Porphyry, a native of Phoenicia educated in Athens and Rome during
the third century AD, was one of the most important Platonic
philosophers of his age. In this book, Professor Johnson rejects
the prevailing modern approach to his thought, which has posited an
early stage dominated by 'Oriental' superstition and irrationality
followed by a second rationalizing or Hellenizing phase consequent
upon his move west and exposure to Neoplatonism. Based on a careful
treatment of all the relevant remains of Porphyry's originally vast
corpus (much of which now survives only in fragments), he argues
for a complex unity of thought in terms of philosophical
translation. The book explores this philosopher's critical
engagement with the processes of Hellenism in late antiquity. It
provides the first comprehensive examination of all the strands of
Porphyry's thought that lie at the intersection of religion,
theology, ethnicity and culture.
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