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VOLUME I
List of contributors

page xi

List of maps

xv

General introduction
lloyd p. gerson

I Philosophy in the later Roman Empire

Introduction to Part I

11

1 The late Roman Empire from the Antonines to Constantine

elizabeth depalma digeser

13

2 The transmission of ancient wisdom: texts, doxographies, libraries

ga bor betegh

25

3 Cicero and the New Academy

carlos levy

39

4 Platonism before Plotinus

harold tarrant

63

5 The Second Sophistic

ryan fowler

100

6 Numenius of Apamea
mark edwards

115

7 Stoicism
brad inwood

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8 Peripatetics
robert w. sharples

140

9 The Chaldaean Oracles

john f. namore and sarah iles johnston

161

10 Gnosticism
edward moore and john d. turner

174

11 Ptolemy
jacqueline feke and alexander jones

197

12 Galen
r. j. hankinson

210

II The rst encounter of Judaism and Christianity with

ancient Greek philosophy
Introduction to Part II

233

13 Philo of Alexandria
david winston

235

14 Justin Martyr
denis minns

258

15 Clement of Alexandria
catherine osborne

270

16 Origen
emanuela prinzivalli

283

III Plotinus and the new Platonism

Introduction to Part III

299

17 Plotinus
dominic j. omeara

301

18 Porphyry and his school

andrew smith

325

19 Iamblichus of Chalcis and his school

john dillon

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IV Philosophy in the age of Constantine
Introduction to Part IV
20 Philosophy in a Christian empire: from the great persecution to
Theodosius I
elizabeth depalma digeser

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376

21 Themistius
inna kupreeva

397

22 The Alexandrian school. Theon of Alexandria and Hypatia

alain bernard

417

23 Hierocles of Alexandria
hermann schibli

437

V The second encounter of Christianity with ancient

Greek philosophy
Introduction to Part V

457

24 Basil of Caesarea
lewis ayres and andrew radde-gallwitz

459

25 Gregory of Nyssa
anthony meredith

471

26 Gregory of Nazianzus
john a. mcguckin

482

27 Calcidius
gretchen reydams-schils

498

28 Nemesius of Emesa
beatrice motta

509

29 Synesius of Cyrene
jay bregman

520

30 Marius Victorinus
stephen a. cooper

538

31 Augustine
giovanni catapano

552

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VI Late Platonism
Introduction to Part VI

page 583

32 From Constantine to Justinian

elizabeth depalma digeser

585

33 Plutarch of Athens
angela longo

608

34 Syrianus
angela longo

616

35 Proclus
carlos steel

630

36 Ammonius Hermeiou and his school

david blank

654

37 Damascius
gerd van riel

667

38 Olympiodorus
jan opsomer

697

39 Simplicius of Cilicia
han baltussen

711

40 John Philoponus
koenraad verrycken

733

41 Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the soul

f. a. j. de haas

756

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VII The third encounter of Christianity with ancient
Greek philosophy
Introduction to Part VII

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42 Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

eric perl

767

43 Boethius
john magee

788

44 Maximus the Confessor

david bradshaw

813

45 John Scotus Eriugena

wayne hankey and lloyd p. gerson

829

VIII Philosophy in transition

Introduction to Part VIII

841

46 Early Byzantine philosophy

katerina ierodiakonou and george zogradis

843

47 The origins of Islamic philosophy

cristina dancona

869

48 Ancient philosophy becomes medieval philosophy

stephen gersh

894

Appendix: List of works of ancient authors

List of abbreviations
Bibliography
Index locorum
General index

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