Interpreting Proclus : from antiquity to the renaissance / edited by Stephen Gersh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gersh, Stephen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proclus, approximately 410-485.

Proclus.

Physical Description:

ix, 409 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"This is the first book to provide an account of the influence of Proclus, a member of the Athenian Neoplatonic School, during more than one thousand years of European history (ca 500-1600). Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. Proclus was also intensively studied in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages and was a major influence on the thought of medieval Georgia. The volume begins with a substantial essay by the editor summarizing the entire history of Proclus' reception. This is followed by the essays of more than a dozen of the world's leading authorities in the various specific areas covered"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

One thousand years of Proclus: an introduction to his reception / Stephen Gersh; 1. Proclus' life, works, and education of the soul / Lucas Siorvanes; 2. Proclus as exegete Anne Sheppard; 3. Proclus as theologian / Stephen Gersh; 4. 'Dionysius the Areopagite' / John M. Dillon; 5. The Book of Causes / Cristina d'Ancona; 6. Michael Psellos / Dominic J. O'Meara; 7. Eleventh- to twelfth-century Byzantium / Michele Trizio; 8. Ioane Petritsi / Lela Alexidze; 9. William of Moerbeke, translator of Proclus / Carlos Steel; 10. The University of Paris in the thirteenth century / Pasquale Porro; 11. Dietrich of Freiberg and Berthold of Moosburg / Markus Führer and Stephen Gersh; 12. Nicholas of Cusa / Stephen Gersh; 13. Marsilio Ficino / Michael J. B. Allen; 14. Francesco Patrizi da Cherso / Thomas Leinkauf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version

ISBN:

9780521198493

0521198496

OCLC:

877850817

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