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THE ACHS-IMS NEOPLATONIC LECTURES

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Posters

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Intellect and Soul in Alexandrian Neoplatonism (Rethymno, IMS, 20-21 June 2022)

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Intellect and Soul in Athenian Neoplatonism (Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 19 September 2022)

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Session I. Proclus on Plato’s Myths: The Myth of Er and the Timaeus

Session II. Time and Eternity: from Plotinus to Damascius

Session III. Aristotle and the Chaldean Oracles in Athenian Neoplatonism

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Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Porphyry on Soul (Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 18-19 September 2023)

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Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Form and Matter in Porphyry and Iamblichus (Rethymno, IMS, 6 November 2023)

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Anne Sheppard - The Iamblichean Soul and the Problem of Evil (pdf)

Michael Griffin - Porphyry and Iamblichus (pdf)

Yury Arzhanov - Porphyrys Notion of Matter (pdf)

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More photos: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=832115242040696&id=100057266837767 We are grateful to the Municipality of Anogeia, the Psiloritis Unesco Geopark (https://www.psiloritisgeopark.gr/en/fysiko-parko-psiloriti-pagkosmio-gewparko-unesco/), and Arodamos for their warm hospitality. Special thanks are due to the Mayor of Anogeia Mr Socrates Kephalogiannis, Ms Zacharenia Kephalogianni (Director of the Environmental Education Center of Anogeia), and Dr Maria Kolendrianou (Psiloritis Unesco Geopark). We also thank our tour operator Mr Manousos Androulakis. We are indebted to Prof. Konstantinos Apostolakis and Prof. Artemis Karnava (University of Crete) for advice.

 ἡ δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρεια διά γε τὸ τοῦ Σεράπιδος ἱερὸν ἱερά τις ἦν οἰκουμένη
Eunapius, Vitae sophistarum, 6, 10, 8

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Golitsis, P. 2024. “From Alexandria to Athens: What Damascius Learned from Ammonius.” The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 18.1: Special Issue: New Light. Neoplatonic Studies in Honour of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, edited by I.-F. Viltanioti (prepublished online)

Viltanioti, I.-F. 2024. “Plotinus on Plato’s Timaeus 90 a.” The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 18.1: Special Issue: New Light. Neoplatonic Studies in Honour of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, edited by I.-F. Viltanioti (prepublished online)

THE ACHS-IMS NEOPLATONIC LECTURES

Recorded Online Lectures

Edward J. Watts – The Friend, the Eccentric, and the Jerk (28-2-2022)

John Dillon – Intellect Sober, Intellect Drunk: Some Reflections on the Plotinian Ascent Narrative (22-3-2022)

Mark Edwards – Plotinus and the Gnostics (12-4-2022)

Suzanne Stern-Gillet – The Concept of Hamartia in Plotinus (3-5-2022)

Pieter d’Hoine – Aristotle’s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria: Syrianus and Asclepius οn the Αrguments for the Εxistence of Forms (26-10-2022)

Harold Tarrant – Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus’ Alexandria (8-11-2022)

Cristina D’Ancona – Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics Between Alexandria and Baghdad (1-12-2022)

Georgia Tsouni – From Athens to Alexandria: Reconsidering the Prehistory of Neoplatonism (15-12-2022)

Andrew Smith – Porphyry, “Poet, Philosopher, and Priest”? (7-2-2023)

Jan Opsomer – Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom: Iamblichus on Non-Hellenic Myths (21-3-2023)

Anne Sheppard – Catharsis and Therapy of the Emotions in Iamblichus (26-4-2023)

Michael Griffin – Ladders of Virtue and Inspiration: Harmonizing Porphyry and Iamblichus in Later Platonist Exegesis (23-5-2023)

George Karamanolis – Porphyry on Soul (12-10-2023)

Riccardo Chiaradonna – Common Notions from Plotinus to Iamblichus (15-11-2023)

Adrien Lecerf – Porphyre et Macrobe sur l’automotricité de l’âme (7-12-2023)

Irini-Fotini Viltanioti – Plato in Ennead III 4 On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit (21-2-2024)

Pantelis Golitsis – Damascius on the Objects of the Sixth and Eighth Hypotheses of Plato’s Parmenides (28-3-2024)

