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    Proclus: An Introduction.Radek Chlup - 2012 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Proclus of Lycia was one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity, producing the most systematic version of late Neoplatonic thought. He exercised enormous influence on Byzantine, medieval, Renaissance and German Classical philosophy, ranking among the top five of ancient philosophers in terms of the number of preserved works. Despite this he is rarely studied now, the enormous intricacy of his system making the reading of his treatises difficult for beginners. This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to all the basic (...)
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    Proclus' Theory of Evil: An Ethical Perspective.Radek Chlup - 2009 - International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 3 (1):26-57.
    While the metaphysical aspects of Proclus' theory of evil have recently been studied by a number of scholars, its ethical implications have largely been neglected. In my paper I am analysing the moral consequences that Proclus' concept of evil has, at the same time using the ethical perspective to throw more light on Proclus' ontology. Most importantly, I argue that the difference between bodily and psychic evil is much more substantial that it might seem from On the Existence of Evils (...)
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    Covid Vaccination Disputes in Czechia: Political Myth-Making and Boundary Work.Radek Chlup - 2023 - Minerva 61 (3):383-405.
    The paper argues that one of the reasons the suppression of scientific dissent during the Covid pandemic has been so severe was because the dominant scientific Covid narrative has been turned into a political myth, i.e. a narrative mobilizing groups in support of key moral values. Taking the example of Covid vaccination, I show the key values with which it became linked in Czechia. Questioning vaccination came to be seen as endangering these values, which made scientific dissent appear as particularly (...)
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  4. Obhajoba alegorického výkladu u novoplatonika Prokla.Radek Chlup - 2008 - Reflexe: Filosoficky Casopis 34:53-79.
    Alegorický výklad patří v dějinách evropského myšlení k nejstarším a nejvlivnějším interpretačním metodám. Jeho počátky sahají do 6. stol. př. Kr. a velkého rozkvětu dosáhl zejména v rukou stoiků a středoplatoniků i novoplatoniků, jejichž prostřednictvím posléze hluboce pronikl i do křes_anské a židovské filosofie. Z dnešního hlediska se nicméně na první pohled jedná o výkladovou metodu značně problematickou. Jejím základním předpokladem je, že básník chce svými obraznými vyjádřeními „říci něco jiného“ . Cílem interpretace je stanovit, jaký byl skutečný „skrytý úmysl“ (...)
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    Plutarch's Dualism and the Delphic Cult.Radek Chlup - 2000 - Phronesis 45 (2):138-158.
    The article interprets Plutarch's dualism in the light of the Apollo-Dionysus opposition as presented in "De E" 388e-389c, arguing that Plutarch is no dualist in the strict sense of the word. A comparison of "De E" 393f-394a with "De Iside" 369b-d shows that it is only in the sublunary realm of Nature that Plutarch assumes a duality of two distinct Powers; at the higher levels of reality the divine is unified and harmonious. If Plutarch fails to emphasize this point clearly (...)
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    Second-Order Liminality: Dynamics of Ritual Change in the Basel Fasnacht.Radek Chlup & Olga Cieslarová - 2020 - Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 28 (2):276-313.
    Taking the example of the Basel carnival Fasnacht, the paper shows in what way ritual can maintain the impression of being traditional and unchanging, and yet be open to changes and innovations. As the basic conceptual framework we use the notion of liminality, which Victor Turner identified as the creative moment of ritual. In Fasnacht, this liminal dimension appears in two degrees. The carnival as such represents a reflexive liminal counterpart to the standard social structure, yet it is itself also (...)
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    The Semantics of Fertility.Radek Chlup - 2007 - Kernos 20:69-95.
    During the last 100 years, several interpretations of the Thesmophoria have been advanced. Following the typology of H.S. Versnel, we can classify these interpretations as substantive, functionalist and cosmological. The three approaches can be seen as comple­mentary, but in practice they are hardly ever pursued simultaneously. This article examines how they fit together. In particular, it re-examines the subject of fertility, asking how it fits in with the wider social and ideological issues to which Detienne and others have drawn attention (...)
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    Proclus on Nature. Philosophy of Nature and Its Methods in Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus. [REVIEW]Radek Chlup - 2012 - Ancient Philosophy 32 (1):223-227.
  9. Book Review. [REVIEW]Radek Chlup - 2009 - Reflexe: Filosoficky Casopis 36:146-149.
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