Neoplatonism and Contemporary Thought: Part OneR. Baine Harris Significant twentieth-century thinkers offer views of Neoplatonism as having relevance to contemporary life and thought. Specifically discussed is how Neoplatonism relates to contemporary science and contemporary philosophy, including metaphysics and environmental thought. Contributors include Jay Bregman, John Charles Cooper, Christos Evangeliou, David Fideler, Lewis S. Ford, F.-P. Hager, Curtis L. Hancock, Kelly Parker, R. Baine Harris, Robert Meredith Helm, Paul G. Kuntz, Peter Manchester, Scott A. Olsen, Kelly Parker, David Rodier, Joseph Sen, Huston Smith, Atsushi Sumi, and Michael F. Wagner. |
Contents
Scientific Realism and Plotinus Metaphysic of Nature | 13 |
Porphyrys Concept of Ablabeia and the Issue of Animal Rights | 17 |
Plotinian Roots of Ecology PostNormal Science | 29 |
A Neoplatonic Perspective | 73 |
Platonopolis Revisited | 81 |
Plato Proclus and Peirce Abduction and | 85 |
Jacques Derrida and Dionysius the Areopagite | 93 |
Some Reflections on the Neoplatonic View | 119 |
PostNeoplatonic | 257 |
Some Remarks About the Difficulties of Realizing Neoplatonic | 269 |
Santayanas Christian Neoplatonism | 271 |
Neoplatonism and Western Christian | 287 |
Plotinus and Wittgenstein on Memory | 303 |
The Neoplatonism of Dean Inge | 313 |
Neoplatonism and Contemporary Theories of Mysticism | 321 |
Paul Tillichs System and Neoplatonism | 325 |
Being as Sign in Neoplatonism and Derrida | 125 |
The Influence of Plotinus on Bergsons Critique | 139 |
Plotinus and Foucault | 181 |
Whitehead Contemplates Plotinus | 205 |
Plotinus on the Origin and Place of Beauty | 217 |
PostModern Spirituality? | 220 |
Does Modern Art Reflect Plotinus Notion of Beauty? | 231 |
Unity and Plurality in the Arts | 243 |
The Contemporary Christian Platonism of A H Armstrong | 335 |
Neoplatonic Background of the Metaphysics of Karl Jaspers | 347 |
Neoplatonism in Contemporary Christian Spirtuality | 363 |
Mysticism and Neoplatonism | 383 |
The Place of Neoplatonism in the PostModern World | 387 |
Contributors to Part One | 405 |
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