Eros in Neoplatonism and its Reception in Christian Philosophy - by Dimitrios A Vasilakis (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Speaking to vital scholarship in ancient philosophy, including contemporary Greek academia, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of Love (Eros) in the key texts of Neoplatonic philosophers; Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite. The book outlines the crucial interplay between Plotinus, Proclus, and Dionysius' ideas on love and hierarchy in relation to both the earthly and the divine. Through analysing key texts from each philosopher, this enlightening study traces a clear historical line between pagan Neoplatonism and early Christian philosophy"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Showing the ontological importance of <i>eros</i>within the philosophical systems inspired by Plato, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of <i>eros</i>in key texts of the Neoplatonic philosophers, Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite.<br/><br/>Outlining the divergences and convergences between the three brings forward the core idea of love as deficiency in Plotinus and charts how this is transformed into plenitude in Proclus and Dionysius. Does Proclus diverge from Plotinus in his hierarchical scheme of <i>eros</i>? Is the Dionysian hierarchy to be identified with Proclus' classification of love? By analysing <i>The</i> <i>Enneads</i>, III.5, the <i>Commentary on the First Alcibiades</i>and the <i>Divine Names</i>side by side, Vasilakis uses a wealth of modern scholarship, including contemporary Greek literature to explore these questions, tracing a clear historical line between the three seminal late antique thinkers.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Dimitrios A. Vasilakis received his PhD from King's College London, UK and completed a post-doc in Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
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