Name: Neoplatonic Philosophy
Brand: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)
SKU: 9780872207080
Price: 48.99 GBP
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Neoplatonic Philosophy

Introductory Readings

Translated by: John Dillon, Translated by: Lloyd P. Gerson

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)

In Stock

£48.99

Format: Hardback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780872207080
Publication Date: 01-Mar-2004

Subjects:
Western philosophy: Ancient
to c 500

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The most comprehensive collection of Neoplatonic writings available in English, this volume provides translations of the central texts of four major figures of the Neoplatonic tradition: Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. The general Introduction gives an overview of the period and takes a brief but revealing look at the history of ancient philosophy from the viewpoint of the Neoplatonists. Historical background--essential for understanding these powerful, difficult, and sometimes obscure thinkers--is provided in extensive footnotes, which also include cross-references to other works relevant to particular passages.

John Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin.

Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

"This is a valuable anthology which makes a selection of key Neoplatonic texts available in new, accurate, and readable translations..." -- Anne Sheppard, Senior Lecturer in Classics, Royal Holloway, University of London.

In addition to being a wonderful addition to the library of any classicist or historian of philosophy, the book can be used as a challenging text for an undergraduate specialized course in later Greek philosophy and even as a major text in a Graduate course in the same area. The academic world has been well served by this intelligently designed volume.--Joseph A. Novak, Philosophy in Review