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VOLUME I List of contributors page xi List of maps xv

General introduction 1 lloyd p. gerson

I Philosophy in the later Roman Empire Introduction to Part I 11

1 The late Roman Empire from the Antonines to Constantine 13 elizabeth depalma digeser

2 The transmission of ancient wisdom: texts, doxographies, libraries 25 gabor´ betegh

3 Cicero and the New Academy 39 carlos levy´

4 Platonism before Plotinus 63 harold tarrant

5 The Second Sophistic 100 ryan fowler

6 Numenius of Apamea 115 mark edwards

7 Stoicism 126 brad inwood

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8 Peripatetics 140 robert w. sharples

9 The Chaldaean Oracles 161 john f. finamore and sarah iles johnston

10 Gnosticism 174 edward moore and john d. turner

11 Ptolemy 197 jacqueline feke and alexander jones

12 Galen 210 r. j. hankinson

II The first encounter of Judaism and Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy Introduction to Part II 233

13 Philo of Alexandria 235 david winston

14 Justin Martyr 258 denis minns

15 Clement of Alexandria 270 catherine osborne

16 Origen 283 emanuela prinzivalli

III Plotinus and the new Platonism Introduction to Part III 299

17 Plotinus 301 dominic j. o’meara

18 Porphyry and his school 325 andrew smith

19 Iamblichus of Chalcis and his school 358 john dillon

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IV Philosophy in the age of Constantine Introduction to Part IV 375

20 Philosophy in a Christian empire: from the great persecution to Theodosius I 376 elizabeth depalma digeser

21 Themistius 397 inna kupreeva

22 The Alexandrian school. Theon of Alexandria and Hypatia 417 alain bernard

23 Hierocles of Alexandria 437 hermann schibli

V The second encounter of Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy Introduction to Part V 457

24 Basil of Caesarea 459 lewis ayres and andrew radde-gallwitz

25 Gregory of Nyssa 471 anthony meredith

26 Gregory of Nazianzus 482 john a. mcguckin

27 Calcidius 498 gretchen reydams-schils

28 Nemesius of Emesa 509 beatrice motta

29 Synesius of Cyrene 520 jay bregman

30 Marius Victorinus 538 stephen a. cooper

31 Augustine 552 giovanni catapano

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VOLUME II VI Late Platonism Introduction to Part VI page 583

32 From Constantine to Justinian 585 elizabeth depalma digeser

33 Plutarch of Athens 608 angela longo

34 Syrianus 616 angela longo

35 Proclus 630 carlos steel

36 Ammonius Hermeiou and his school 654 david blank

37 Damascius 667 gerd van riel

38 Olympiodorus 697 jan opsomer

39 Simplicius of Cilicia 711 han baltussen

40 John Philoponus 733 koenraad verrycken

41 Priscian of Lydia and Pseudo-Simplicius on the soul 756 f. a. j. de haas

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VII The third encounter of Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy Introduction to Part VII 765

42 Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite 767 eric perl

43 Boethius 788 john magee

44 Maximus the Confessor 813 david bradshaw

45 John Scotus Eriugena 829 wayne hankey and lloyd p. gerson

VIII Philosophy in transition Introduction to Part VIII 841

46 Early Byzantine philosophy 843 katerina ierodiakonou and george zografidis

47 The origins of Islamic philosophy 869 cristina d’ancona

48 Ancient philosophy becomes medieval philosophy 894 stephen gersh

Appendix: List of works of ancient authors 915 List of abbreviations 966 Bibliography 983 Index locorum 1183 General index 1249

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