The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity comprises over forty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of the period 200800 CE. Designed as a successor to The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy (edited by A. H. Armstrong), it takes into account some forty years of scholarship since the publication of that volume. The contributors examine philosophy as it entered literature, science and religion, and offer new and extensive assessments of philosophers who until recently have been mostly ignored. The volume also includes a complete digest of all philosophical works known to have been written during this period. It will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in this rich and still emerging field.
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'For this new two-volume history Lloyd Gerson commission[ ed] eminent scholars to contribute chapters, focusing primarily on the period between 200 and 100 CE The contributions are uniformly excellent. In addition to the subtlety with which the myriad philosophical positions and systems are articulated and examined, the contributions all display an impressive acquaintance with the important philological scholarship that informs current attempts to rehabilitate the reputations of authors and works from late antiquity an indispensable reference work for the period ' Michael Fournier, Canadian Journal of History
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This History comprises over forty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of the period 200800 CE.
Volume 1: List of contributors; List of maps; General introduction Lloyd
Gerson; Part I. Philosophy in the Later Roman Empire: Introduction to Part I;
1. The late Roman Empire from the Antonines to Constantine Elizabeth Digeser;
2. The transmission of ancient wisdom: texts, doxographies, libraries Gabor
Betegh;
3. Cicero and the New Academy Carlos Lévy;
4. Platonism Harold
Tarrant;
5. The second Sophistic Ryan Fowler;
6. Numenius Mark Edwards;
7.
Stoicism Brad Inwood;
8. Peripatetics Robert Sharples;
9. The Chaldean
Oracles Sarah Iles Johnston and John F. Finamore;
10. Gnosticism Edward Moore
and John D. Turner;
11. Ptolemy Jacqueline Feke and Alexander Jones;
12.
Galen R. J. Hankinson; Part II. The First Encounter of Judaism and
Christianity with Ancient Greek Philosophy: Introduction to Part II;
13.
Philo of Alexandria David Winston;
14. Justin Martyr Denis Minns;
15. Clement
of Alexandria Catherine Osborne;
16. Origen Emanuela Prinzivalli; Part III.
Plotinus and the New Platonism: Introduction to Part III;
17. Plotinus
Dominic O'Meara;
18. Porphyry and his school Andrew Smith;
19. Iamblichus and
his school John Dillon; Part IV. Philosophy in the Age of Constantine:
Introduction to Part IV;
20. Introduction: the age of Constantine Elizabeth
Digeser;
21. Themistius Inna Kupreeva;
22. The Alexandrian school. Theon of
Alexandria, Hypatia Alain Bernard;
23. Hierocles of Alexandria Hermann
Schibli; Part V. The Second Encounter of Christianity with Ancient Greek
Philosophy: Introduction to Part V;
24. Basil of Caesarea Lewis Ayers and
Andrew Radde-Gallwitz;
25. Gregory of Nyssa Anthony Meredith;
26. Gregory
Nazianzus John McGucken;
27. Calcidius Gretchen Reydams-Schils;
28. Nemesius
of Emesa Beatrice Motta;
29. Synesius of Cyrene Jay Bregman;
30. Marius
Victorinus Stephen A. Cooper;
31. Augustine Giovanni Catapano. Volume 2: Part
VI. Late Platonism: Introduction to Part VI;
32. From Constantine to
Justinian Elizabeth Digeser;
33. Plutarch of Athens Angela Longo;
34.
Syrianus Angela Longo;
35. Proclus Carlos Steel;
36. Ammonius and his school
David Blank;
37. Damascius Gerd van Riel;
38. Olympiodorus Jan Opsomer;
39.
Simplicius Han Baltussen;
40. John Philoponus Koenraad Verrycken;
41.
Priscian, Pseudo-Simplicius F. A. J. De Haas; Part VII. The Third Encounter
of Christianity with Ancient Greek Philosophy: Introduction to Part VII;
42.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Eric Perl;
43. Boethius John Magee;
44.
Maximus the Confessor David Bradshaw;
45. John Scotus Eriugena Wayne Hankey;
Part VIII. Philosophy in Transition: Introduction to Part VIII;
46. Early
Byzantine philosophy Katerina Ierodiakonou and George Zografidis;
47. The
origins of Islamic philosophy Cristina D'Ancona;
48. Ancient becomes
medieval: the reception of ancient Greek philosophy in the Middle Ages
Stephen Gersh; List of works of ancient authors; List of abbreviations;
Bibliography; Index locorum; General index.
Lloyd Gerson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books including Ancient Epistemology (Cambridge, 2009), Aristotle and Other Platonists (2005) and Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato (2004), as well as the editor for The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus (1996).
