Have you ever read Porphyry’s beautiful tribute to his Master and Guru, the wonderful Plotinus; the Platonic Philosopher-Mystic of whom the famous ancient literary critic Longinus admiringly said «set the principles of Pythagoras and of Plato in a clearer light than anyone before him» (and who may have been a close friend of Origen)? You…
Stikkord: Philosophy
On my thesis research into the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo
As I am going through my master’s thesis, four years after its completion, in order to make some minor corrections, and recalling the for me momentous, and at times almost ecstatic experience the process of composing it was, I would reiterate that some of the most striking discoveries I made when doing the research on…
An update on some of my recent academic work dealing with Platonic Philosophy, religion and ancient history
Dear Readers: It has been a while since this home page and blog of mine was last refreshed with new content, but, as my followers on Academia.edu are aware of, I have not been (entirely) idle, and since the beginning of 2022, I have actually composed several new papers and e-books. I have also produced…
Dagens vedvarende tanke / Today’s persistent thought
20 March 2024: Like most other people, I have made many mistakes, been entranced by many a popular misconception, and been stiff-necked in my naiveté and ignorance at times, but, unlike many of the incarnated beings of this present Age, I will be able to say, when I meet my Pilot Face to Face (as…
Plato was no «totalitarian», and the «Republic» is primarily an allegory
This article on Plato’s «Republic», by the very insightful Prof. John Ubersax, makes a point which cannot be repeated frequently enough, considering how often Plato’s greatest dialogue is misunderstood and misconstrued, even by scholars, namely that the Politeia (the ancient Greek title of this work) is in fact an extended metaphor, dealing with the life…
Master’s thesis «follow-up»: A new and ground-breaking analysis of the Socratic and Platonic concept of the Good (free 24-page essay/e-book)
For the first time since 2020, I am now publishing a major literary production of mine here, on this blog — an essay-like academic paper exclusively devoted to a comprehensive analysis of and certain musings regarding what one might style the ontological nature of Plato’s Good, which, as I believe I have come very close…
Edmund Schilvold: Skribent, fotograf, filosof, friluftsentusiast 