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značajkama recepcije tih spisa, napose teurgije u njima, u okviru renesansnog
novoplatonizma, konkretno u jednog od najznačajnijih njegovih predstavnika
– Frane Petrića.
Ključne riječi: novoplatonizam, teurgija, Kaldejska proroštva, Frane Petrić
NEOPLATONISM AND ORACULA CHALDAICA
Although mentioned in the title, only one segment of the Chaldean Oracles
will be addressed here, and that is theurgy. First presented will be the role
of theurgy in the Oracula Chaldaica and the importance attached to it by Neoplatonic
philosophers, and secondly, the role and meaning of that particular
segment of the Oracula Chaldaica within the Renaissance Neoplatonism.
According to the reports and description as to how the reception of the
Oracula Chaldaica with the Neoplatonists has been interpreted by most historians
of philosophy, theurgy proved to be the moment in Chaldean doctrine
that appealed most to the Neoplatonic thinkers. A succession of authors (from
Dodds, Eitrem, Bidez, Tardieu, Kroll to Dillon, Saffrey et al.) meticulously
analyse the places where Neoplatonic authors dwell on theurgy. However, the
number of those who have conducted similar analysis on the works of Renaissance
Neoplatonists, who from the ‘old’ Neoplatonism (here referred to Plotinus’
philosophical school) inhereted the appreciation and admiration for the
Oracula Chaldaica, the writings which, in the Renaissance too, following in
the footsteps of Proclus, were held to be theodota logia, or divinely announced
statements or prophecies.
The aim of this text is to compare the features of the reception of theurgy
of the Oracula Chaldaica in the Neoplatonists, notably in Porphyry, Iamblichus
and Proclus, with those of the reception of these writings, particularly
theurgy in them, within the Renaissance Neoplatonism and Frane Petrić as one
of its major figures.
Key words: Neoplatonism, theurgy, Oracula Chaldaica, Frane Petrić
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