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Philosophy in late antiquity

Author: Andrew Smith
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Philosophy in Late Antiquity provides an essential new introduction to the key ideas of the Neoplatonists which affects approaches to Plato as late as the nineteenth century. Andrew Smith also shows how they influenced Christian thought. His approach not only allows us to appreciate these philosophical ideas in their own right. It also gives us significant insights into the mentality of the age which produced  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew Smith
ISBN: 0415225108 9780415225106 0415225116 9780415225113 0415285461 9780415285469 041528547X 9780415285476
OCLC Number: 54046976
Description: xi, 151 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The individual --
The one --
Intellect --
Soul, the universe and matter --
The return of the soul --
Philosophy and religion --
The development of Neoplatonism --
Christianity and neoplatonism.
Responsibility: Andrew Smith.
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Abstract:

"Philosophy in Late Antiquity provides an essential new introduction to the key ideas of the Neoplatonists which affects approaches to Plato as late as the nineteenth century. Andrew Smith also shows how they influenced Christian thought. His approach not only allows us to appreciate these philosophical ideas in their own right. It also gives us significant insights into the mentality of the age which produced them."--BOOK JACKET.

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