The Middle Platonists, 80 B.C. to A.D. 220Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations 1 The Old Academy and the Themes of Middle Platonism 1 2 Antiochus of Ascalon: The Turn to Dogmatism 52 3 Platonism at Alexandria: Eudorus and Philo 114 4 Plutarch of Chaeroneia and the Origins of Second-Century Platonism 184 5 The Athenian School in the Second Century A.D. 231 6 The 'School of Gaius': Shadow and Substance 266 7 The Neopythagoreans 341 8 Some Loose Ends 384 Bibliography 416 Afterword 422 General Index 453 Index of Platonic Passages 458 Modern Authorities Quoted 459. |
Contents
THE OLD ACADEMY AND THE THEMES OF MIDDLE | 1 |
THE TURN | 2 |
EUDORUS AND PHILO | 114 |
Conclusion | 182 |
Physics | 199 |
E Conclusion | 229 |
SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE | 266 |
Apuleius of Madaura | 306 |
THE NEOPYTHAGOREANS | 341 |
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