Three different schools of reading Plato's Cratylus compared and evaluated. The author notes the ... more Three different schools of reading Plato's Cratylus compared and evaluated. The author notes the limits of the 'depurative' reading and takes issue with the 'esoteric' reading, both of which do not grasp the mastery of Plato's use of the written word. He argues that Zupi's mystagogical reading is the most convincing and coherent approach to Plato's text, and the only one that opens up speculative vistas clearly intended by the structure of Plato's language.
An analysis of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Cosmological, Anthropological and Christological s... more An analysis of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Cosmological, Anthropological and Christological synthesis in Book V of his Heptaplus.
A philosophical introduction to the concept of chastity seen in the phenomenological light of its... more A philosophical introduction to the concept of chastity seen in the phenomenological light of its interaction with the cultural frame of a technological society, with reference to Heidegger, the search for authenticity with reference to Taylor, the anthropology of violence with reference to Rene Girard, the realisation of the phenomenological realm of beauty with reference to Gadamer, and the phenomenological analysis of the phenomenon of chastity itself with reference to Wojtyla.
A lexicographical analysis of the term 'ordo' and its correlates in Descartes' youthful yet posth... more A lexicographical analysis of the term 'ordo' and its correlates in Descartes' youthful yet posthumously published 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind' reveals metaphysical, anthropological and theological themes otherwise hidden within the form of what is often (and mistakenly) considered merely a failed scientific methodology. Descartes' links to Augustinian, Neoplatonic, Aristotelian, and Renaissance hermetic thought are suggested in this analysis. The entirety of the study suggests an overarching metaphysical and soteriological concern informing the development of his Rules. Included is a detailed appendix of the history of the use of the term 'ordo' or 'order' in the linguistic and intellectual history of the west that shows the continuity and originality present in Descartes' use of the term.
Three different schools of reading Plato's Cratylus compared and evaluated. The author notes the ... more Three different schools of reading Plato's Cratylus compared and evaluated. The author notes the limits of the 'depurative' reading and takes issue with the 'esoteric' reading, both of which do not grasp the mastery of Plato's use of the written word. He argues that Zupi's mystagogical reading is the most convincing and coherent approach to Plato's text, and the only one that opens up speculative vistas clearly intended by the structure of Plato's language.
An analysis of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Cosmological, Anthropological and Christological s... more An analysis of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Cosmological, Anthropological and Christological synthesis in Book V of his Heptaplus.
A philosophical introduction to the concept of chastity seen in the phenomenological light of its... more A philosophical introduction to the concept of chastity seen in the phenomenological light of its interaction with the cultural frame of a technological society, with reference to Heidegger, the search for authenticity with reference to Taylor, the anthropology of violence with reference to Rene Girard, the realisation of the phenomenological realm of beauty with reference to Gadamer, and the phenomenological analysis of the phenomenon of chastity itself with reference to Wojtyla.
A lexicographical analysis of the term 'ordo' and its correlates in Descartes' youthful yet posth... more A lexicographical analysis of the term 'ordo' and its correlates in Descartes' youthful yet posthumously published 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind' reveals metaphysical, anthropological and theological themes otherwise hidden within the form of what is often (and mistakenly) considered merely a failed scientific methodology. Descartes' links to Augustinian, Neoplatonic, Aristotelian, and Renaissance hermetic thought are suggested in this analysis. The entirety of the study suggests an overarching metaphysical and soteriological concern informing the development of his Rules. Included is a detailed appendix of the history of the use of the term 'ordo' or 'order' in the linguistic and intellectual history of the west that shows the continuity and originality present in Descartes' use of the term.
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