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Essays in Honour of Peter Brown
Andrew Smith
Smith, Andrew
ISBN: 9780954384586
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Classical Press of Wales
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This collection of new studies by leading writers on Late Antiquity treats both the principles of metaphysics and the practical engagement of philosophers. It points to a more substantive and complex involvement in worldly affairs than conventional handbooks admit.
The philosophers of Late Antiquity have sometimes appeared to be estranged from society. 'We must flee everything physical' is one of the most prominent ideas taken by Augustine from Platonic literature. This collection of new studies by leading writers on Late Antiquity treats both the principles of metaphysics and the practical engagement of philosophers. It points to a more substantive and complex involvement in worldly affairs than conventional handbooks admit.
| ISBN | 095438458X | | Pages | 250 | | ISBN13 | 9780954384586
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Classical Press of Wales | | Weight (grammes) | 590 | | Imprint | Classical Press of Wales | | Published in | Swansea | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 240 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2005 | | Width (mm) | 160 | | Library of Congress | 2005279085 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 930 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction by Andrew Smith | | | | 1 | | Philosophy as a profession in late antiquity by John Dillon | | 1 | | 2 | | Movers and shakers by Robin Lane Fox | | 19 | | 3 | | The social concern of the Plotinian sage by Alexandrine Schniewind | | 51 | | 4 | | Action and contemplation in Plotinus by Andrew Smith | | 65 | | 5 | | Man and daimones : do the daimones influence man's life? by Karin Alt | | 73 | | 6 | | A Neoplatonist ethics for high-level officials : Sopatros' letter to Himerios by Dominic J. O'Meara | | 91 | | 7 | | Live unnoticed! : the invisible Neoplatonic politician by Robbert van den Berg | | 101 | | 8 | | Apamea and the Chaldaean Oracles : a holy city and a holy book by Polymnia Athanassiadi | | 117 | | 9 | | Sages, cities and temples : aspects of late antique pythagorism? by Garth Fowden | | 145 | | 10 | | Asceticism and administration in the life of St. John Chrysostom by Aideen Hartney | | 171 | | 11 | | Where Greeks and Christians meet : two incidents in Panopolis and Gaza by Mark Edwards | | 189 | | 12 | | Divine names and sordid deals in Ammonius' Alexandria by Richard Sorabji | | 203 | | 13 | | An Alexandrian Christian response to fifth-century Neoplatonic influence by Edward Watts | | 215 | | 14 | | Appendix : Harran, the Sabians and the late Platonist 'movers' by Robin Lane Fox | | 231 |
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