The Neoplatonic Odyssey of the Soul and its Indian Cognates (second revised edition) Alexis Pinchard

https://www.academia.edu/3535852/The_Neoplatonic_Odyssey_of_the_Soul_and_its_Indian_Cognates_second_revised_edition_?rhid=43002126658&swp=rr-rw-wc-38007021&nav_from=081c073f-1b20-4e88-a24e-abf77c1d2f6d 2 But the comparison with Vedic India, based on historical linguistics and poetics, offers new perspectives. It highlights unnoticed symbolical and logical connections in this analogical symbolism, and it forces us to push backward the date when such a metaphor appeared and became a topos. Hence the Neoplatonic belief to express clearly the philosophia perennis, which was already but secretly at work in the oldest poets, seems to be more than justified. By reading Homer the Neoplatonists claimed not to build a late and artificious allegory but to reveal the true spirit of the text, hidden in its flesh: maybe this claim was right.

‘Hellenistic Pythagorean Epistemology.’ Co-authored with Giulia De Cesaris. For F. Verde and M. Catapano, eds., ‘Hellenistic Theories of Knowledge’, Lexicon Philosophicum 6 (2018), pp. 221-262. Phillip Horky, Giulia De Cesaris

https://www.academia.edu/37604119/_Hellenistic_Pythagorean_Epistemology_Co_authored_with_Giulia_De_Cesaris_For_F_Verde_and_M_Catapano_eds_Hellenistic_Theories_of_Knowledge_Lexicon_Philosophicum_6_2018_pp_221_262?rhid=43002145917&swp=rr-rw-wc-127542768&nav_from=a5aaf2c0-8c14-4396-8929-eee6d18e0a92 The paper offers a running commentary on ps-Archytas' On Intellect and Sense Perception, with the aim to provide a clear description of Hellenistic/post-Hellenistic Pythagorean epistemology. Through an analysis of the process of knowledge and of the faculties that this involves, ps-Archytas presents an original epistemological theory which, although grounded in Aristotelian and Platonic theories, results in a peculiar Pythagorean criteriology that accounts for the acquisition and production of knowledge, as well as for the specific competences of each cognitive faculty. L'articolo offre un commento al testo Sull'intelletto e la sensazione dello Pseudo-Archita, con l'obiettivo di chiarire cosa sia l'epistemologia pitagorica in epoca ellenistica/post-ellenistica. Attraverso la descrizione del processo conoscitivo e delle facoltà in esso coinvolte, lo Pseudo-Archita presenta un'originale teoria della conoscenza che, pur affondando le proprie radici in nozioni platoniche e aristoteliche, si traduce in una peculiare criteriologia pitagorica e rende conto tanto dell'acquisizione e della produzione della conoscenza quanto delle specifiche competenze di ciascuna facoltà conoscitiva.

Smoke and Fire. Sign Inference in Greek and in Indian Epistemology Anna Aklan 2024, Journal of Indian Philosophy

https://www.academia.edu/127542768/Smoke_and_Fire_Sign_Inference_in_Greek_and_in_Indian_Epistemology?rhid=43002126658&swp=rr-rw-wc-38007021&nav_from=063d6c2b-d040-44d4-8eef-6e8f1511fa63 Wherever there is smoke there must be fire." In 1957, Aram M. Frenkian noticed that both ancient Greek and Indian philosophy makes use of the smoke-fire analogy as a model for inferential reasoning. He postulated that Greek use of the example reflected Indian influence on Greek philosophy which was mediated through the works of Pyrrho, the founder of Sceptisicm, who had accompanied Alexander the Great on his Indian campaign (327-5 BCE) and learnt from Indian sages ('gymnosophists' as the Greeks called them). More recent scholarship mainly shares his views. In the present paper, I argue that the smoke-fire example formed part of a complex theory of sign inference, and that not only the isolated analogy, but the theory as a whole which it illustrates is present in both cultures. Furthermore, the variants of this theory comprise such close and extended similarities that they must be the result of direct contact between Indian and Greek thinkers, although it is impossible to decide whether they stem from a common origin, or are the result of influence from one culture to the other.

