Platonism

Neoplatonic Virtue: Virtue and Measurement Yitzchok Lowy and I finish going over the first chapter of Plotinus' on Virtue and start the second, in which the question of…

Commentary on the Republic: Summary of Essays 5 and 6 and What's Next We end the course with an overview of the whole 5th and 6th essays and…

Commentary on the Republic: End of Essay 6 We finish essay six, looking at the different bards in Homer and how they correspond to the kinds of poetry…

Commentary on the Republic: Rational and Mimetic Poetry We end Proclus' discussion of the kinds of poetry, looking at what he has to say about rational poetry and…

Commentary on the Republic: Poets as Magnetics and Children of Gods Yitzchok Lowy and I conclude Proclus' discussion of inspired poetry in Plato looking at Plato's Ion and…

Commentary on the Republic: Poetry and the Light of the Gods We read Proclus' account of the three kinds of life and the three kinds of poetry and…

Commentary on the Republic: the Blindness of Poets Yitzchok Lowy and I discuss Proclus' explanation of Plato's account of the blindness of Homer and Stesichorus in the Phaedrus.…

Commentary on the Republic: Names and Selves Yitzchok Lowy and I discuss Proclus interpretation of Plato's use of the distinct divine and human names in Homer and also…

Commentary on the Republic: Homer as a Source Yitzchok Lowy and I go over a list of teachings that Proclus thinks Plato got from Homer in some way.

Commentary on the Republic: Plato banished from the city! Yitzchok Lowy and I discuss a new argument that Proclus brings in Homer's defense: Plato can't have mean to…

Commentary on the Republic: Homer as an Authority Yitzchok Lowy and I go over Proclus' prooftexts that show that Plato quotes Homer as an authority and as a…