Philosophy in Late Antiquity FROM THE PUBLISHER
Philosophy in Late Antiquity provides an essential new introduction to the key ideas of the Neoplatonists which affects approaches to Plato as late as the nineteenth century. Andrew Smith also shows how they influenced Christian thought. His approach not only allows us to appreciate these philosophical ideas in their own right. It also gives us significant insights into the mentality of the age which produced them.
SYNOPSIS
One of the most significant cultural achievements of Late Antiquity lies in the domains of philosophy and religion, more particularly in the establishment and development of Neoplasticism as one of the chief vehicles of thought and subsequent channel for the transmission of ancient philisophy to the medieval and renaissance worlds. Important, too, is the emergence of a distinctive Christian philosophy and theology based on a foundation of Greek pagan thought. This book provides an introduction to the main ideas of Neoplatonism and some of the ways in which they influenced Christian thinkers.
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