De-Archaicizing the Archai
This blog will be related to my current doctoral research in late Neoplatonic metaphysics (currently analyzing first principles, causality, and specifically the Neoplatonic One’s causality in Proclus...
View ArticleKnowledge like sense impression
While preparing for a presentation I recently gave in Cologne, I have been reminded of an intriguing yet strange passage in Damascius. In his De Principiis, Damascius asks what ‘knowledge’ (γνῶσις) is,...
View ArticleChristian Wildberg: Why study late antiquity?
While catching up on long-forgotten bookmarked academia.edu papers, I stumbled on Wildberg’s essay arguing—forcefully, if ferociously—for the study of late antiquity as part and parcel of intellectual...
View Article‘All From One: A Guide to Proclus’ — Out Now!
For those who have waited (like me, especially), this has finally come out! ‘All From One: A Guide to Proclus’ — ed. Pieter d’Hoine and Marije Martijn, Oxford University Press (Dec. 1, 2016).
View Article20 Rules for History of Philosophy
Over the last 2 1/2 years, Peter Adamson at the blog for the ‘History of Philosophy without any Gaps’ podcast has posted a series of ‘rules’ for doing history of philosophy. Now, the list is complete...
View Article‘Problematic’ of the First Principle in Damascius’ DP I.1
Well, never to disappoint over the topical title of this blog, I now have a post formally on archai. My current work takes me into Damascius’ inquiry on first principles, and that includes an enigmatic...
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