Neoplatonism

Question 1

What does uomo universale means?

Answer 1

Universal land (Renaissance man)

Question 2

What as the focus of Renaissance man?

Answer 2

A broadly educated person with an understanding of everything, though not an expert in any one thing.
Aprender de todo para tener un conocimiento universal y sepa no solo un tema sino todos

Question 3

What was important in the Renaissance?

Answer 3

The education

Question 4

Who was the character that had a lot of knowledge in the Renaissance?

Answer 4

Leonardo Da vinci

Question 5

What were the knowledges of Leonardo Da Vinci?

Answer 5

• Painted
• Drew
• Inventor
• Study the quatics
• Study the dynamics
• he was a good player too
• He also write backwards

Question 6

What is Neoplatonism?

Answer 6

• Neo means new

- Plato refers to the philosophy of Plato

Question 7

What are the characteristics of the Neoplatonism?

Answer 7

Plato’s idealism (ideal forms) rediscovered by the renaissance
The concrete is not perfect
Illusion to reason to knowledge

Question 8

What are the three Neoplatonic themes?

Answer 8

• The platonic Courtier
• Platonic Government
• Platonic Love

Question 9

What was the Platonic Courtier?

Answer 9

• Book I
• Book IV
• The courtier always tells the truth

Question 10

What was the book I about?

Answer 10

• The flower of the courtier
• How to speak correctly in different forms, how to behave, how to dress
• Courtesy manners

Question 11

What was the Book IV about?

Answer 11

• Is the essential fruit of the Courtier

- To advise the prince

Question 12

What is the Platonic Government ?

Answer 12

• Rule of the one
• Rule of the few/best (oligarchy)
• Rule of the many (Republic vs. Mob rule)

Question 13

What is Plato’s idealism (Ideal forms) ?

Answer 13

• Perfection exist only in a world of ideas
• The concrete is not perfect
• Perfectionism is eternal

Question 14

What is platonism?

Answer 14

• Is a process through were trying to (reason) transcend from the concrete to the abstract in understanding
• From illusion, to reason, to knowledge ( allegory of the cave)
• Your senses deceive you all the time

Question 15

What are the three part division of the NeoPlatonism?

Answer 15

• The concrete
• The reasoned
• The Intellect

Question 16

What is the concrete?

Answer 16

(Earthly form) Shadows on the wall of the cave

Question 17

What is the reasoned?

Answer 17

• Man’s ability to act on reflection rather than instict

- The fire burning in the cave

Question 18

What is the intellect?

Answer 18

• Pure understanding in the abstract

- The light leading man from the darkness of the cave

Question 19

What are the two bests books of the renaissance?

Answer 19

• The book of the courtier

- The Prince by Micheaveli

Question 20

What is the rule of the one?

Answer 20

(Monarch vs Tyrant)
The rule of one can be manifest in its ideal best and it can also be depicted in its ideal worst
- Monarchy (best)
- Tyrant (worst)

Question 21

What prevents the Monarch to become a Tyrant?

Answer 21

The courtier

Question 22

What is the rule of the many?

Answer 22

(Republic vs Mob rule/democracy)

• republic (many)
• Democracy (passion)

Question 23

What is the platonic love?

Answer 23

“Rational love is happier than sensual love…”
The goal is to transcend the physical to the Platonic love (because the physical world always decays)
- Earthly vs spiritual love

Question 24

The Platonic/Rational love…

Answer 24

Is eternal

Spiritual love

Question 25

What are the three faculties of the human soul?

Answer 25

• Senses
• Reason
• Intellect

Question 26

What is the sense faculty?

Answer 26

• Instinctive and earthly not unlike an animal
  -We become attached and we want to possesed
• Our senses deceive us all the time
  Ejemplo de la cita con el hombre hermoso y perfecto

Question 27

What is the sentence of the Book of the courtier that we can not forget?

Answer 27

BEAUTY IS ALWAYS GOOD

Question 28

What is the reason faculty?

Answer 28

Reflective and rational unique to man
- Desires things through rational choice which is proper to man
- to transcend our senses (humanity)
Ejemplo del helado “i want one sundae tomorrow, but not today”

Question 29

What is the intellect faculty?

Answer 29

Opposite of the senses it is pure knowledge unfettered by earthly dross
- Spiritual things

Question 30

What is the Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling frescos?

Answer 30

A Neoplatonic transcendence to God’s divine knowledge

From earthly base appetites, through reason, to intellectual union with God’s divine ligt

Question 31

How many art works are in the sistine chapel?

Answer 31

9

Question 32

What is the intoxication of Noah painting?

Answer 32

Sense

Is shown drunk and nakes

Question 33

What is the Flood?

Answer 33

In the bible the earth is destroyed by a flow because of the sin of the man
Senses

Question 34

What is the sacrifice of Noah?

Answer 34

Based on the senses

Question 35

What is the fall of men painting?

Answer 35

This represents the first moment of human reason

Question 36

What is the creation of eve painting?

Answer 36

Another aspect of human reason

The creation of woman

Question 37

What is the creation of Adam painting?

Answer 37

The most famous
The conscious aspect of humanity
When incadu becomes aware
The creation of man

Question 38

What is the God separates the water and earth painting?

Answer 38

Knowledge

Question 39

What is the God creates sun, moon, and plants on earth painting?

Answer 39

Knowledge

Question 40

What is the God separates light and darkness painting?

Answer 40

“Let there be light”
In the altar
Knowledge