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Neoplatonic Demons and Angels
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Neoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of eleven studies which examine, in chronological order, the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus), but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles, Christian Neoplatonism, especially by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. This volume originates from a panel held at the 2014 ISNS meeting in Lisbon, but is supplemented by a number of invited papers.
Luc Brisson is Senior Researcher (Emeritus) at CNRS, Paris. His works include How Philosophers Saved Myths (Chicago, 2004); Plato the Myth Maker (Chicago, 1999); Inventing the Universe, with W. Meyerstein (New York, 1995); Sexual Ambivalence: Androgyny and Hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity (Berkeley, 2002), and translations and commentaries on Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, and Proclus.
Seamus O’Neill is Associate Professor at The Memorial University of Newfoundland. His publications include “The Demonic Body: Demonic Ontology and the Domicile of the Demons in Apuleius and Augustine,” in Philosophical Approaches to Demonology, ed. R. Arp and B. McCraw (Routledge, 2017). He is currently completing a monograph on St. Augustine’s demonology.
Andrei Timotin is Senior Researcher at the Romanian Academy (ISEES). His publications include La démonologie platonicienne. Histoire de la notion de daimōn de Platon aux derniers néoplatoniciens (Brill, 2012); Platonic Theories of Prayer, with John Dillon (Brill, 2016); and La prière dans la tradition platonicienne, de Platon à Proclus (Brepols, 2017).
Seamus O’Neill is Associate Professor at The Memorial University of Newfoundland. His publications include “The Demonic Body: Demonic Ontology and the Domicile of the Demons in Apuleius and Augustine,” in Philosophical Approaches to Demonology, ed. R. Arp and B. McCraw (Routledge, 2017). He is currently completing a monograph on St. Augustine’s demonology.
Andrei Timotin is Senior Researcher at the Romanian Academy (ISEES). His publications include La démonologie platonicienne. Histoire de la notion de daimōn de Platon aux derniers néoplatoniciens (Brill, 2012); Platonic Theories of Prayer, with John Dillon (Brill, 2016); and La prière dans la tradition platonicienne, de Platon à Proclus (Brepols, 2017).
"Neoplatonic Demons and Angels will be a useful resource for scholars working on ancient demonology and angelology, offering detailed information and insightful thoughts on specific authors and issues, together with awareness of the most recent scholarly debate." — Cesare Sinatti, Durham University, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.04.08
List of Contributors
Introduction
The Daimon and the Choice of Life in Plotinus’ Thought Thomas Vidart
The Angels in Ancient Gnosis: Some Cases Madeleine Scopello
Demons and Angels in the Chaldaean Oracles Helmut Seng
What is a Daimon for Porphyry? Luc Brisson
Porphyry on the Daimon, Birth and the Stars Dorian G. Greenbaum
Daimones in Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs Nilufer Akcay
Evil Demons in De Mysteriis Assessing the Iamblichean Critique of Porphyry’s Demonology Seamus O’Neill
Proclus’ Critique of Plotinus’ Demonology Andrei Timotin
The Angels in Proclus: Messengers of the Gods Luc Brisson
Ontology, Henadology, Angelology The Neoplatonic Roots of Angelic Hierarchy Ghislain Casas
Dionysius the Areopagite on Angels Self-Constitution versus Constituting Gifts Marilena Vlad
Index
Introduction
The Daimon and the Choice of Life in Plotinus’ Thought Thomas Vidart
The Angels in Ancient Gnosis: Some Cases Madeleine Scopello
Demons and Angels in the Chaldaean Oracles Helmut Seng
What is a Daimon for Porphyry? Luc Brisson
Porphyry on the Daimon, Birth and the Stars Dorian G. Greenbaum
Daimones in Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs Nilufer Akcay
Evil Demons in De Mysteriis Assessing the Iamblichean Critique of Porphyry’s Demonology Seamus O’Neill
Proclus’ Critique of Plotinus’ Demonology Andrei Timotin
The Angels in Proclus: Messengers of the Gods Luc Brisson
Ontology, Henadology, Angelology The Neoplatonic Roots of Angelic Hierarchy Ghislain Casas
Dionysius the Areopagite on Angels Self-Constitution versus Constituting Gifts Marilena Vlad
Index
All those interested in ancient philosophy, religion in Late Antiquity, the history of religions and the history of ideas, as well as classical philologists and historians of philosophy.