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2Literary Theory and AestheticsIn Pieter D'Hoine & Marije Martijn (eds.), All From One: A Guide to Proclus, Oxford University Press. 2016.After introducing the main Platonic issues in the field of literary theory and aesthetics, the author discusses Proclus’ relationship to the study of literature in late antiquity; his own literary theory and his use of allegorical interpretation; and the wider context of Proclus’ Neoplatonist aesthetics. She shows how his aesthetics pans out in his view of visual art, as referring to higher realities via Homer’s poetry, and of music, including a form of inspired music. The author then moves on t…Read more
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4Image and Analogy in Later NeoplatonismIn Theo Kobusch & Michael Erler (eds.), Metaphysik und Religion: Zur Signatur des spätantiken Denkens / Akten des Internationalen Kongresses vom 13.-17. März 2001 in Würzburg, De Gruyter. pp. 639-647. 2002.
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6PROCLUS AND PLATO - (D.) Muhsal (trans.) Der Homerische Mythos und die Grundlagen neuplatonischer Theologie. Proklos’ Traktat über die Dichtung Homers [in R. I 69–205]. Übersetzung und Kommentar. (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 405.) Pp. xiv + 363. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £91, €99.95, US$114.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-078728-3 (review)The Classical Review 73 (2): 488-490. 2023.
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Proclus' place in the reception of Plato's RepublicIn Anne D. R. Sheppard (ed.), Ancient approaches to Plato's Republic, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. 2013.
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13Ancient approaches to Plato's Republic (edited book)Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. 2013.
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10The poetics of Phantasia: imagination in ancient aestheticsBloomsbury Academic. 2014.Introduction: Aristotle's phantasia and the ancient concept of imagination -- Visualization, vividness (enargeia) and realism -- Mathematical projection, copying and analogy -- Prophecy, inspiration and allegory -- Conclusion: ancient and modern imagination.
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37Review. The poetics. Essays on Aristotle's poetics. A Oksenberg Rorty (ed)The Classical Review 46 (2): 256-257. 1996.
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20Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus, edited by John F. Finamore, Christina-Panagiota Manolea and Sarah Klitenic WearInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 14 (2): 207-209. 2020.
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14Proclus. Commentary on Plato’s, edited and translated by Dirk Baltzly, John F. Finamore and Graeme MilesInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 14 (1): 105-108. 2020.
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15Raymond Klibansky: The Continuity of the Platonic Tradition during the Middle Ages, together with Plato's Parmenides in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. (Second edition.) Pp. 81; ix + 55; 5 plates. Munich/Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1981. $32 (review)The Classical Review 33 (1): 157-157. 1983.
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14Werner Beierwaltes: Marsilio Ficinos Theorie des Schönen im Kontext des Platonismus. (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-hist. Kl, Jahrgang 1980, 11. Abhandlung.) Pp. 56. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1980. Paper, DM. 18 (review)The Classical Review 32 (1): 119-119. 1982.
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19Michael J. B. Allen: Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran Charioteer. Pp. 274. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1981. £18.50 (review)The Classical Review 33 (1): 158-158. 1983.
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21B. L. van der Waerden: Die gemeinsame Quelle der erkenntnistheoretischen Abhandlungen von Iamblichos und Proklos. (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Phil.-hist. Kl. 1980, 12.) Pp. 30. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1980. Paper, DM. 14 (review)The Classical Review 33 (1): 142-142. 1983.
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28Jean-Claude Fraisse: L'Intériorité sans retrait: Lectures de Plotin. Pp. 201. Paris: Vrin, 1985. Paper, 120 frsThe Classical Review 38 (2): 428-428. 1988.
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34I. Hadot: Simplicius. Commentaire sur le Manuel d’Épictète. Tome I . Pp. clxxii + 184. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2001. Cased, frs. 380. ISBN: 2-251-00493-9 (review)The Classical Review 52 (2): 377-378. 2002.
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39Review. Empedoclea. Ancient philosophy, mystery and magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean tradition. P KingsleyThe Classical Review 46 (2): 269-271. 1996.
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22The Role of Imagination in Aesthetic ExperienceThe Journal of Aesthetic Education 25 (4): 35. 1991.
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36Werner Beierwaltes: Marsilio Ficinos Theorie des Schönen im Kontext des Platonismus. (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-hist. Kl, Jahrgang 1980, 11. Abhandlung.) Pp. 56. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1980. Paper, DM. 18 (review)The Classical Review 32 (01): 119-. 1982.
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10Ancient Philosophical Poetics_ _, written by Malcolm HeathInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 10 (2): 240-242. 2016.
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42The influence of hermias on Marsilio Ficino's doctrine of inspirationJournal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 43 (1): 97-109. 1980.
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54Proclus' Attitude to TheurgyClassical Quarterly 32 (01): 212-. 1982.Theurgy, the religious magic practised by the later Neoplatonists, has been commonly regarded as the point at which Neoplatonism degenerates into magic, superstition and irrationalism.1 A superficial glance at the ancient lives of the Neoplatonists, and in particular at Eunapius’ Lives of the Sophists, reveals a group of people interested in animating statues, favoured with visions of gods and demons, and skilled in rain-making. But when we look more closely at the works of the Neoplatonists the…Read more
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