A History of Ancient Philosophy IV - The Schools of the Imperial Age

This book covers the first 500 years of the common era. These years witnessed the revivals of Aristotelianism, Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism, Cynicism, and Pythagoreanism; but by far the most important movement was the revival of Platonism under Plotinus. Here, the historical context of Plotinus is provided including the currents of thought that preceded him and opened the path for him. The presuppositions of the Enneads are made explicit and the thought of Plotinus is reconstructed.
The author reorients the expositions of Middle Platonism and neo-Pythagoreanism. He provides a full exposition of Hermeticism and the doctrines of the Chaldean Oracles. He also defends the notion that Philo of Alexandria nourished a Jewish philosophy, not an eclectic mixture.

About the author

John R. Catan , Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, Brockport, is a former student of Joseph Owens. Dr. Catan also edited St. Thomas Aquinas on the Existence of God: The Collected Papers of Joseph Owens (SUNY Press, 1980) and edited and translated The Concept of First Philosophy and the Unity of the Metaphysics of Aristotle by Giovanni Reale (SUNY Press, 1979).

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Reale
• Assisted by: John R Catan (Editor), John R Catan (Translation), John R. Catan (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.1990
• EAN: 9780791401286
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0128-6
• No. of pages: 574
• Weight: 1034 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy (Har; SUNY Series in Philosophy (Har; Suny Philosophy
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day