Interpreting Proclus : from antiquity to the renaissance /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gersh, Stephen (επιμελητής)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
• Θέματα: Πρόκλος > 410 ή 12-485
• Φυσική περιγραφή: ix, 409 σ. ; 24 εκ.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο.
• ISBN: 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 (ca 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"--