The status of sexuality in neoplatonism

The stereotype of “Platonic love” that developed during the Renaissance implies a type of relationship, between two people of the opposite gender, which does not involve sexual activity. A new examination of certain relevant texts by Neoplatonists such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Hierocles, Hermias, Proc...

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Autor: Zamora Calvo, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Palabra clave:Mixed love
Neoplatonic ethic
Neoplatonic love
Neoplatonism
Sexuality
Filosofía
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title The status of sexuality in neoplatonism
spellingShingle The status of sexuality in neoplatonism
Zamora Calvo, José María
Mixed love
Neoplatonic ethic
Neoplatonic love
Neoplatonism
Sexuality
Filosofía
title_short The status of sexuality in neoplatonism
title_full The status of sexuality in neoplatonism
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zamora Calvo, José María
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mixed love
Neoplatonic ethic
Neoplatonic love
Neoplatonism
Sexuality
Filosofía
topic Mixed love
Neoplatonic ethic
Neoplatonic love
Neoplatonism
Sexuality
Filosofía
description The stereotype of “Platonic love” that developed during the Renaissance implies a type of relationship, between two people of the opposite gender, which does not involve sexual activity. A new examination of certain relevant texts by Neoplatonists such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Hierocles, Hermias, Proclus and Olympiodorus, written during the period of Late Antiquity, establish that the question of sexuality is present in the very architecture of their systems, thus maintaining a coherent approach over time. “Mixed love”, tending towards the sexual union that enables the conception of children, is morally good. Through an exegesis of the Symposium, Phaedrus and First Alcibiades, each of these Neoplatonic philosophers explores sexuality through the prisms of cosmology, ethics and political theory.
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