Nicola Spanu

Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles

A Study on Proclean Exegesis, with a Translation and Commentary of Proclus' Treatise On Chaldean Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the discussion of the Chaldean Oracles in the work of Proclus, as well as offering a translation and Commentary of Proclusâ Treatise On Chaldean Philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780367473143
• ISBN-10: 0367473143
• Artikelnr.: 60095280

Autorenporträt

Nicola Spanu wrote a PhD thesis on Plotinus and his Gnostic disciples and took part in a postdoctoral project on Byzantine cosmology and its relation to Neoplatonism. He has worked as an independent researcher on his second academic publication, which has focused on Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles .

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. THE CHALDEAN TRIAD
CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIVINE DIMENSION
CHAPTER 3. THE WORLD'S INTELLECTUAL ARCHETYPE AND THE CREATION OF THE MATERIAL DIMENSION
CHAPTER 4. MAN AND HIS DESTINY
CHAPTER 5. PROCLUS' ON CHALDEAN PHILOSOPHY: TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
CONCLUSIONS

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INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE CHALDEAN TRIAD; CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIVINE DIMENSION; CHAPTER 3. THE WORLD'S INTELLECTUAL ARCHETYPE AND THE CREATION OF THE MATERIAL DIMENSION; CHAPTER 4. MAN AND HIS DESTINY; CHAPTER 5. PROCLUS' ON CHALDEAN PHILOSOPHY: TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY; CONCLUSIONS

Rezensionen

"This is a book which scholars both of Proclus and of the Chaldean Oracles will want to have at their disposal... Spanu has taken on a task of considerable difficulty and one which does represent, as he suggests, the next necessary step in the interpretation of the Chaldean Oracles: the systematic study of the adaptation of Chaldean material in the works of late-antique Platonists, especially Proclus and Damascius." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review