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This study argues that a revolution in the approach to philosophy took place during the first centuries of our era. Covering topics in Stoicism, Hellenistic antisemitism and Jewish apologetic, Platonism, and early Christian philosophy, it examines a trend to seek for the truth in antiquity which shaped the future course of Western thought.
Polemon of Laodicea (near modern Denizli, south-west Turkey) was a
wealthy Greek aristocrat and a key member of the intellectual
movement known as the Second Sophistic. Among his works was the
Physiognomy, a manual on how to tell character from appearance,
thus enabling its readers to choose friends and avoid enemies on
sight. Its formula of detailed instruction and personal
reminiscence proved so successful that the book was re-edited in
the fourth century by Adamantius in Greek, translated and adapted
by an unknown Latin author of the same era, and translated in the
early Middle Ages into Syriac and Arabic. The surviving versions of
Adamantius, Anonymus Latinus, and the Leiden Arabic more than make
up for the loss of the original.
The present volume is the work of a team of leading Classicists
and Arabists. The main surviving versions in Greek and Latin are
translated into English for the first time. The Leiden Arabic
translation is authoritatively re-edited and translated, as is a
sample of the alternative Arabic Polemon. The texts and
translations are introduced by a series of masterly studies that
tell the story of the origins, function, and legacy of Polemon's
work, a legacy especially rich in Islam. The story of the
Physiognomy is the story of how one man's obsession with
identifying enemies came to be taken up in the fascinating
transmission of Greek thought into Arabic.
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Plotinus: The Enneads (Paperback)
Lloyd P. Gerson; Translated by George Boys-Stones, John M Dillon, R.A.H. King, Andrew Smith, …
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The Enneads by Plotinus is a work which is central to the history
of philosophy in late antiquity. This volume is the first complete
edition of the Enneads in English for over seventy-five years, and
also includes Porphyry's Life of Plotinus. Led by Lloyd P. Gerson,
a team of experts present up-to-date translations which are based
on the best available text, the editio minor of Henry and Schwyzer
and its corrections. The translations are consistent in their
vocabulary, making the volume ideal for the study of Plotinus'
philosophical arguments. They also offer extensive annotation to
assist the reader, together with cross-references and citations
which will enable users more easily to navigate the texts. This
monumental edition will be invaluable for scholars of Plotinus with
or without ancient Greek, as well as for students of the Platonic
tradition.
In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of
treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are
now lost. The surviving evidence for these writings constitutes an
invaluable resource for our understanding of Socrates and his
philosophical legacy. The Circle of Socrates presents
new--sometimes the first--English translations of a representative
selection of this evidence, set alongside extracts from Plato and
Xenophon. The texts are arranged according to theme, with concise
introductions that provide an overview of the topics and the main
lines of thought within them. The aim is to give a fuller account
of the philosophical activity of Socrates' immediate followers:
both to shed light on less well known figures (some of whom
inspired schools and movements that were influential in the
development of later thought), and also to improve our grasp of the
intellectual context within which Plato and Xenophon, the most
important of the Socratics, lived and wrote. Included are a general
introduction to the history, content, and character of these
writings; a bibliography; an index of sources; and an index of the
Socratics and their works.
'Middle' Platonism has some claim to be the single most influential
philosophical movement of the last two thousand years, as the
common background to 'Neoplatonism' and the early development of
Christian theology. This book breaks with the tradition of
considering it primarily in terms of its sources, instead putting
its contemporary philosophical engagements front and centre to
reconstruct its philosophical motivations and activity across the
full range of its interests. The volume explores the ideas at the
heart of Platonist philosophy in this period and includes a
comprehensive selection of primary sources, a significant number of
which appear in English translation for the first time, along with
dedicated guides to the questions that have been, and might be,
asked about the movement. The result is a tool intended to help
bring the study of Middle Platonism into mainstream discussions of
ancient philosophy.
