Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Neoplatonic Philosophy in Byzantium 1
5. The Divine Body of the Heavens 31
6. The waves of passions and the stillness of the sea: appropriating neoplatonic imagery and concept formation-theory in middle Byzantine commentaries on Aristotle 67
7. Psellos and his Traditions 79
8. Proclus as Heresiarch: Theological Polemic and Philosophical Commentary in Nicholas of Methone’s Refutation (Anaptyxis) of Proclus’ Elements of Theology 103
9. Two Conflicting Positions Regarding the Philosophy of Proclus in Eastern Christian Thought of the twelfth Century 137
10. The Reception of Proclus: From Byzantium to the West (an Overview) 153
11. Elementi di demonologia neoplatonica nell’opuscolo bizantino Τίνα περὶ δαιμόνων δοξάζουσιν Ἕλληνες 175
12. Plethon on the Grades of Virtues: Back to Plato via Neoplatonism? 221
13. Europa entdeckt die mittelalterliche byzantinisch-georgische Philosophie 243
14. Selected Bibliography 271