Neoplatonic saints : the lives of Plotinus and Proclus by their students / translated with a commentary by Mark Edwards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, Mark U., Jr.

Series:

Translated texts for historians ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plotinus.

Proclus, approximately 410-485.

Proclus.

Neoplatonism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These two texts are fundamental for the understanding not only of Neoplatonism but also of the conventions of biography in late antiquity. Neither has received such extensive annotation before in English, and this new commentary makes full use of recent scholarship. The long introduction is intended both as a beginner's guide to Neoplatonism and as a survey of ancient biographical writing.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangements of his Works; The Suda on Marinus; Marinus of Neapolis: Proclus, or on Happiness; Appendix: The Chronology of Porphyry's Life on Plotinus; Bibliography; Index of Persons, Works and Places named in Porphyry's Plotinus; Index of Persons, Works and Places named in the Proclus of Marinus; Maps;

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84631-364-3

OCLC:

476209484