Neoplatonism on Philosophy in Summary — Thinkers & Syntheses https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/tags/neoplatonism/ Recent content in Neoplatonism on Philosophy in Summary — Thinkers & Syntheses Hugo en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Late Neoplatonism: Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/late-neoplatonism-porphyry-iamblichus-proclus/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/late-neoplatonism-porphyry-iamblichus-proclus/ After Plotinus: the late Neoplatonism of Porphyry (the Isagoge and the universals), Iamblichus (theurgy), and Proclus (the Elements of Theology, the triad remaining-procession-return, and the henads) — and its decisive transmission to medieval philosophy. Augustine of Hippo — The Confessions, Time, Free Will and the City of God https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/augustine-confessions-time-free-will-city-of-god/ Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/augustine-confessions-time-free-will-city-of-god/ Augustine's philosophy: the inwardness of the Confessions, the riddle of time, evil as privation, free will and grace, and the two cities of history. Nous: Intellect in Greek Philosophy — From Anaxagoras to Plotinus and the Medieval Reception https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/nous-intellect-greek-philosophy-anaxagoras-aristotle/ Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/nous-intellect-greek-philosophy-anaxagoras-aristotle/ The concept of nous in Greek philosophy: Anaxagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and the medieval reception in Averroes and Thomas Aquinas. Plotinus and Neoplatonism — The One, Emanation, and the Enneads https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/plotinus-neoplatonism-one-emanation-enneads/ Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/artigos/plotinus-neoplatonism-one-emanation-enneads/ The philosophy of Plotinus: the One, the three hypostases, emanation, mystical return, and the influence of Neoplatonism on Christian and Islamic thought. Marsilio Ficino https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/marcilio-ficino/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/marcilio-ficino/ Italian philosopher and Catholic priest. Leader of the Platonic Academy of Florence under the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici. He translated the entire… Nicholas of Cusa https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/nicolau-de-cusa/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/nicolau-de-cusa/ German cardinal; transitional figure between Scholasticism and the Renaissance. Used mathematics as a philosophical analogy (not as a method in the… Pico della Mirandola https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/pico-della-mirandola/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/pico-della-mirandola/ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Italian prodigy philosopher; knew Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic. Proposed to hold a debate in Rome with 900… Plotinus https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/plotino/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/plotino/ Born around 205 CE, probably in Roman Egypt, Plotinus studied for years in Alexandria under the enigmatic master Ammonius Saccas and later settled in… Porphyry https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/porphyry/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/porphyry/ Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234 – c. 305 CE): Neoplatonist philosopher, disciple and editor of Plotinus, author of the Isagoge — gateway of Aristotelian logic into the Middle Ages. Proclus https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/proclus/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/proclus/ Proclus Lycaeus Diadochus (412–485 CE): the last great systematizer of Neoplatonism, head of the Academy of Athens; author of the Elements of Theology.