A Platonic evangelist’s lectures on the good life. Maximus of
Tyre, active probably in the latter half of the second century AD,
was a devoted Platonist whose only surviving work consists of
forty-one brief addresses on various topics of ethical,
philosophical, and theological import including the nature of
divinity, the immortality of the soul, the sources of good and
evil, the injustice of vengeance, the tyranny of pleasures and
desires, the contribution of the liberal arts, and the pursuit of
happiness, among many others. These addresses are conveniently
labeled orations, but their fluid and hybrid style resists precise
generic categorization, so that they could also be called
discourses, speeches, lectures, talks, inquiries, essays, or even
sermons. In his orations Maximus strove to elucidate the
philosophical life of virtue, especially as exemplified in the
career of Socrates and in the writings of Plato, inviting his
audience, sometimes addressed as young men, to share in his
knowledge, to appreciate his fresh presentation of philosophical
topics, and perhaps even to join him in pursuing philosophy.
Drawing on the Hellenic cultural tradition from Homer to the death
of Alexander the Great, Maximus offers a rich collection of the
famous philosophical, literary, and historical figures, events,
ideas, successes, and failures that constituted Greek paideia in
the so-called Second Sophistic era. This edition of Maximus’
Philosophical Orations offers a fresh translation, ample
annotation, and a text fully informed by current scholarship.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Loeb Classical Library |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| Authors: |
Maximus of Tyre
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| Editors: |
William H. Race
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| Dimensions: |
162 x 108mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-99757-8 |
| Subtitles: |
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-674-99757-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780674997578 |
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