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Iamblichus and the Foundations of Late Platonism

By John Dillon , Eugene Afonasin , John F. Finamore

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2012
ISBN
9004183272, 9789004183278
ISSN
1871-188X
Google Books ID
K2JIDKvYgo8C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1976259 bytes)
Series
Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition 13
Pages
X+210\221
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-03-18 20:28:44

Description

Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 240-c. 325 C.E.), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, gave new life to Neoplatonism with his many philosophical and religious refinements. Once regarded as a religio-magical quack, Iamblichus is now seen as a philosophical innovator who harmonized not only Platonic philosophy with religious ritual but also Platonism with the ancient philosophical and religious tradition. Building on recent scholarship on Iamblichean philosophy, the ten papers in this volume explore various aspects of Iamblichus' oeuvre. These papers help show that Iamblichus re-invented Neoplatonism and made it the major school of philosophy for centuries after his death.

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