ABSTRACT

Philosophy in Late Antiquity provides an essential new introduction to the key ideas of the Neoplatonists, which affected approaches to Plato as late as the nineteenth century. Andrew Smith shows how they influenced Christian thought and his approach not only allows us to appreciate these philosophical ideas in their own right, but it also gives us significant insights into the mentality of the age which produced them.

part |2 pages

PART I Setting the agenda: The philosophy of Plotinus

chapter |4 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|11 pages

THE INDIVIDUAL

chapter 2|9 pages

THE ONE

chapter 3|13 pages

INTELLECT

chapter 4|21 pages

SOUL, THE UNIVERSE AND MATTER

chapter 5|14 pages

THE RETURN OF THE SOUL

part |2 pages

Part II THE DIFFUSION OF NEOPLATONISM

chapter 6|13 pages

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

chapter 7|15 pages

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOPLATONISM

chapter 8|26 pages

CHRISTIANITY AND NEOPLATONISM