Hierocles of Alexandria

ISBN-13: 9780199249213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 436 str.

Hermann Sadun Schibli

Opis

Hierocles of Alexandria was a Neoplatonic philosopher of the fifth century AD. Hermann S. Schibli surveys his life, writings, and pagan and Christian surroundings, and succintly examines the major points of his philosophy, both contemplative and practical. He includes the first modern English translations, with helpful notes, of Hierocles' Commentary on the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans and of the remnants of his treatise On Providence.

Recenzje

The translation is accurate and accompanied with rich annotations ... The book is furnished with a good bibliography and numerous indices, both detailed and accurate. This is a fine work which deserves the attention of all students of the intellectual history of late antiquity.

O autorze

Hermann S. Schibli is Visiting Professor of Classics at the Universitat Passau, Germany