The philosophical life :

Urbano, Arthur P.

The philosophical life : biography and the crafting of intellectual identity in late antiquity / Arthur P. Urbano. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2013. - 1 online resource. - Patristic Monograph Series ; Volume 21 . - Patristic monograph series ; no. 21. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Biography as Arena of Philosophical Competition""; ""1. The Roots That Remain""; ""2. Moses and Pythagoras: Reading the Bios as Philosophical History""; ""3. Plotinus and Origen: Biography and the Renewal of Philosophy""; ""4. Constantine and Julian: The Politics of Philosophy""; ""5. The Cell and the School: Geographical and Social Distance in the Competition for Philosophy""; ""6. Macrina and Sosipatra: Beyond Their Nature"" ""7. Syrian Monks and Proclus: Athens at the Periphery and Center of Philosophy in the Fifth Century""""Epilogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

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22573/ctt4941dm JSTOR


30-600


Christian biography.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy--Biography.
Philosophy--History.
Neoplatonism--Biography.
Neoplatonism--History.
Philosophy--Biography.
PHILOSOPHY--Religious.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.
Christian biography.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Neoplatonism.
Philosophy.


Electronic books.
Biography.
History.

B517 / .U73 2013

186/.4