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Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher
A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best-known female intellectuals. For the sixteen centuries following her murder by a mob of Christians Hypatia has been remembered in books, poems, plays, paintings, and films as…
Plotinus and the Presocratics: a philosophical study of presocratic influences in Plotinus' Enneads
"Filling the void in the current scholarship, Giannis Stamatellos provides the first book-length study of the Presocratic influences in Plotinus' Enneads. Widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (204-270 AD) assimilated eight…
The Arabic Plotinus: a philosophical study of the theology of Aristotle
"The Arabic Plotinus was the most important source for Neoplatonic ideas in the Arabic world. Falsely attributed to Aristotle and known as the 'Theology of Aristotle', the Arabic version of Plotinus' Enneads was influential on Muslim philosophers…
Plotinus, or, The Simplicity of Vision
"The Roman philosopher Plotinus (c. 205-70) is perhaps best known today for his doctrine of self-transformation through contemplation: "Never stop sculpting your own statue, until the godlike splendor of virtue shines forth to you." Since its…
The Jewish Alchemists: a History and Source Book
In this monumental work, Raphael Patai, acclaimed author of Hebrew Myths (with Robert Graves) and The Hebrew Goddess, opens up an entirely new field in cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now…