The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism : A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius /
Greig, Jonathan,
The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism : A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius / A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius Jonathan Greig. - 1 online resource. - Philosophia Antiqua ; 156 . - Philosophia Antiqua ; 156. .
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität München, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The background to Proclus and Damascius -- Proclus' causal framework -- Damascius' causal framework causal framework -- Proclus on the ones causality -- Damascius on the one's causality and the ineffable.
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.
9789004439092 9789004439054
10.1163/9789004439092 DOI
Damaskios, approximately 480-approximately 550.
Proclus, approximately 410-485.
Causation.
First philosophy.
Neoplatonism.
One (The One in philosophy)
BD531
186/.4
The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism : A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius / A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius Jonathan Greig. - 1 online resource. - Philosophia Antiqua ; 156 . - Philosophia Antiqua ; 156. .
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität München, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The background to Proclus and Damascius -- Proclus' causal framework -- Damascius' causal framework causal framework -- Proclus on the ones causality -- Damascius on the one's causality and the ineffable.
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.
9789004439092 9789004439054
10.1163/9789004439092 DOI
Damaskios, approximately 480-approximately 550.
Proclus, approximately 410-485.
Causation.
First philosophy.
Neoplatonism.
One (The One in philosophy)
BD531
186/.4