Neoplatonic Saints: The Lives of Plotinus and Proclus by their Students / Edition 1

by Liverpool University Press

Overview

These two texts are fundamental for the understanding not only of Neoplatonism but also of the conventions of biography in late antiquity. Neither 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853236153
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/03/2001
Series:	Translated Texts for Historians LUP , #35
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mark Edwards is University Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Porphyry: On The Life of Plotinus and The Arrangement of His Works
The Suda on Marinus
Marinus of Neapolis: Proclus, or on Happiness
Appendix: The Chronology of Porphyry's Life of Plotinus
Bibliography
Index to Porphyry
Index to Marinus
Map 1: The World of The Neoplatonists
Map 2: Athens in The Time of Proclus