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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 October 2009
      28 January 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511570629
      9780521651585
      9780521039420
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570629
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.555kg, 292 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.442kg, 292 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
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    Neoplatonism is a term used to designate the form of Platonic philosophy that developed in the Roman Empire from the third to the fifth century AD and that based itself on the corpus of Plato's dialogues. Sara Rappe's challenging study analyses Neoplatonic texts themselves using contemporary philosophy of language. It covers the whole tradition of Neoplatonic writing from Plotinus through Proclus to Damascius. Addressing the strain of mysticism in these works, the author shows how these texts reflect actual meditational practices, methods of concentrating the mind, and other mental disciplines that informed the tradition as a whole. In providing such a broad survey of Neoplatonic writing, the book will appeal to classical philosophers classicists as well as students of religious studies.

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    ‘The application of a modern literary approach to the rather esoteric field of neoplatonism is exciting and fruitful. The book is filled with sharp insights and comparisons that I have never seen before in the literature.’

    Lloyd Gerson - University of Toronto

    '… a stimulating and provocative book.'

    Source: Classics Ireland

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