Plótinosz a kozmikus rendről

Plótinosz a kozmikus rendről
12/06

2019. december 06. 18:00 - 19:30

Filozófia Intézet (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/I, 122.)

12/06

2019. december 06. 18:00 - 19:30

Filozófia Intézet (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/I, 122.)


A Filozófia Intézet vendégelőadója Pavlos Kalligas professzor (European Cultural Centre of Delphi), előadásának fókuszában Plótinosz kozmikus rendről alkotott gondolatai állnak.

Professor Paul Kalligas (European Cultural Centre of Delphi): Plotinus on Bringing Order to the Universe

According to Plotinus, order is one of the salient features of the physical world. It is the most conspicuous manifestation of divine Providence and guarantees the beauty and harmony characterising the visible universe as an image of the intelligible realm. The principal agent which brings about such order is thought to be the Cosmic Soul, which informs the material universe in such a way as to make it a suitable abode for the individual souls to inhabit, and establishes the “sympathetic” relations that regulate interaction between its various parts. Number plays a crucial role in bringing about such order by representing different levels of unity. An examination of the various types of number envisaged by Plotinus reveals the ways in which order is regarded by him as an integral constituent of the structure of the universe.

Paul Kalligas is Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens. He has worked on the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, and the Platonic tradition. He is author of numerous articles on various aspects of ancient philosophy, including cosmology, psychology and metaphysics. He has translated Plotinus' Enneads into modern Greek and commented on them. The first volume of his commentary has been published in English by Princeton University Press (The Enneads of Plotinus. A Commentary, vol. I, 2014).

Professor Kalligas has been invited to our University in the framework of the project Conceptions of the Self in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, supported by NKFI, the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (K-112253). Further information about the seminar: László Bene (Eötvös University, Department of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy), E-mail: benel@elte.hu.