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.