Giannis Stamatellos

Institute of Philosophy and Technology
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    Plotinus and the Moving Image (edited book)
    Brill. 2017.
    Plotinus and the Moving Image offers the first philosophical discussion on Plotinus' philosophy and film. It discusses Plotinian concepts like "the One" in a cinematic context and relates Plotinus' theory of time as a transitory intelligible movement of the soul to Bergson’s and Deleuze’s time-image. Film is a unique medium for a rapprochement of our modern consciousness with the thought of Plotinus. The Neoplatonic vestige is particularly worth exploring in the context of the newly emerging “Ci…Read more
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    Computer Ethics: A Global Perspective
    Jones & Bartlett. 2007.
    The rapid advancement of information technology in modern societies affects the way we live, communicate, work, and entertain. Computers and computer networks formulate an information age in which traditional ethical questions are re-examined and new questions arise concerning moral standards for human behavior. Computer Ethics: A Global Perspective presents a clear and concise introduction to the ethical and social issues sparked by our ever-growing information society at the local and global l…Read more
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    Plotinus: Virtue Ethics
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2018.
    Plotinus: Virtue Ethics This article focuses on the virtue ethics of Plotinus and its implications for later accounts of virtue ethics, particularly in Porphyry and Iamblichus. Plotinus' ethical theory is discussed in relation to the aim of the virtuous person to become godlike, the role of disposition in the soul's intellectualization, the four … Continue reading Plotinus: Virtue Ethics
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    The Arabic Plotinus (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 26 (2): 472-475. 2006.
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    The Notion of That Which Depends on Us in Plotinus and Its Background (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 31 (1): 238-240. 2011.
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    Plotinus on Transmigration: a Reconsideration
    Journal of Ancient Philosophy 7 (1). 2013.
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    The Arabic Plotinus (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 26 (2): 472-475. 2006.
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    Virtue and Hexis in Plotinus
    International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 9 (2): 129-145. 2015.
    _ Source: _Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 129 - 145 The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of ἕξις in Plotinus’ virtue ethics. It is argued that since ἕξις signifies a quality of being in a permanent state of possession and virtue is defined as an ἕξις that intellectualizes the soul, therefore, it is suggested that virtue is an active ἕξις of the soul directed higher to the intelligible world in permanent contemplation of the Forms
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    Parmenides, Plato, and Mortal Philosophy: Return from Transcendence (review)
    International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 6 (2): 244-246. 2012.
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    The Arabic Plotinus (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 26 (2): 472-475. 2006.
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    Virtue, Privacy and Self-Determination
    International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 1 (4): 35-41. 2011.
    The ethical problem of privacy lies at the core of computer ethics and cyber ethics discussions. The extensive use of personal data in digital networks poses a serious threat to the user’s right of privacy not only at the level of a user’s data integrity and security but also at the level of a user’s identity and freedom. In normative ethical theory the need for an informational self-deterministic approach of privacy is stressed with greater emphasis on the control over personal data. However, s…Read more
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    Plotin. Traités 51-54. Porphyre Vie de Plotin (review)
    International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 5 (1): 175-177. 2011.
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    The Notion of Infinity in Plotinus and Cantor (edited book)
    with Dionysis Mentzeniotis
    . 2008.
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    _The first book-length philosophical study on the Presocratic influences in Plotinus’ Enneads._
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    Plotinus’ concept of matter in Giordano Bruno’s De la causa, principio et uno
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 26 (1): 11-24. 2018.
    The aim of this paper is to focus on the reception of Plotinus’ concept of matter in the Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno and his early Italian dialogue De la causa, principio et uno. I argue that Bruno’s concept of materia in De la causa, principio et uno reflects Plotinus’ theory of intelligible matter in Ennead ii 4 [12] 2–5 as well as Plotinus’ positive view of the perceptible world in Enneads ii 9 [33] and iv 8 [6]. It is suggested that Bruno interprets Plotinus as an ancient philosop…Read more
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    Plotinus on Eudaimonia (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 30 (1): 207-209. 2010.
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    The first book-length philosophical study on the Presocratic influences in Plotinus’ Enneads
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    Plotinus on Eudaimonia (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 30 (1): 207-209. 2010.
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    Computer Ethics and Neoplatonic Virtue
    International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 1 (1): 1-11. 2011.
    In normative ethical theory, computer ethics belongs to the area of applied ethics dealing with practical and everyday moral problems arising from the use of computers and computer networks in the information society. Modern scholarship usually approves deontological and utilitarian ethics as appropriate to computer ethics, while classical theories of ethics, such as virtue ethics, are usually neglected as anachronistic and unsuitable to the information era and ICT industry. During past decades,…Read more
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    Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition. Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaxime…Read more
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    This article is currently available as a free download on ingentaconnect
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    Introduction -- The philosophers -- Principles -- Cosmos -- Being -- Soul -- Knowledge -- Ethics -- Conclusion.