Dialektinės-Soteriologinės Platonizmo Perspektyvos Antikos Filosofijos Kontekste
Dialectical and Soteriological Perspectives of Platonism in the Context of Ancient Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problems of recollection and self-identity in the Platonic tradition, especially in Neoplatonism. Various peculiarities of the Platonic dialectic are interpreted and understood in the context of the ancient Orphic myths and Egyptian cult practices aimed at the noetic ascent of the soul and her reintegration within the realm of the noetic cosmos (or the Demiurge, tantamount to the divine Intellect). In this respect, philosophy may be regarded as the guide to the transcendent realities, though certain Neoplatonists (especially, Iamblichus) emphasized the role of theurgy in the process of „anagogic homecoming“, that is, the soul’s return to the One.

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