About this episode

Max Wade discusses Plotinus and his contributions to ancient Greek and Roman metaphysics.

Max completed his PhD at Boston College in spring 2025 and currently teach philosophy at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He primarily work in the history of philosophy, with my primary area of specialization in ancient Greek and Roman metaphysics and natural philosophy. He has also done work on medieval philosophy and cosmology, and is generally interested in exploring pre-modern conceptions of nature, the heavenly bodies and their interactions with terrestrial life, and the artificial-natural divide. His dissertation was on Plotinus’ ontology of artifacts.Wade's site: https://maxwade.online/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9

People in this episode

Host: Hermitix

Guest: Max Wade

Topics covered

• ancient philosophy
• metaphysics
• natural philosophy
• ontology
• cosmology

Keywords

• Plotinus
• ontology
• metaphysics
• ancient philosophy
• natural philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston College, St. Joseph’s University

Books & works: Plotinus

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