Original scientific paper

Inevitable Totality: Damascius and the Aporia of the Principle above the All

Marilena Vlad ; Babes-Bolyai University Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the first part of the aporia of the first principle formulated by Damascius in his treatise De principiis. We are trying to identify the source of this aporia that opposes the principle and “all things”. The hypothesis that we are going to argue is that it is precisely the specific sense of the ‘all’ in Damascius’ thought that is responsible for this aporia. We will discuss the inherent dynamics of this ‘all’, which prevents that the principle be situated “above the all”.

Keywords

Neoplatonism; Damascius; aporia; first principle; all

Hrčak ID:

94710

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94710

Publication date:

1.10.2012.

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