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The Syriac treatise published in the present volume is in many
respects a unique text. Though it has been preserved anonymously,
there remains little doubt that it belongs to Porphyry of Tyre.
Accordingly, it enlarges our knowledge of the views of the most
famous disciple of Plotinus. The text is an important witness to
Platonist discussions on First Principles and on Plato's concept of
Prime Matter in the Timaeus. It contains extensive quotations from
Atticus, Severus, and Boethus. This text thus provides us with new
textual witnesses to these philosophers, whose legacy remains very
poorly attested and little known. Additionally, the treatise is a
rare example of a Platonist work preserved in the Syriac language.
The Syriac reception of Plato and Platonic teachings has left
rather sparse textual traces, and the question of what precisely
Syriac Christians knew about Plato and his philosophy remains a
debated issue. The treatise provides evidence for the close
acquaintance of Syriac scholars with Platonic cosmology and with
philosophical commentaries on Plato's Timaeus.
This book contains a translation of the Introduction to the
Tetrabiblos written by famous third century philosopher Porphyry.
It is a sort of Astrological Dictionary, defining most of the
technical terms used by the Greek astrologers of the Classical
Period. The volume also contains a translation of the short
treatise on astrological technical terms by Serapio of Alexandria.
About the translator: James Herschel Holden, M.A. is the Research
Director of the American Federation of Astrologers and has been
especially interested in Classical and Medieval astrological works.
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[The Enneads]; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Plotinus Enneades English; Created by Ca 234-Ca 305 Porphyry; McKenna Stephen 1872-1934
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