Petrucci Taurus of Beirut

The Other Side of Middle Platonism
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-28056-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Issues in Ancient Philosophy

This volume is the first monograph devoted to the philosophy of Taurus of Beirut, and provides a long-awaited analysis of his texts and their first English translation. Through close examination of the extant witnesses, Petrucci gives a new account of Middle Platonism based on a fresh approach to the theological and cosmological view of Taurus. In this way, the book contributes substantially to the debate on Post-Hellenistic Platonism from the point of view of both exegetical methods and philosophical doctrines, and offers a starting point for a new understanding of many aspects of ancient thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petrucci, Federico M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Taurus in Context
Chapter 2: Taurus on Plato’s Cosmogony. Middle Platonism and Literalism
Chapter 3: Taurus’ Cosmology. The Other Side of Middle Platonism
Chapter 4: Taurus and Middle Platonist Exegesis
Epilogue
Appendix: Taurus of Beirut: A New Collection of Texts with English Translation
Concordances
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Federico M. Petrucci is a Junior Research Fellow at the Department of Classics and Ancient Historyat Durham University, UK.