The Greek Philosophers

ISBN: 9781330413814 出版年：2016 页码：446 Alfred William Benn Forgotten Books

X. Neo-platonism not a product of Oriental tendencies, 341 — Nor of the religious revival of the empire, 342 — Nor a mystical reaction against Scepticism, 343 — Independent attitude of Plotinus towards the old religion, 344 — His views on immortality, 34 5 — His relation to pantheism, 346 — His attack on the Gnostics, 347 — Plotinus on the relation between religion and morality, 348 — neo-platonism a part of the great classical revival, 349. XI. The place of Plotinus In the history of philosophy, 350 — The triumph of spiritualism due to his teaching, 350 He secures the supremacy of Plato and Aristotle during the Middle Ages, 351 — His interpretation of Plato universally accepted until a recent date, 352 — The pantheistic direction of modern meta physics largely determined by Plotinus, 353 — neo-platonic derivation of the Unknowable, 3 53 — Atavism in philosophy, 355. XII. History of neo-platonism after Plotinus, 3 5 5 — Its alliance with the old religion, 356 — Continued vitality of polytheism, 357 — Increased study of the classic philosophers, 3 58°-proclus and his system, 3 58 — The schools of Athens closed by Justinian, 360 — The Greek professors in Persia, 361 — Final extinction of pagan philosophy, 362.