stage 4
The School After Plotinus: Porphyry and Lampryas
Demonstrate the evolution of Neoplatonism toward greater systematicity and ritualism.
📖 7 cards reading✦ 3 question◷ ~17 min
Stage tree
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Porphyry: Biography and Major Works
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Porphyry as a Systematizer: Introduction to Aristotelian Logic
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Verification: Isagoge
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On Soul and Body: The Treatise 'On Abstinence'
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The Allegorical Method: "On the Cave of the Nymphs"
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Verification: The Allegorical Method
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Porphyry's Philosophy Against the Christians
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Lamprias: Editor or Author?
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The Transition to Theurgy: Porphyry and Iamblichus
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Examination: Porphyry vs. Iamblichus