Philo of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria

Author: Maren Niehoff

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 030017523X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This first biography of Philo of Alexandria, one of antiquity's most prolific yet enigmatic authors, traces his intellectual development from Bible interpreter to diplomat in Rome

On Plato’s Timaeus
On Plato’s Timaeus

Author: Calcidius

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 795

ISBN-13: 0674599179

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato’s Timaeus, complemented by commentary and organized into coordinated parts. Its organization subsequently informed the sense of macrocosm and microcosm—of the world and our place in it—which is prevalent in western European thought in the Middle Ages.

Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition
Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition

Author: Christina Hoenig

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1108415806

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.

From Stoicism to Platonism
From Stoicism to Platonism

Author: Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-02-13

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1107166195

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores the process during 100 BCE-100 CE by which dualistic Platonism became the reigning school in philosophy.

The Demiurge in Ancient Thought
The Demiurge in Ancient Thought

Author: Carl Séan O'Brien

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1316240657

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How was the world generated and how does matter continue to be ordered so that the world can continue functioning? Questions like these have existed as long as humanity has been capable of rational thought. In antiquity, Plato's Timaeus introduced the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, to answer them. This lucid and wide-ranging book argues that the concept of the Demiurge was highly influential on the many discussions operating in Middle Platonist, Gnostic, Hermetic and Christian contexts in the first three centuries AD. It explores key metaphysical problems such as the origin of evil, the relationship between matter and the First Principle and the deployment of ever-increasing numbers of secondary deities to insulate the First Principle from the sensible world. It also focuses on the decreasing importance of demiurgy in Neoplatonism, with its postulation of procession and return.