Dr. Carl Sean O'Brien

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Greek and Latin Philology,History of Philosophy
Keywords	Christianity, Demiurge, Gnosticism, Metaphysics, Neoplatonism

Current contact address

Country	Germany
City	Heidelberg
Institution	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Institute	Philosophisches Seminar
Homepage	http://www.philosophie.uni-hd.de/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jens Halfwassen	Philosophisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship	01/03/2012

Programme(s)

2011	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2016	Dr. Carl Sean O'Brien: Plotinus and the Soul's logos as the structuring principle of the World. In: Jens Halfwassen, Tobias Dangel, Carl O'Brien,, Seele und Materie im Neuplatonismus/Soul and Matter in Neoplatonism. Universitätsverlag Winter, 2016. 105-133
2016	Dr. Carl Sean O'Brien: Prayer in Maximus of Tyre. In: John Dillon, Andrei Timotin, Platonic Theories of Prayer. E.J. Brill, 2016. 58-72
2016	Jens Halfwassen, Tobias Dangel, Carl Sean O'Brien (eds.): Seele und Materie im Neuplatonismus/ Soul and Matter in Neoplatonism. Universitätsverlag Winter, 2016
2015	Dr. Carl Sean O'Brien: Creation, Cosmogony and Cappadocian Cosmology. In: Nicu Dumitrascu, The Ecumenical Legacy of the Cappadocians. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. 7-20
2015	Carl Sean O'Brien: The Demiurge in Ancient Thought. Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators.. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2012	Carl Sean O'Brien: The Middle Platonist Demiurge and Stoic Cosmobiology. In: Horizons: Seoul Journal of Humanities (= Song, E. (ed.) Demiurge: The World-Maker in the Platonic Tradition), 2012, 19-39