{"product_id":"aeneas-of-gaza-donald-russell-9781472558015","title":"Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius","description":"50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains an English translation of the works by Aeneas of Gaza and Zacharias of Mytilene, accompanied by a detailed introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Russell, John Dillon, Sebastian Gertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472558014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472558015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Donald Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181286846719,"sku":"9781472558015","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff9162d6-aebb-41e3-a1f0-d82128cfc094.jpg?v=1690259609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aeneas-of-gaza-donald-russell-9781472558015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}