The training of a philosopher in the neoplatonic schools

Authors

  • Luis Gonzaga Roger Castillo Universidad de Granada

Abstract

The following paper discusses the syllabus of the student of philosophy in the neoplatonic schools. Whenever possible, we will use original texts, as the anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy, among others. We will reconstruct the parts of the syllabus, the use of the philosophical works of Plato and Aristotle. The entire syllabus aimed at the intellectual ascension from material realities to Plato’s realm of forms.

Keywords:

Neoplatonism, Late Antiquity, Syllabus, Iamblichus, Schools of Philosophy