NGTS-10b: Discovery of a Doomed Planet
By arguing that Hegel was not only a mystic, but that he was specifically the consummate Neoplatonist, I address in my thesis the part his philosophy played in a continuum that was and is by its nature always open to development – running from the idealism of Plotinus (consciousness is primary) to its ‘inversion’ in the materialism of Marx (matter is primary). My thesis also argues that Hegel’s system, encapsulated in his Encyclopaedia, is based on Proclus’ triad of triads and that Hegel was fully aware of Cusanus whose De docta ignorantia was also structured on that triad, never mentioning him both because of the degree to which he was indebted to him and because of the implications of that acknowledgement. I provide evidence from Hegel’s own sources.
Konstantin Yuon, ‘A New Planet,’ 1921. Tempera on cardboard, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
I address Magee’s claim that Hegel was an Hermeticist and argue that Magee misrepresented both the Hermetica and Hermeticism in order to argue that claim. I also argue that the response of the ideologues of the bourgeoisie to the revolutionary core that Marx and Engels brought out in Neoplatonism encapsulates why Hegel’s thorough-going Neoplatonism is not acknowledged by them. With ‘the tremendous power of the negative’ – the source of all development, before which everything is also ‘doomed’ – as that core, this current is the greatest current in Western philosophy, and now, as dialectical materialism, is the epistemology of the future.
The Crab Nebula and its pulsar
‘Hegel the consummate Neoplatonist’ A
‘Hegel the consummate Neoplatonist’ B
materialism, mysticism and art 
I am just getting into reading Plotinus using O’Meara’s introduction as a guide trying to make sense of it. Your books look interesting.
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Hello Frank,
I hope you are richly rewarded in your research into Plotinus – his philosophy has inspired much of the greatest Western creativity. On p.116 of O’Meara’s book it states of Stephen MacKenna’s translation of the Enneads ‘When his translation was published (1917-30) it was greeted as a literary masterpiece.’ I fully agree – Penguin has published an abridged edition. Thank you for noting my thesis which I posted with a choice of covers. Best regards, Phil
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Look’n good Phil! I’ve downloaded your pdf books and will treasure them always. Thank you
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Hi Jason, thank you for your most kind words and for your ‘likes’ when I was processing my thesis. I thought of them always as encouragement.
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A part of you will remain alive through me.
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Hi Jason, that is most generous of you and I appreciate your words very much. Thank you. What are your current and future creative projects in addition to what you are posting on your blog?
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For starters I’ve been taking a philosophy class at Memorial University in Arthur Schopenhauer.
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Hi philstanfield, What is ‘matter’ ?
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Hi, matter is objective reality, which exists independently of consciousness and is reflected by it. It is therefore prior to consciousness. Electromagnetic and gravitational fields are types of matter.
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Hi philstanfield,
What is subjective reality?
O.R.
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Hi philstanfield,
Please also see my comment on:
“Lenin: Is motion without matter conceivable? – part two”
O.R.
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