Interpreting Proclus : from antiquity to the Renaissance
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Interpreting Proclus : from antiquity to the Renaissance
Cambridge University Press, 2018
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This is the first book to provide an account of the influence of Proclus, a member of the Athenian Neoplatonic School, during more than one thousand years of European history (c.500-1600). Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. Proclus was also intensively studied in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages and was a major influence on the thought of medieval Georgia. The volume begins with a substantial essay by the editor summarizing the entire history of Proclus' reception. This is followed by the essays of more than a dozen of the world's leading authorities in the various specific areas covered.
Table of Contents
- One thousand years of Proclus: an introduction to his reception Stephen Gersh
- 1. Proclus' life, works, and education of the soul Lucas Siorvanes
- 2. Proclus as exegete Anne Sheppard
- 3. Proclus as theologian Stephen Gersh
- 4. 'Dionysius the Areopagite' John M. Dillon
- 5. The Book of Causes Cristina d'Ancona
- 6. Michael Psellos Dominic J. O'Meara
- 7. Eleventh- to twelfth-century Byzantium Michele Trizio
- 8. Ioane Petritsi Lela Alexidze
- 9. William of Moerbeke, translator of Proclus Carlos Steel
- 10. The University of Paris in the thirteenth century Pasquale Porro
- 11. Dietrich of Freiberg and Berthold of Moosburg Markus Fuhrer and Stephen Gersh
- 12. Nicholas of Cusa Stephen Gersh
- 13. Marsilio Ficino Michael J. B. Allen
- 14. Francesco Patrizi da Cherso Thomas Leinkauf.
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