The De Wulf–Mansion Centre carries out research in Ancient philosophy, in particular on the transformation of Platonic thought in late Antiquity. In the beginning of the history of interpretation of Plato (until 2nd c. AD), authors tended to emphasize the aporetic character of Platonic philosophy. From the 2nd c. AD onwards, however, the attitude towards Plato was undergoing a thorough modification. The 'Neo-Platonic' thinkers, as the philosophers of this era are called, pay almost exclusivel...