Eros in Neoplatonism and its Reception in Christian Philosophy

Showing the ontological importance of eros within the philosophical systems inspired by Plato, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of eros in key texts of the Neoplatonic philosophers, Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite.

Outlining the divergences and convergences between the three brings forward the core idea of love as deficiency in Plotinus and charts how th...