Marinos Sariyannis – Hermeticism in Islam: from the Sabians of Harran to al-Suhrawardi (3-4-2024)

Carlos Steel – “It is necessary that the good always has evil as its contrary.” Proclus and Simplicius on Plato’s Theaetetus 176a (17-4-2024)

Dominic O’Meara – The Reinterpretation of Plato’s Cardinal Virtues in Plotinus (15-5-2024)

Lloyd Gerson – Taking Plato Seriously: Proclus as Exegete (30-5-2024)

John Finamore – How Souls Communicate in Hades (12-11-2024)

Handouts of Online Lectures

John Dillon – Intellect Sober, Intellect Drunk (pdf)

Mark Edwards – Plotinus and the Gnostics (pdf)

Suzanne Stern-Gillet – The Concept of Hamartia in Plotinus (pdf)

Harold Tarrant – Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus’ Alexandria (pdf)

Cristina D’Ancona – Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics Between Alexandria and Baghdad (pdf)

Georgia Tsouni – From Athens to Alexandria: Reconsidering the Prehistory of Neoplatonism (pdf)

Andrew Smith – Porphyry, Poet, Philosopher, and Priest (pdf)

Jan Opsomer – Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom (pdf)

Anne Sheppard – Catharsis and Therapy of the Emotions in Iamblichus (pdf)

Michael Griffin – Ladders of Virtue and Inspiration: Harmonizing Porphyry and Iamblichus in Later Platonist Exegesis (pdf)

George Karamanolis – Porphyry on Soul (pdf)

Riccardo Chiaradonna – Common Notions from Plotinus to Iamblichus (pdf)

Adrien Lecerf – Porphyre et Macrobe sur l’automotricité de l’âme (pdf)

Irini-Fotini Viltanioti – Plato in Ennead III 4 On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit (pdf)

Pantelis Golitsis – Damascius on the Objects of the Sixth and Eighth Hypotheses of Plato’s Parmenides (pdf)

Carlos Steel – “It is necessary that the good always has evil as its contrary.” Proclus and Simplicius on Plato’s Theaetetus 176a (pdf)

Dominic O’Meara – The Reinterpretation of Plato’s Cardinal Virtues in Plotinus 176a (pdf)

Lloyd Gerson – Taking Plato Seriously: Proclus as Exegete (pdf)

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Posters

WORKSHOPS

Intellect and Soul in Alexandrian Neoplatonism (Rethymno, IMS, 20-21 June 2022)

Recorded Sessions

Download Handouts

Intellect and Soul in Athenian Neoplatonism (Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 19 September 2022)

Recorded Sessions

Session I. Proclus on Plato’s Myths: The Myth of Er and the Timaeus

Session II. Time and Eternity: from Plotinus to Damascius

Session III. Aristotle and the Chaldean Oracles in Athenian Neoplatonism

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Photos

Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Porphyry on Soul (Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 18-19 September 2023)

Recorded Sessions

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Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Form and Matter in Porphyry and Iamblichus (Rethymno, IMS, 6 November 2023)

Recorded Sessions

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Anne Sheppard - The Iamblichean Soul and the Problem of Evil (pdf)

Michael Griffin - Porphyry and Iamblichus (pdf)

Yury Arzhanov - Porphyrys Notion of Matter (pdf)

Photos

More photos: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=832115242040696&id=100057266837767 

We are grateful to the Municipality of Anogeia, the Psiloritis Unesco Geopark (https://www.psiloritisgeopark.gr/en/fysiko-parko-psiloriti-pagkosmio-gewparko-unesco/), and Arodamos for their warm hospitality. Special thanks are due to the Mayor of Anogeia Mr Socrates Kephalogiannis, Ms Zacharenia Kephalogianni (Director of the Environmental Education Center of Anogeia), and Dr Maria Kolendrianou (Psiloritis Unesco Geopark). We also thank our tour operator Mr Manousos Androulakis. We are indebted to Prof. Konstantinos Apostolakis and Prof. Artemis Karnava (University of Crete) for help and advice.

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 ἡ δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρεια διά γε τὸ τοῦ Σεράπιδος ἱερὸν ἱερά τις ἦν οἰκουμένη
Eunapius, Vitae sophistarum, 6, 10, 8