Studies on the Neoplatonist Hierocles

Studies on the Neoplatonist Hierocles

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 94, part 1)

$45.00

Publication Date: 1st January 2004

An updated & slightly abridged English translation of the author’s previous work on the 5th century B.C. Neoplatonist Hierocles, published in various places. This work allows Hierocles’ median... Read More
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An updated & slightly abridged English translation of the author’s previous work on the 5th century B.C. Neoplatonist Hierocles, published in various places. This work allows Hierocles’ median... Read More
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An updated & slightly abridged English translation of the author’s previous work on the 5th century B.C. Neoplatonist Hierocles, published in various places. This work allows Hierocles’ median position in the history of Neoplatonic philosophy, between Iamblichus & Syrianus-Proclus, to emerge. Contents: (I) Biographical Elements; (II) Hierocles’ Ideas on the History of Platonic Philosophy; (III) Hierocles’ Philosophical Ideas on Matter, the Demiurge, & the Soul; & (IV) Hierocles’ Philosophical Ideas on Providence. Translated from the French.
Details
  • Price: $45.00
  • Pages: 152
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
  • Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
  • Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
  • Publication Date: 1st January 2004
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9780871699411
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers
Reviews
"A seminal work of impressive scholarship featuring extensive notations and comprehensive indexes…[A]n extraordinary and strongly recommended addition to academic library ‘History of Philosophy’ reference collections."
- Paul T. Vogel, The Midwest Book Review
An updated & slightly abridged English translation of the author’s previous work on the 5th century B.C. Neoplatonist Hierocles, published in various places. This work allows Hierocles’ median position in the history of Neoplatonic philosophy, between Iamblichus & Syrianus-Proclus, to emerge. Contents: (I) Biographical Elements; (II) Hierocles’ Ideas on the History of Platonic Philosophy; (III) Hierocles’ Philosophical Ideas on Matter, the Demiurge, & the Soul; & (IV) Hierocles’ Philosophical Ideas on Providence. Translated from the French.
  • Price: $45.00
  • Pages: 152
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
  • Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
  • Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
  • Publication Date: 1st January 2004
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9780871699411
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers
"A seminal work of impressive scholarship featuring extensive notations and comprehensive indexes…[A]n extraordinary and strongly recommended addition to academic library ‘History of Philosophy’ reference collections."
– Paul T. Vogel, The Midwest Book Review