Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus (Classical Literature and Society) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus This book offers a survey of the teachings of, and relations between, four leading figures in third-century Platonism: Longinus, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus.
Full description- Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Published: 30 December 2006
- Format: Paperback 198 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
- ISBN 13: 9780715635636 ISBN 10: 0715635638
- Sales rank: 1,320,027
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Full description for Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus
This book offers a survey of the teachings of, and relations between, four leading figures in third-century Platonism: Longinus, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus. It documents and explains the coalescence of Aristotelian and Platonic elements in the Platonic tradition before the 3rd century, considers the effect of the new political environment on these thinkers, and argues that the antagonistic interests of the two older men (Longinus and Plotinus) were combined in the work of the two younger figures (Porphyry and Iamblichus) without sacrifice of coherence, rationality or fidelity to Plato. The authorship of the treatise on the sublime, the question of mysticism in Plotinus and the relation of Neoplatonism to ancient Christianity are among the topics discussed.
