Porphyre, Lettre à Marcella : édition critique, traduction française, introduction et notes / par Jean-François Pradeau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305, author.

Contributor:

Pradeau, Jean-François, translator, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 169.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; volume 169

Language:

French

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Pros Markellan.

Porphyry.

Neoplatonism.

Ethics, Ancient.

Conduct of life.

Virtue.

Pros Markellan (Porphyry).

Physical Description:

148 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Lettre à Marcella

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Language Note:

Texts in Greek with French translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in French.

Summary:

"Porphyrius (234 - 305), Plotinus' disciple and editor of his Enneads, addresses his letter to Marcella, an aging woman, whom he married late in life. He explains to her the reasons for leaving her, after only ten months of marriage. He invites her to leave passions behind to lead a philosophical life along the lines of the major ethical principles inspired by Plato. Porphyrius takes a strong stand as an apologist of traditional philosophical teachings. The Letter to Marcella provides a unique account on the ways and principles along which a philosophical life should be led. The Letter to Marcella survives as a single manuscript that dates from the 15th century. It is here introduced, edited, translated and annotated"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and indexes.

Contains:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Pros Markellan. French. (Pradeau)

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Pros Markellan. Greek. (Pradeau)

Other Format:

Online version: Pradeau, Jean-François. Porphyre - lettre á marcella

ISBN:

9789004685345

9004685340

OCLC:

1407097139