Religion and Identity in Porphyry of Tyre - The Limits of Hellenism in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Aaron Johnson is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Classics at Lee University, working on the intellectual and cultural history of late antiquity. He is also the author of Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evanglica (2006). Klappentext Examines Porphyry of Tyre's critical engagement with Hellenism in late antiquity, emphasizing philosophical translation as the key to his thought. Zusammenfassung Explores the critical engagement of Porphyry of Tyre with the processes of Hellenism in late antiquity. Based on a careful treatment of all the relevant remains of Porphyry's work! the book argues for a complex unity of thought in the philosopher's work in terms of philosophical translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. At the limits of Hellenism: an introduction; Part I. A World Full of Gods: Porphyry the Theologian: 2. Porphyry's taxonomy of the divine; 3. Salvation, translation, and the limits of cult; 4. The master reader: contexts of translation; Part II. A World Full of Nations: Porphyry the Ethnographer: 5. Knowledge and nations: Porphyry's ethnic argumentation; 6. Ethnic particularism and the limits of Hellenism; 7. The way home: transcending particularism; Epilogue: translation after Porphyry.

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• Authors: Aaron P Johnson, Aaron P. Johnson, Aaron P. (Lee University Johnson, JOHNSON AARON P, Johnson Aaron P.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107012738
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01273-8
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World; Greek Culture in the Roman Wor; Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500