Metaphysics and Theology in Middle Platonism

Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Franco Ferrari
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/2
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 321-337 File size 106 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2015-002003
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This article aims to reconstruct the chief aspects of Middle Platonic metaphysics, with particular reference to the positions of Plutarch, Atticus, Alcinous and Numenius. The Author concentrates on ontology (being-becoming distinction and theory of principles) and theology (hierarchy of divine beings: first God and second God). It is shown that Middle Platonic speculation on metaphysics rests to a great extent on the exegesis of Plato’s Timaeus.

Keywords: Middle Platonism, theology, first God, demiurge, theory of forms

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Franco Ferrari, Metafisica e teologia nel medioplatonismo in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 2/2015, pp 321-337, DOI: 10.3280/SF2015-002003