Metaphysical Patterns in Platonism

Edited by John F Finamore and Robert M Berchman This anthology of 18 essays by scholars from around the world is published in association with the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies. It contains many of the papers presented in their 2005 annual conference. Contents include: The Platonic Tripartite Soul and the Platonism of Galen’s on the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato - John F. Finamore Who Thought the Stars are Causes? The Astrologicmetaphysical coveral Doctrine Criticized by Plotinus - Marilynn Lawrence The Transcendence of Sophia in Plotinus’ Treatise On Intelligible Beauty - Daniele Bertini The Good’s Beauty is Above Beauty: Plotinus’ Argument In Ennead VI.7- Martin Achard Plotinus On The Being of The One - John Bussanich Consulting the Oracle: The Mantic Art and its Causation in Iamblichus’ De Mysteriis - Crystal Addey Astrology as Divination: Iamblichean Theory and its Contemporary Practice - Gregory Shaw The Roles of Apollo and Dionysus in Nietzsche’s Birth of Tr