METAPHYSICS IN SCIENCE,
POETRY & ART
A Philosophical Forum
Sunday October 24, 2010, 12:30
- 7:30 PM
at KASBAH GARDEN CAFE'
105 Howe Street New Haven, CT 06511
This is the 5th in a series of symposia which began in May,
2001.
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PRESENTATIONS
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The
Neo-Platonists in the Renaissance
Ficino's
Commentary on Plato's Symposium of Love
Julianne Davidow
Author: "Outer Beauty,
Inner Joy: Contemplating the Soul of the Renaissance"
http://www.juliannedavidow.com/
In fifteenth century Florence, Marsilio Ficino and the Platonic Academy continued
in the
footsteps of the ancient Platonists. Their work initiated what is now called
Renaissance
Platonism or Neoplatonism, and had widespread effects on literature, painting,
and
music, as well as on the development of mathematics and science.
This talk begins by
giving an overview of the climate of Italy during the Renaissance,
the re-emergence of Classical philosophers, and the growth of Humanism. It
will then
discuss the new philosophies forged from the Platonic and Hermetic traditions.
Finally, we look at
some passages from Ficino's book:
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love,
and see how it influenced other love treatises and the
subject matter of some paintings by Italian Renaissance artists.
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Near
Eastern Wisdom & sources of the Divine SOPHIA
Kathleen Damiani, PhD.
http://sophiaandthedragon.com/
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The Metaphysics of Poetry: Emotion,
Eros, and Loss
Richard Harteis, poet
Author: "The Revenant",
"Marathon", "Sapphire Dawn."
http://williammeredithfoundation.org/
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Egypt:
The Spiritual Transformation of the Universe:
Ptah, Osiris, Isis, & Horus
Magda M. Mraz
Artwork:
http://azothgallery.com/
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Geometry
Lessons from the Great Library Knowledge,
myth and transformation in ancient Alexandria.
Steve Bass, A.I.A., I.C.A.
The writers and teachers of the great library of Hellenistic Alexandria created
patterns and images
in the subject of Geometry that set the tone for philosophers and designers
for the next two millenniums.
In this presentation architect Steve Bass will begin to peel back the Aristotlean
surface from the work of
some of the Library's outstanding geometers such as Euclid, Ptolemy, and Eratosthenes
to reveal the
neo-Platonic cosmological geomerties that informed their mathematical imaginations.
Examples will
include: mythic roots of Euclidean lucidity; how the Pythagorean Tetracktys
was morphed into the
Tree of the Kabbalah; how the radius of the earth was measured with only a
stick; and how
Ptolemy's instructions for mapmaking led to the Renaissance rediscovery of
perspective drawing.
Steve Bass is an Instructor at the Institute for Classical Architecture, NYC.
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Historical Introductions
1.
Mesopotamia: The Newborn Universe and the name of Time
2. Ptolemy & Dante : the Absolute Center of
Eternity
3. Tracing Humanism into the Enlightenment and Idealism
-- Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Kant, &
Hegel
Johnes Ruta
http://azothgallery.com/dialectics.html
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ADMISSION
FREE: PLEASE PATRONIZE THE CAFE'
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This
is the 5th in a series of symposia which began in May, 2001:
Gnosis in the Western esoteric tradition
PART
ONE -- Saturday & Sunday, May 26-27, 2001
"SOPHIA IN THE HERMETIC SCIENCES"
PART
TWO -- Saturday & Sunday, November 3 -4, 2001
"THE METAPHYSICAL HISTORY OF TIME"
"Ancient
Forum 2004": Sunday June 20, 2004
ANCIENT SCIENCE, ART, ARCHITECTURE, and LANGUAGE
Alchemist's
Brunch -- Sunday, December 2, 2007
Philosophy Mythology Science
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Topics for the next discussion (open)
Open-Mike
Readings:
The Metaphysical Poets, The Romantics, 20th Century Poets
Original Poetry & Short-Story Readings invited
The Novel : Discussion on any Historical Novel, LITERARY or ART MOVEMENT
The History of Science : Astronomy, Metallurgy, Alchemy
Mythologies East & West
The Greek Philosophers : Geometry, The Atomists & Epicureans
Musical Harmonies : Planets & Particles
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Please RSVP azothgallery@comcast.net
Contact: Johnes Ruta, (203) 387-4933
Video from the Forum will be added to this website following the event.
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