These thinkers' belief in up to three ochemata, or "vehicles" for the soul, was proferred by Iamblichus and Proclus, who both also advocated a form of folk-magic called theurgy. A treatise "On Beauty" from this school was among fifty-four translated by Renaissance scholar Marsilio Ficino. These thinkers thought that Intellect and the World-Soul were first in a hierarchy of "emanations" from The One. Thinkers in this mold included the author of the Isagoge, Porphyry, who edited the Enneads of his teacher Plotinus. For 10 points, name this body-hating, late Roman style of thought, a mystical reworking of ideas from the author of the Symposium.
These thinkers' belief in up to three ochemata, or "vehicles" for the soul, was proferred by Iamblichus and Proclus, who both also advocated a form of folk-magic called theurgy. A treatise "On Beauty" from this school was among fifty-four translated by Renaissance scholar Marsilio Ficino. These thinkers thought that Intellect and the World-Soul were first in a hierarchy of "emanations" from The One. Thinkers in this mold included the author of the Isagoge, Porphyry, who edited the Enneads of his teacher Plotinus. For 10 points, name this body-hating, late Roman style of thought, a mystical reworking of ideas from the author of the Symposium.
These thinkers' belief in up to three ochemata, or "vehicles" for the soul, was proferred by Iamblichus and Proclus, who both also advocated a form of folk-magic called theurgy.
Neoplatonism [or Neoplatonists; prompt on Platonism; prompt on Platonists]