Neoplatonism (Classical life and letters) - Hardcover

Wallis, R.T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715606204 ISBN 13: 9780715606209

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972

Synopsis

Neoplatonism, a development of Plato’s metaphysical and religious teaching, whose best-known representatives were Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus and Proclus, was the dominant philosophical school of the later Roman Empire and has been a major influence of European and Near Eastern thought and culture ever since. Yet the school’s philosophy is only now coming to be studied in detail by historians of philosophy, largely because of the difficulty of the Neoplatonists’ writings and the lack of a good summary exposition. This defect Dr. Wallis sought to remedy in this, the first full-length study of the school by a single author to appear for over half a century. Lloyd Gerson’s new Foreword sets that contribution in context; he also provides an up-dated Bibliography.

About this title

About the Author

Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

Review

"An admirable account of a very difficult subject, remarkable for the erudition that clearly lies behind it as well as for its lucidity and good sense." --Times Literary Supplement

Edition details

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715606204
• ISBN 13: 9780715606209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208