Proclus and the Chaldean oracles : a study on Proclean exegesis, with a translation and commentary of Proclus' Treatise on Chaldean philosophy / Nicola Spanu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spanu, Nicola, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge monographs in classical studies

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Proclus, approximately 410-485. On the Chaldean philosophy.

Proclus.

Julianus, the Theurgist. Chaldean oracles.

Julianus.

Neoplatonism.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 199 pages).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Nicola Spanu wrote a PhD thesis on Plotinus and his Gnostic disciples and took part in a postdoctoral project on Byzantine cosmology and its relation to Neoplatonism. He has worked as an independent researcher on his second academic publication, which has focused on Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles.

Contents:

Introduction

The Chaldean triad

The structure of the divine dimension

The world's intellectual archetype and the creation of the material dimension

Man and his destiny

Proclus' On Chaldean philosophy : translation and commentary

Conclusions.

Notes:

Greek text edited by Édouard Des Places.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 20, 2020).

Contains:

Container of: Proclus, approximately 410-485. On the Chaldean philosophy. English (Spanu)

Container of: Proclus, approximately 410-485. On the Chaldean philosophy. Greek (Des Places)

Other Format:

Print version: Spanu, Nicola. Proclus and the Chaldean oracles

ISBN:

9781003036623

1003036627

9781000166279

1000166279

9781000166323

1000166325

9781000166378

1000166376

Publisher Number:

40030178812

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