Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Life

by Liverpool University Press

Overview

The Pythagorean Life is the most extensive surviving source on Pythagoreanism, and has wider interest as an account of the religious aspirations of late antiquity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853233268
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/06/1998
Series:	Translated Texts for Historians LUP , #8
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.49(w) x 5.83(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Gillian Clark is Professor of Ancient History in the University of Bristol. Her current areas of research include a collaborative commentary on Augustine City of God: (see www.augustinecityofgod.net), and in more general terms, Greek and Latin patristics in relation to Graeco-Roman social and intellectual history.

Gillian Clark is Professor of Ancient History in the University of Bristol. Her current areas of research include a collaborative commentary on Augustine City of God: (see www.augustinecityofgod.net), and in more general terms, Greek and Latin patristics in relation to Graeco-Roman social and intellectual history.

Editorial Reviews

"... admirably clear translation and sensible introduction."—The Classical Review

From the Publisher

"...admirably clear translation and sensible introduction."
— The Classical Review

The Classical Review

Iamblichus, whose life spanned the late third and early fourth centuries, wrote this book as the first of ten volumes on the philosophy of Pythagoras. It is the most extensive surviving source on Pythagoreanism. The translator's introduction and commentary set the work in historical and philosophical context, and interpret historical allusions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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