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Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 39 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2021 – Fasc. 2
Research Article | Neoplatonic Hypermetaphysics
Neoplatonic Hypermetaphysics
Iamblichus as a Precursor of the Ineffable Principle above the One of Damascus’s De Principiis
- Tiziano Ottobrini - Independent Scholar - email
Abstract
The essay aims at pointing out the origins of Damascius’ ineffable principle. In Damascius’ De principiis the first principle is totally unknowable, since it is beyond One; this radical thesis is not similar to the speculation from Proclus to Plotinus but it has a close relationship only to Iamblichus, more than two centuries before Damascius. It will be argued that placing a principle beyond One was risky, because it rejects the henologic paradigm, traditional in the Neoplatonic system. Therefore Iamblichus did not fully develop his proposal and was resumed only by Damascus in his theoretical radicalism. As a result the passages in which Iamblichus spoke of an ineffable principle superior to One are preserved only by Damascius and are almost unknown to all the authors in the middle.
Submitted: May 28, 2021 | Accepted: June 15, 2021 | Published Dec. 20, 2021 | Language: it
Keywords One • Damascius • Ineffable • Principle • Epekeina • Iamblichus
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Neoplatonic Hypermetaphysics. Iamblichus as a Precursor of the Ineffable Principle above the One of Damascus’s De Principiis |
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Ottobrini Tiziano |
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The essay aims at pointing out the origins of Damascius’ ineffable principle. In Damascius’ De principiis the first principle is totally unknowable, since it is beyond One; this radical thesis is not similar to the speculation from Proclus to Plotinus but it has a close relationship only to Iamblichus, more than two centuries before Damascius. It will be argued that placing a principle beyond One was risky, because it rejects the henologic paradigm, traditional in the Neoplatonic system. Therefore Iamblichus did not fully develop his proposal and was resumed only by Damascus in his theoretical radicalism. As a result the passages in which Iamblichus spoke of an ineffable principle superior to One are preserved only by Damascius and are almost unknown to all the authors in the middle. |
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Lexis |
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Num. 39 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2021 – Fasc. 2 |
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2021-12-20 |
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2021-06-15 |
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Damascius |
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Damascius |
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Epekeina |
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Epekeina |
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Iamblichus |
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Iamblichus |
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Ineffable |
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Ineffable |
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Principle |
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