商品簡介
Classicists and scholars of philosophy place Syrian philosopher Iamblichus (ca 240-325 AD) in the context of his time and in the context of the chain of the Platonic tradition. Their topics include the Pythagorean way of life in Clement of Alexandria and Iamblichus, the two-fold nature of the soul and the causes of human agency, Iamblichus on mathematical entities, the grades of virtue, Iamblichus' exegesis of Parmenides' hypotheses, and his doctrine of divine henads. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Eugene Afonasin, D. Phil. (2003, St. Petersburg), Candidate of philosophy(1997, Moscow), is Professor of ancient philosophy and Roman law at Novosibirsk State University, Russia. His works include books and shorter studies on Gnosticism, Clement of Alexandria, the Neo-Pythagoreans, and Iamblichus’ Letters.John Dillon, Regius Professor of Greek (Emeritus), at Trinity College Dublin, was educated at Oxford and UC Berkeley. He is author of many works on various aspects of the Platonic tradition, but in particular a number on Iamblichus.John F. Finamore, Ph.D. (1983) in Classics, Rutgers University, is Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He has published extensively on Iamblichus, including (with J. M. Dillon) Iamblichus' De Anima: Text, Translation, and Commentary (Leiden: Brill, 2002).Contributors: Crystal Addey, Eugene Afonasin, Luc Brisson, John Dillon, Adrien Lecerf, Greg Shaw, Daniela Taormina, Claudia Maggi, Svetlana Mesyats, and John Finamore.
