Neoplatonism and Indian PhilosophyPaulos Gregorios During the last two centuries a remarkable similarity between the philosophical system of Plotinus (205 270 A.D.) and those of various Hindu philosophers in various centuries, including some that lived prior to the Third Century A.D. has been discovered. This book addresses the possibility of any direct influence of Indian thought upon Plotinus and his teacher Ammonius Saccas (185 250 A.D.) or even upon their major source, Plato. Are Platonism and Plotinism, and the thought patterns in Western religion, literature, and art derived from them, to be considered as mere variations on themes found in ancient Hindu philosophy or are they pure evolutionary products of Greek philosophy? |
Contents
Does Geography Condition Philosophy? On Going Beyond the OccidentalOriental Distinction | 17 |
Plato Neoplatonism and Their Parallel Indian Ideas | 35 |
The Omnipresence of Being The IntellectIntelligible Identity and the Undescending Part of the Soul | 49 |
An Assessment of the Controversy Between Brehier and Rist on the Souls Relation to the One | 75 |
Plotinus and Interior Space | 87 |
Reflections on Emanationism as a Philosophical Theme in the Context of Neoplatonism | 101 |
Being and Knowing in Plotinus | 111 |
Platonism in Late Classical Antiquity and Some Indian Parallels | 131 |
The Theoria of Nature in Plotinus and the Yoga of the Earth Consciousness in Aurobindo | 175 |
The Four Dimensional Philosophy of Indian Thought and Plotinus | 191 |
Plotinus Criticism of Materialism | 201 |
Plotinus and Vedanta | 213 |
Some Significant Affinities and Divergences | 217 |
Indian Experience and the Neoplatonic Tradition | 225 |
Rationality and Ritual in Neoplatonism | 231 |
Participants | 271 |
The Sadhana of Plotinus and Sri Aurobindo | 155 |
Plotinus Neoplatonism and the Thought of Sri Aurobindo | 165 |
Contributors | 275 |
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A. H. Armstrong aesthetic Alexandria Ammonius ancient argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's beauty body Brahman Bréhier causal cognition concept consciousness contemplation culture discussion distinction divine doctrine E. R. Dodds emanation Emanationism Emanationism-II Ennead entities eternal existence experience gods human soul hypostasis Iamblichus Ibid identity images immanence Indian philosophy Indian thought influence on Plotinus Intellect intellect-intelligible intelligible world interpretation intuition Jivanmukta knowing knowledge later Platonism logical manifestation matter means metaphysical mind monism mystical nature Neoplatonism Neoplatonism and Indian Neoplatonists noetic object omnipresence ovoía Parmenides participation passage Paulos Mar Gregorios perception perspective Platonic Platonists Plotinian Plotinus Porphyry possible principle problem Proclus Professor Purusa question rational reality reason relation Rist ritual Sámkhya scholars sense sensible world Simplicius soul's spiritual Sri Aurobindo Stoic symbols theory of Forms thesis theurgy things thinkers thinking tradition transcendent truth unity Upanisadic Vedanta vehicle vision voûç whole Yoga ἐν καὶ νοῦς τὸ
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