Neoplatonism - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

A set of mystical texts called the Chaldean Oracles influenced the metaphysics of thinkers in this tradition, such as Proclus and Iamblichus. For 10 points each:

[10e] Plotinus belonged to what philosophical tradition that interpreted, and was named for, the author of the dialogues Crito and Euthyphro?

ANSWER: Neoplatonism [accept word forms like Neoplatonic; prompt on Platonism]

[10m] This Neoplatonic philosopher from Tyre produced the first known exegesis of the Chaldean Oracles and also wrote Philosophy from Oracles. This author of the Isagoge edited and published the Enneads of his teacher Plotinus.

ANSWER: Porphyry of Tyre [or Porphyrios]

[10h] The Chaldean Oracles are usually credited to a writer named Julian whose epithet references this practice. Iamblichus and Porphyry feuded over this branch of magic, which is contrasted with the practical thaumaturgy.

ANSWER: theurgy [accept Theurgia; accept Julian the Theurgist; prompt on divine magic or divine-working]

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California	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	10.00	67%	17%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	16.67	83%	67%	17%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%

Data


UC Berkeley A	UCLA	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCSD	10	0	0	10
Michigan State	Carnegie Mellon A	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State A	0	0	0	0
Illinois B	WashU B	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
BU	Harvard B	10	10	0	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield	Warwick B	10	0	0	10
Southampton A	LSE	10	0	0	10
UC Berkeley B	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UCF B	UCF C	10	0	0	10
Carnegie Mellon B	Case Western B	0	0	0	0
Ohio State B	Case Western A	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	Missoui S&T	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Winona State	10	0	0	10
Brandeis B	Brandeis A	10	0	0	10
UMass Boston	Dartmouth A	0	0	0	0
Harvard A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Georgetown A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame B	Georgetown B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Iowa	10	0	0	10
Stanford B	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Oxford C	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Warwick A	NYU C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Oxford B	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	George Washington B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
George Washington A	Yale A	0	0	0	0
Binghamton A	RIT B	0	0	0	0
Cornell D	ESF A	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	Florida A	0	0	0	0
Valencia A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Kenyon	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Illinois A	10	0	0	10
Missouri	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Minnesota B	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Carleton	0	0	0	0
MIT A	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Purdue	Notre Dame C	10	0	0	10
Texas B	TAMU	10	0	0	10
ASU	Texas A	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Bristol	Imperial B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Oxford A	10	0	0	10
Manchester	Durham	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	Southampton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Haverford B	Maryland A	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Maryland B	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Haverford A	10	0	0	10
John Jay College	Penn A	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Cornell C	10	0	0	10