Arousing Understanding: Proclus' Philosophy of Education Begrip opwekken: De onderwijsfilosofie van Proclus KU Leuven
This work attempts to reconstruct the philosophy of education that can be found in the thought of the late ancient Neoplatonist Proclus. We propose to study Proclus' epistemology by focusing on the learning process, which culminates in the activity of intellection, a concept comparable to the modern notion of understanding. We describe the method that Proclus proposes in order to reach intellection: dialectics. This method consists of a ...