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Book SynopsisReading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of the history of Neoplatonism from the 9th to the 16th century. The impact of the Elements of Theology and the Book of Causes is reconsidered on the basis of newly discovered manuscripts and evidences. This second volume revises widely accepted hypotheses about the reception of the Proclus’ text in Byzantium and the Caucasus, and about the context that made possible the composition of the Book of Causes and its translations into Latin and Hebrew. The contributions offer a unique, comparative perspective on the various ways a pagan author was acculturated to the Abrahamic traditions.
Table of Contents1 Notes on the Translations and Acculturations Dragos Calma Part 1 Byzantium 2 An Orthodox and Byzantine Reception of the Elements of Theology Frederick Lauritzen 3 Universals, Wholes, Logoi: Eustratios of Nicaea’s Response to Proclus’ Elements of Theology Stephen Gersh 4 ‘A Mixing Cup of Piety and Learnedness’: Michael Psellos and Nicholas of Methone as Readers of Proclus’ Elements of Theology Joshua M. Robinson 5 Nicholas of Methone, Procopius of Gaza and Proclus of Lycia Anna Gioffreda and Michele Trizio Part 2 The Caucasus 6 Die Elementatio theologica des Proklos im Kontext der kaukasischen Philosophie Tengiz Iremadze Part 3 The Lands of Islam 7 Providence, Divine Knowledge and Causation and Porphyry and the Theology of Aristotle Michael Chase 8 Plotinus Arabus and Proclus Arabus in the Harmony of the Two Philosophers Ascribed to al-Fārābī Peter Adamson 9 Les Chapitres sur les thèmes métaphysiques d’ al-ʿĀmirī et l’ anonyme Kitāb al-ḥaraka : deux interprétations du Liber de causis en arabe Elvira Wakelnig 10 Contextualizing the Doctrine of Divine Causality in the Kalâm fi mahd al-khair / Liber de causis Richard Taylor 11 La présence de Proclus et du Liber de causis dans l’ œuvre d’ Ibn Bāǧǧa et pseudo-Ibn Bāǧǧa Jamal Rachak Part 4 The Latin West 12 The Latin Translation of the Liber de causis Dag Nikolaus Hasse 13 Doubles traductions et omissions : une approche critique en vue d’ une édition de la traduction latine du Liber de causis Jules Janssens 14 Thomas d’ Aquin et les mots arabes du Liber de causis Pascale Bermon 15 Le Liber de causis et Proclus dans les sermons de Meister Eckhart Alessandra Beccarisi 16 The Liber de causis and the Formula potentia sive virtus intellectiva in Dante’s Political Philosophy Victoria Arroche 17 Notes on the Presence of the Elements of Theology in Ficino’s Commentary on Philebus Sokrates-Athanasios Kiosoglou Part 5 The Hebraic Tradition 18 Hillel de Vérone, traducteur en hébreu et commentateur du Liber de causis au XIIIe siècle Jean-Pierre Rothschild 19 Receptum est in recipiente per modum recipientis: Traces of the Liber de causis in Early Kabbalah Saverio Campanini Index