The Snake and Rope Analogy in Greek and Indian Philosophy Anna Aklan 2018, Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU, Vol. 24.

https://www.academia.edu/38007021/The_Snake_and_Rope_Analogy_in_Greek_and_Indian_Philosophy?rhid=43001704172&swp=rr-rw-wc-176140810&nav_from=72e54236-397a-48b4-b46e-a6ea03dedb66 This article is concerned with the writings of Sextus Empiricus (second century CE), a Sceptic philosopher whose works show a remarkable plenitude of similar elements that occur frequently within various Indian philosophies. Following Aram M. Frenkian’s investigation, this study re-examines one of the three elements identified by Frenkian as Indian influences on Sextus’ oeuvre: the smokefire illustration, the snake-rope analogy, and the quadrilemma. The same elements, among others, were identified by Thomas McEvilley as evidence of Greek influence on Madhyamaka Buddhism. After inspecting the supposedly earliest occurrences in both Greek and Indian philosophy and literature, we must acknowledge, at least until other evidence arises, that these three elements are not indicators of direct borrowing. The presence of the same similes and verbal expression in both Indian and Greek philosophical contexts, however, is most probably an indicator of intellectual exchange, even if this is not due to direct influence out of textual contact but more likely arising from verbal communication. It seems practical to postulate a “common pool” of philosophical expressions, a certain distinct philosophical language, which was available to philosophers of both cultures. Various authors used these similes as building blocks in the expression of their theories, and they used them as it best suited their purposes.

Monomania: The Life and Death of a Psychiatric Idea in Nineteenth-Century Fiction 1836-1860 Lindsey Stewart 2018

https://www.academia.edu/105883480/Monomania_The_Life_and_Death_of_a_Psychiatric_Idea_in_Nineteenth_Century_Fiction_1836_1860?rhid=43001723889&swp=rr-rw-wc-176140890&nav_from=8f873933-853d-4c4c-9a7a-6c240882786c This thesis is about the nineteenth-century psychiatric idea, monomania, in medical, literary and popular discourse from 1836-1860. I examine patient case-notes from the Bethlem, York Retreat and Surrey County Pauper Asylum to establish that the experiential or 'real' narratives of monomaniacs confirm the category's initial confusion with melancholia, and then its conflation with social commentary. Used sparingly in clinical practice, physicians account for a range of anti-social behaviour with its deployment as a diagnosis. However, I argue that it is in the literature of the day that the idea is most widely celebrated. Demonstrating its variant, unstable meanings, the texts I read use monomania explicitly. They include works by the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot, neglected thriller pieces by Dinah Craik, the pseudonymous 'Thomas Waters', and an anonymously authored story from The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance. These works...

The Reluctant Art Book: Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922) Raphael Koenig 2020, In: Natascha Kirchner (ed.), Outsider Art : Past, Present & Perspectives, Michael Imhof Verlag

https://www.academia.edu/60590339/The_Reluctant_Art_Book_Hans_Prinzhorn_s_Artistry_of_the_Mentally_Ill_1922_?rhid=43001723889&swp=rr-rw-wc-176140890&nav_from=0ff0d5fc-010e-4a7a-acdf-3566e5e05929 This book chapter offers a new interpretation of Hans Prinzhorn’s 1922 Artistry of the Mentally Ill [Bildnerei der Geisteskranken] by taking as its point of departure the material presentation of the book itself (cover, layout, illustrations) as a manifesto for the controversial theoretical ambitions of Prinzhorn’s work, largely based on Ludwig Klages’ anti-rationalist views.

Unveiling trauma discourse: narratives, behavior, and support in online communities Scott Appling, Chen Shani, Andrew M. Sherrill, Rosa I. Arriaga Volume 3, Issue 2

https://www.academia.edu/journals/academia-mental-health-and-well-being/articles?source=journal-top-nav Unveiling trauma discourse: narratives, behavior, and support in online communities Scott Appling* [1], Chen Shani [2,3], Andrew M. Sherrill [4], Rosa I. Arriaga [1] https://www.academia.edu/2997-9196/3/2/10.20935/MHealthWellB8354