Interpreting Proclus: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521198493)

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.

Author: Stephen Gersh
ISBN-10: 0521198496
ISBN-13: 9780521198493
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2014
Pages: 417
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.30d