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

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Edwards, M. J. (Mark J.)

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Translated texts for historians ; v. 35.Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (lx, 150 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781846313646
1846313643

Contained works:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Life of Plotinus. English (Edwards)
Marinus, active 5th century. Vita Procli. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Neoplatonic saints.DDC classification:

186.4 22

LOC classification:

B693.Z7 N46 2000eb

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Contents:

On the life of Plotinus and the arrangement of his works / Porphyry -- Proclus, or, On happiness / Marinus of Napolis.

Review: "This volume presents two texts that are fundamental for the understanding not only of Neoplatonism but also of the conventions of biography in late antiquity. Porphyry's memoir, On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of his Works, is a robust defence of the founder of Neoplatonism against posthumous criticism from astrologers and other philosophers. Written by one of his pupils, Porphyry, it is as much a vindication of its author as an encomium of its subject. Proclus, or On Happiness, also written by a pupil of the master, sets out to show how Proclus had lived his own philosophy. Both of these translations illuminate the ancient view that the worth of a philosopher derived as much from the quality of his life as the merits of his writings. Neither work 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."--Publisher description

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-142) indexes.

On the life of Plotinus and the arrangement of his works / Porphyry -- Proclus, or, On happiness / Marinus of Napolis.

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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"This volume presents two texts that are fundamental for the understanding not only of Neoplatonism but also of the conventions of biography in late antiquity. Porphyry's memoir, On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of his Works, is a robust defence of the founder of Neoplatonism against posthumous criticism from astrologers and other philosophers. Written by one of his pupils, Porphyry, it is as much a vindication of its author as an encomium of its subject. Proclus, or On Happiness, also written by a pupil of the master, sets out to show how Proclus had lived his own philosophy. Both of these translations illuminate the ancient view that the worth of a philosopher derived as much from the quality of his life as the merits of his writings. Neither work 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."--Publisher description

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