotelian  philosophy  in  order  to  refute 
Aristotle.61  On  the  other  hand  he  appeals  to  the  concept  of  creation  against  the eternity  of the  world:  he  very  sharply  notices,  perhaps  also  under  the  influence of 
Ammonius,  that  creation  as  an  integral  causation  is  not  a  movement  and  does  not 
belong to the continuous process of coming-to-be and passing away. Thanks mainly 
to  the  concept  of  creation,  the  author  escapes  from  the  eternity  of  movement 
and  time. [conclusion p. 52-53]

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