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Plotinus: The Enneads (Hardcover)
Lloyd P. Gerson; Translated by George Boys-Stones, John M Dillon, R.A.H. King, Andrew Smith, …
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R4,483
Discovery Miles 44 830
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Enneads by Plotinus is a work which is central to the history
of philosophy in late antiquity. This volume is the first complete
edition of the Enneads in English for over seventy-five years, and
also includes Porphyry's Life of Plotinus. Led by Lloyd P. Gerson,
a team of experts present up-to-date translations which are based
on the best available text, the editio minor of Henry and Schwyzer
and its corrections. The translations are consistent in their
vocabulary, making the volume ideal for the study of Plotinus'
philosophical arguments. They also offer extensive annotation to
assist the reader, together with cross-references and citations
which will enable users more easily to navigate the texts. This
monumental edition will be invaluable for scholars of Plotinus with
or without ancient Greek, as well as for students of the Platonic
tradition.
This is a collection of essays written by leading experts in honour
of Christopher Rowe, and inspired by his groundbreaking work in the
exegesis of Plato. The authors represent scholarly traditions which
are sometimes very different in their approaches and interests, and
so rarely brought into dialogue with each other. This volume, by
contrast, aims to explore synergies between them. Key topics
include: the literary unity of Plato's works; the presence and role
of his contemporaries in his dialogues; the function of myth
(especially the Atlantis myth); Plato's Socratic heritage,
especially as played out in his discussions of psychology; and his
views of truth and being. Prominent among the dialogues discussed
are Euthydemus, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Republic, Theaetetus, Timaeus,
Sophist and Laws.
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of
some seventy articles which together explore the ways in which
ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended
to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and
to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the
primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study.
The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as
a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its
relevance to the way we think about ourselves today.
In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of
treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are
now lost. The surviving evidence for these writings constitutes an
invaluable resource for our understanding of Socrates and his
philosophical legacy. The Circle of Socrates presents
new--sometimes the first--English translations of a representative
selection of this evidence, set alongside extracts from Plato and
Xenophon. The texts are arranged according to theme, with concise
introductions that provide an overview of the topics and the main
lines of thought within them. The aim is to give a fuller account
of the philosophical activity of Socrates' immediate followers:
both to shed light on less well known figures (some of whom
inspired schools and movements that were influential in the
development of later thought), and also to improve our grasp of the
intellectual context within which Plato and Xenophon, the most
important of the Socratics, lived and wrote. Included are a general
introduction to the history, content, and character of these
writings; a bibliography; an index of sources; and an index of the
Socratics and their works.
'Middle' Platonism has some claim to be the single most influential
philosophical movement of the last two thousand years, as the
common background to 'Neoplatonism' and the early development of
Christian theology. This book breaks with the tradition of
considering it primarily in terms of its sources, instead putting
its contemporary philosophical engagements front and centre to
reconstruct its philosophical motivations and activity across the
full range of its interests. The volume explores the ideas at the
heart of Platonist philosophy in this period and includes a
comprehensive selection of primary sources, a significant number of
which appear in English translation for the first time, along with
dedicated guides to the questions that have been, and might be,
asked about the movement. The result is a tool intended to help
bring the study of Middle Platonism into mainstream discussions of
ancient philosophy.
This book traces, for the first time, a revolution in philosophy
which took place during the early centuries of our era. It
reconstructs the philosophical basis of the Stoics' theory that
fragments of an ancient and divine wisdom could be reconstructed
from mythological traditions, and shows that Platonism was founded
on an argument that Plato had himself achieved a full
reconstruction of this wisdom, and that subsequent philosophies had
only regressed once again in their attempts to 'improve' on his
achievement. The significance of this development is highlighted
through parallel studies of the Hellenistic debate over the status
of Jewish culture; and of the philosophical beginnings of
Christianity, where the notions of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in
particular are shown to be tools in the construction of a unified
history of Christian philosophy stretching back to primitive
antiquity.
This is a collection of essays written by leading experts in honour
of Christopher Rowe, and inspired by his groundbreaking work in the
exegesis of Plato. The authors represent scholarly traditions which
are sometimes very different in their approaches and interests, and
so rarely brought into dialogue with each other. This volume, by
contrast, aims to explore synergies between them. Key topics
include: the literary unity of Plato's works; the presence and role
of his contemporaries in his dialogues; the function of myth
(especially the Atlantis myth); Plato's Socratic heritage,
especially as played out in his discussions of psychology; and his
views of truth and being. Prominent among the dialogues discussed
are Euthydemus, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Republic, Theaetetus, Timaeus,
Sophist and Laws.
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