Armstrong, A. H. (Arthur Hilary)

The Cambridge history of later Greek and early medieval philosophy by A. H Armstrong( Book )
54 editions published between 1967 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,226 libraries worldwide
Surveys philosophy from the neo-Platonists to St. Anselm, showing how Greek philosophy took the form in which it was known to its cultural inheritors and how they interpreted it

Plotinus by Plotinus( Book )
53 editions published between 1953 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,046 libraries worldwide
PLOTINUS (A.D. 204/5-270), possibly of Roman descent, but certainly a Greek in education and environment, was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. Practically nothing is known of his early life, but at the age of 28 he came to Alexandria, and studied philosophy with Ammonius 'Saccas' for 11 years. Wishing to learn the philosophy of the Persians and Indians he joined the expedition of Gordian III against the Persians in 243, not without subsequent danger. Aged 40 he came to Rome and taught philosophy there till shortly before his death. In 253 he began to write and continued to do so till the last year of his life. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads). He regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neophthagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. There is no real trace of Oriental influence on his thought, and he was passionately opposed to Gnosticism. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. He was deeply respected by many members of the Roman aristocracy and a personal friend of the Emperor Gallienus and his wife. He devoted much of his time to the care of orphan children to whom he had been appointed guardian. But before his death his circle of friends had broken up, and he died alone except for his faithful friend and doctor Eustochius. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Moslems, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience

An introduction to ancient philosophy by A. H Armstrong( Book )
72 editions published between 1947 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,707 libraries worldwide

Christian faith and Greek philosophy by A. H Armstrong( Book )
15 editions published between 1960 and 1967 in English and Undetermined and held by 798 libraries worldwide

Classical Mediterranean spirituality : Egyptian, Greek, Roman ( Book )
14 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and held by 753 libraries worldwide

Expectations of immortality in late antiquity by A. H Armstrong( Computer File )
5 editions published between 1987 and 1989 in English and held by 717 libraries worldwide

The architecture of the intelligible universe in the philosophy of Plotinus; an analytical and historical study by A. H Armstrong( Book )
38 editions published between 1940 and 2013 in English and held by 439 libraries worldwide

Neoplatonism and early Christian thought : essays in honour of A.H. Armstrong ( Book )
9 editions published between 1981 and 1992 in English and held by 384 libraries worldwide

Plotinian and Christian studies by A. H Armstrong( bks|url )
11 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide

Re-discovering Eastern Christendom; essays in commemoration of Dom Bede Winslow by A. H Armstrong( Book )
10 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 243 libraries worldwide