Platonism

Elements of Theology: Divine Knowledge and Providence We discuss propositions 122-124, and before our discussion I present Proclus' full view of divine knowledge as akin to the self-knowledge…

Elements of Theology: Procession of the Gods We discuss propositions 125-126, including: – the three different modes of divine presence – the notion of idiotes, individuality, and it's…

Elements of Theology: the Bodies of the Gods We discuss prop. 127-129, on the simplicity, self-sufficiency and participants of the gods. We touch on: – Where does the…

Elements of Theology: Order of Divine Processions we discuss propositions 130-133, which are theorems on the relationships between prior and posterior members of Divine orders and between the…

Elements of Theology: Gods and their Primary Participants we discuss ET 134-136, on the relationship between providence and nous, henads and beings and the order of henads and…

Elements of Theology: Being as the Unity of the Gods we go over prop. 138-140, focusing on how being can be understood as the Unity of the many…

Elements of Theology: The Presence of the Gods We discuss prop. 141-145, concentrating on 142, which discusses how the gods are present to all things. 143 uses this…

Elements of Theology: The Structure of Divine Orders In this video we discuss prop. 146-150 of the Elements of Theology, which present the structure of Divine orders, that…

Elements of Theology: Functions of the Gods We start ET 151-158 on the different functions of the gods. In this class we cover 151, father gods; 152, generative/fertile…

Elements of Theology: Protective and Other Gods we discuss ET 154-158, wrapping up 151-154 on the functional roles of the gods, and going over 155-158, on roles that…

Elements of Theology: Limit, Infinity, Divine Nous and True Being We discuss ET 159-161 on how the orders of the gods are constituted by Limit and Infinity and…

Elements of Theology: The Orders of the Gods We finish the propositions on the gods, looking at ET 162-165 on the different groups of henads responsible for different…

Elements of Theology: on Nous We start the section on Nous with an overview of its meanings and translation difficulties and already go over propositions 166 and the…

Elements of Theology: The Nature of Nous We go over ET 167-170 (beginning) 167: the nature of nous as what makes itself known 168: insight shows itself to…

Elements of Theology: Unity and Multiplicity in Nous We look at Prop. 170 + 171 on the how each Nous is distinguished by being the knowledge of all…

Elements of Theology: Causality of Nous we discuss prop. 172-175, with a special focus on 174, which shows that Nous is just as much a cause of being…

Elements of Theology: The Forms in Nous we discuss prop. 176-178 of the ET, on how the Forms are in nous. We focus ok two arguments for why…

Elements of Theology: The Hierarchy of Noes we discuss prop 179-183, the last propositions on Nous, with a focus on prop. 180, where I differ from Dodds in…

Elements of Theology: The Kinds of Soul and the Separation of the Soul from the Body We discuss prop. 184-187 on the different kinds of soul and it's…

Elements of Theology: Soul as Source of Life we discuss the last two propositions on the nature of the soul, prop. 188-189, where soul is described positively as…

Elements of Theology: the middle position of the soul We discuss prop. 190-194 which present many ways in which the soul is between intelligible things and perceptible things…

Elements of Theology: Knowledge and Body of the Soul we discuss ET 195 and 196. 195 leads us to the question of the specific representational quality of the…

Elements of Theology: The Cycles of The Soul we discuss prop. 197, on the intermediate character of the soul and 198-200, on how souls always follow cycles and…

Elements of Theology: The Hierarchy of Souls We discuss prop. 201-204 on the activities of divine souls, and the hierarchy of gods, daimones and transmigrating souls. We see…