Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.36.7, pp. 4417-4490
 
Divine Providence in the Philosophy of the Empire
by Myrto Dragona-Monachou, Rethymnon, Crete

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

4418

1. Providence in Ancient Philosophy

4418

2. Plato's Doctrine of Providence

4419

3. Aristotle and Divine Providence

4422

4. Divine Providence in Early Stoicism

4424

5. Panaetius and Posidonius

4434

II. Divine Providence in the Philosophy of the Empire

4436

1. Divine Providence in Late Stoicism

4436

a) Seneca on Providence

4436

b) Epictetus's Doctrine of Divine Providence

4443

c) Divine Providence in Marcus Aurelius

4447

2. Divine Providence in Pre-Neoplatonism

4453

a) General

4453

b) Philo's Doctrine of Providence

4456

c) Plutarch and Pseudo-Plutarch on Providence and Fate

4461

d) Albinus and Divine Providence

4464

e) Apuleius on the Relationship of Providence to Fate

4467

f) Calcidius on Providence and Fate

4469

g) Maximus of Tyre's view of Providence and the Problem of Evil

4472

h) Divine Providence in the Pre-Neoplatonists Atticus, Galen, Nicomachus of Gerasa and Numenius

4473

a') Atticus

4473

b') Galen

4474

c') Nicomachus of Gerasa

4474

d') Numenius

4475

3. Divine Providence in Neoplatonism

4476

a) Plotinus's Doctrine of Providence

4486

b) Proclus's Doctrine of Providence as Divine Justice

4487
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