John F Finamore

Biographic Data

ID969674
NAMEJohn F Finamore
GIVEN NAMESJohn F
FAMILY NAMEFinamore
SIGNATUREFINAMORE J F
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR14
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • Ethics, Virtue and Theurgy

    Open AccessJohn F FinamoreCHAPTERReception of Greek Ethics in Late…2021

    In this essay I argue that there is an Iamblichean and Neoplatonic theory of ethics. By examining the seven grades of virtue recognised by Iamblichus, I show that there is associated with each grade a specific kind of cognition or knowledge. The hierarchy of kinds of knowledge is parallel not only to the grades of virtue but also to the various stages of the soul's theurgical ascent. The higher that we ascend in the ritual, the better and more se…

  • Proclus

    Dirk Baltzly, John F Finamore et al.EDITORBOOKProclus : Commentary on Plato's…2018

  • Iamblichus, the Commentary Tradition, and the Soul

    John F Finamore, John FinamoreCHAPTERBrill’s Companion to the…2017

  • Iamblichus on the Grades of Virtue

    John F FinamoreCHAPTERIamblichus and the Foundations of…2012

    Plotinus argues the four major virtues, they in fact exist at different levels. That the lower, Political Virtues are necessary for our embodied existence state must control lower souls. Since goal is to become like god, the higher, purificatory virtues, in freeing soul from body, lead us more directly to that goal. It is mainly the two lowest classes of virtue, the Natural and Ethical, and the highest class, the Hieratic / Theurgic, that concern…

  • Iamblichus and the Foundations of Late Platonism

    Eugene Afonasin, Eugene V Afonasin et al.BOOKIamblichus and the Foundations of…2012

  • Iamblichus and the foundations of late platonism

    E V Afonasin, John M Dillon et al.BOOKIamblichus and the foundations of…2012

    Drawing on recent scholarship and delving systematically into Iamblichean texts, these ten papers establish Iamblichus as the great innovator of Neoplatonic philosophy who broadened its appeal for future generations of philosophers

  • Iamblichus' De Anima

    John F Finamore, John Finamore et al.BOOKIamblichus' de Anima2002

    Iamblichus (245-325), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, brought a new religiosity to Neoplatonism. His theory of the soul is at the heart of his philosophical system. For Iamblichus, the human soul is so far inferior to the divine that its salvation depends not on philosophy alone (as it did for Plotinus) but on the aid of the gods and other divinities. This edition of the fragments of Iamblichus' major work on the soul, De Anima, is accompanie…

  • Theurgy and the Soul

    John F FinamoreARTICLESpeculum1998

  • The Rational Soul in Iamblichus' Philosophy

    John F FinamoreARTICLESyllecta classica1997

    JJ?. Finamore: The Rational Soul in Iamblichus' Philosophy 163 The Rational Soul in Iamblichus' Philosophy John F. Finamore It is well known that Iamblichus insisted on a special position for the human soul. It is separate from Intellect and the other higher souls, and holds an intermediate position between them and nature below.1 But if the human soul is entirely separate from Intellect, how does the soul unite with it? If it does so through an …

  • Intellect and Common Sense in Aristotle's De Anima III.7

    John F FinamoreARTICLESyllecta classica1989

    J.F. Finamore: Intellect and Common Sense27 Intellect and Common Sense in Aristotle's De Anima III.7 John F. Finamore Critics have regarded Aristotle's De Anima ??.7 as a collection of unrelated fragments.1 A closer inspection of the various parts of III.7 would show more continuity than these critics suggest. This paper will consider three contiguous "fragments" (431al7-20; a20-bl; b2-9) and show how they are united to each other and to what pre…

  • The Modes of Scepticism

    John F Finamore, Julia Annas et al.ARTICLEThe Classical World1989Cited by: 4

  • Scepticism or Platonism? The Philosophy of the Fourth Academy

    John F Finamore, Harold TarrantARTICLEThe Classical World1988

    Preface List of non-standard abbreviations Introduction 1. Scepticism in the late Academy? 2. Charmadas 3. Fourth Academic epistmological doctrine 4. Anonymous In Theaetetum 5. Interlude: Antiochus in the New Academy 6. God's thoughts as objects of knowledge Epilogue: the Academic heritage Notes Bibliography Index locorum Index of names

  • On Plato's Polity

    John F Finamore, John BremerARTICLEThe Classical World1986

  • Plato

    John F Finamore, Plato Plato et al.ARTICLEThe Classical World1985

  • Catullus 50 and 51

    John F FinamoreARTICLEThe Classical World1984Cited by: 13