Author: Claudius Capo

The Platonic Cave, its Orphic and Pythagorean influences & the Māyā of the Upaniṣads

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In this exhibition we will try to compare the main characteristics of the image of the Platonic Cave contained in the VII book of the Republic with those of the Māyā of the Upaniṣads. The common beliefs are evident and involve, above all, the bonds that determine the state of man's imprisonment and the possibility of redemption through the purification of changing forms.

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The Logos and the knowledge of God in Clement of Alexandria's Neoplatonism

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In the "Stromateis", written in the third century, Clement of Alexandria establishes a deeper analogy between the truth-Logos, coeternal and coextensive with God, and the cosmic aeon, aiȏn, which gathers in itself present, future and past: to the temporal scan , a typical expression of creation, the articulation of the parts of the cosmos is connected; thus "he who reassembles the different parts and reunites them will safely contemplate [...] the Logos in his perfection, that is, the truth".

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The Māyā: a comparison between Kashmiri non-dual Śivaism and Sankarian Advaita-Vedanta

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The present essay aims to investigate, through a comparative investigation, the consistency assumed by the māyā in the upaniṣadic doctrine of Sankarian Advaita-Vedanta and in the non-dual śivaite traditions developed in the Kashmir region, in particular we will refer to the position expressed in the Tantrāloka of Abhinavagupta and in the Śivasūtra of Vasugupta.

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