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Hierarchy and the Definition of Order in the Letters of Pseudo-Dionysius
Hathaway, Ronald F.. Ed(S): Pseudo, Dionysius
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pseudo, Dionysius. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
N eoplatonism begins explicitly with Plotinus in the third century of our era. The later Neoplatonism of the fifth and six century schools at Athens and Alexandria was both the continuation of the philosophy of Plotinus and also a pagan ideology. When these schools were closed, despite attempts at compromise at Alexandria and as a result of direct and indirect political pressures and actions, pagan ideology died. Many philosophers, such as Isidore, Asclepiodotus, Damascius, and Olym piodorus, must have foreseen the danger to philosophy, and their extant writings are sprinkled with forebodings. Would the death of pagan ideology, in the ... Read more
N eoplatonism begins explicitly with Plotinus in the third century of our era. The later Neoplatonism of the fifth and six century schools at Athens and Alexandria was both the continuation of the philosophy of Plotinus and also a pagan ideology. When these schools were closed, despite attempts at compromise at Alexandria and as a result of direct and indirect political pressures and actions, pagan ideology died. Many philosophers, such as Isidore, Asclepiodotus, Damascius, and Olym piodorus, must have foreseen the danger to philosophy, and their extant writings are sprinkled with forebodings. Would the death of pagan ideology, in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401184687
SKU
V9789401184687
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