Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs in its Intellectual Context
Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs in its Intellectual Context

Author: K. Nilüfer Akçay

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9004408274

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Neoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most significant allegorical interpretation handed down to us from Antiquity. This monograph, exclusively dedicated to the analysis of On the Cave of Nymphs, demonstrates that Porphyry interprets Homer’s verse from Odyssey 13.102-112 to convey his philosophical thoughts, particularly on the material world, relationship between soul and body and the salvation of the soul through the doctrines of Plato and Plotinus. The Homeric cave of the nymphs with two gates is a station where the souls descend into genesis and ascend to the intelligible realm. Porphyry associates Odysseus’ long wanderings with the journey of the soul and its salvation from the irrational to rational through escape from all toils of the material world.

The Heart of Plotinus
The Heart of Plotinus

Author: Algis Uždavinys

Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1933316691

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Drawing parallels with other traditions, the author emphasizes that Plotinus' philosophy was not a purely mental or rational exercise, but a complete way of life incorporating the spiritual virtues. He provides an introduction to his teachings and an informative commentary on the Enneads.

Heraclitus
Heraclitus

Author: Heraclitus

Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1589831225

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Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition
Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition

Author: G. R. Boys-Stones

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2003-03-20

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0191528862

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According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors. This volume provides a critical discussion of ancient definitions of allegory and metaphor as merely ornamental 'tropes'. They examine metaphor and allegory from a variety of perspectives and compare theory with ancient literary practice.

Neoplatonic Demons and Angels
Neoplatonic Demons and Angels

Author: Luc Brisson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9004374981

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Neoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of eleven studies which examine, in chronological order, the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus), but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles, Christian Neoplatonism, especially by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. This volume originates from a panel held at the 2014 ISNS meeting in Lisbon, but is supplemented by a number of invited papers.