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Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus

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This book offers a survey of the teachings of, and relations between, four leading figures in third-century Platonism: Longinus, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus. It documents and explains the coalescence of Aristotelian and Platonic elements in the Platonic tradition before the 3rd century, considers the effect of the new political environment on these thinkers, and argues that the antagonistic interests of the two older men (Longinus and Plotinus) were combined in the work of the two younger figures (Porphyry and Iamblichus) without sacrifice of coherence, rationality or fidelity to Plato. The authorship of the treatise on the sublime, the question of mysticism in Plotinus and the relation of Neoplatonism to ancient Christianity are among the topics discussed.

Author Biography

Mark Edwards is University Lecturer in Patristics at Oxford.
Release date NZ
October 31st, 2006
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Audience
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Bristol Classical Press
Pages
198
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
162x231x16
ISBN-13
9780715635636
Product ID
3244866

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