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Jackson P. Hershbell. This volume presents the first modern English translation of Iamblichus’ De mysteriis alongside the standard critical edition of the text by Édouard Des Places (Les Belles Lettres, 1966). Iamblichus provides a unique insight into the mystical side of late Neoplatonism, arguing that the only good is union with the gods ...
Sep 9, 2012 · 93 - Pythagorean Theorems: Iamblichus. Iamblichus fuses Platonism with pagan religious conviction and sets the agenda for Neoplatonism in generations to come. • E. Afonasin, J.M. Dillon, and J.F. Finamore (eds), Iamblichus and the Foundations of Late Platonism (Leiden: 2012).
"Iamblichus" published on by null. (c.250–c.330), the chief Neoplatonist of the Syrian school. He held an elaborate theory of mediation between the spiritual and physical worlds, radically modifying the doctrine of Plotinus by duplicating the Plotinian One and distinguishing between its transcendental and creative aspects.
Iamblichus’ detailed development of the scale of virtues offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis on human morality, from the natural level of being to the highest form of divination. As in Plotinus and Porphyry, the ascending scale of virtues follows the noetic ascent and the progressive purification of the virtuous soul that achieves likeness with the divine.
The Key Philosophies of Iamblichus. Iamblichus’s philosophy can be summarized under two main umbrellas: Theurgy and the Structure of Reality. Theurgy: This is the aspect of Iamblichus’s work that most distinguishes him. Theurgy means ‘divine-working’. For Iamblichus, it wasn’t enough to ponder the divine; one must experience it directly.
May 5, 2014 · Iamblichus’ work On the Pythagorean Life is the most extensive and richest source of information on Pythagoras and his school to have reached us from antiquity. The work itself is based, directly or indirectly, on a wide range of earlier sources, themselves no longer surviving, and presents us with a generous mix of clearly fictional tales attached to the legend of Pythagoras and information which seems to be more reliable.
