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Plotinus Ennead IV.3-IV.4.29: Problems Concerning the Soul

Product Description: For Plotinus, the nature and status of the human soul is one of the central problems of philosophy.Â EnneadÂ IV.3Ââ4.29 constitutes his most penetrating enquiry into this topic, addressing the issues of the relation of the individual soul to the World Soul, the descent of the soul into body, its relations with that body, problems of personal identity and the nature of memory, sense perception, and the true seat of the emotions âmany of which still have a resonance today...read more

By Henry J. Blumenthal and John M. Dillon

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9781930972896 | Italian edition edition (Parmenides Pub, March 18, 2015), cover price $47.00 | About this edition: For Plotinus, the nature and status of the human soul is one of the central problems of philosophy.

Iamblichus De Anima: Text, Translation, and Commentary

Product Description: Iamblichus (245-325), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, brought a new religiosity to Neoplatonism. His theory of the soul is at the heart of his philosophical system. For Iamblichus, the human soul is so far inferior to the divine that its salvation depends not on philosophy alone (as it did for Plotinus) but on the aid of the gods and other divinities...read more

By John M. Dillon and Iamblichus

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9789004125100 | Brill Academic Pub, October 1, 2002, cover price $198.00 | About this edition: Iamblichus (245-325), successor to Plotinus and Porphyry, brought a new religiosity to Neoplatonism.

Iamblichus of Chalcis: The Letters

Product Description: Iamblichus is the only Platonist philosopher whose philosophical letters have survived from the ancient world. These nineteen letters, which are translated into English here for the first time, address such topics as providence, fate, concord, marriage, bringing up children, ingratitude, music, and the cardinal virtues, with some letters addressed to students and others to prominent members of Syrian society and the imperial administration...read more

By John M. Dillon (editor)

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9789004137646 | Brill Academic Pub, April 1, 2010, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: Iamblichus is the only Platonist philosopher whose philosophical letters have survived from the ancient world.

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9781589831612 | Society of Biblical Literature, October 1, 2009, cover price $24.95

The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul: Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions

Product Description: This volume of essays presents a selection of studies in the ways in which Platonist psychology is adapted to the needs of thinkers in the three great religious traditions of later antiquity, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The authors are all acknowledged experts in their own fields, as well as being familiar with the Platonic tradition...read more

By John M. Dillon (editor)

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9789004176232 | Brill Academic Pub, June 15, 2009, cover price $150.00 | About this edition: This volume of essays presents a selection of studies in the ways in which Platonist psychology is adapted to the needs of thinkers in the three great religious traditions of later antiquity, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Motor Days in England: A Record of a Journey Through Picturesque Southern England With Historical and Literary Observations by the Way

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

By John M. Dillon

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9781437269239 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $51.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781437143027 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 Bc)

Product Description: The Heirs of Plato is the first book exclusively devoted to an in-depth study of the various directions in philosophy taken by Plato's followers in the first seventy years or so following his death in 347 BC--the period generally known as 'The Old Academy'...read more

By John M. Dillon

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9780198237662 | Clarendon Pr, April 10, 2003, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: The Heirs of Plato is the first book exclusively devoted to an in-depth study of the various directions in philosophy taken by Plato's followers in the first seventy years or so following his death in 347 BC--the period generally known as 'The Old Academy'.

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9780199279463 | Clarendon Pr, June 30, 2005, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: The Heirs of Plato is the first book exclusively devoted to an in-depth study of the various directions in philosophy taken by Plato's followers in the first seventy years or so following his death in 347 BC--the period generally known as 'The Old Academy'.

Morality And Custom In Ancient Greece

By John M. Dillon

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9780253345264 | Indiana Univ Pr, August 1, 2004, cover price $65.00

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9780253217479 | Indiana Univ Pr, August 1, 2004, cover price $24.95

Salt and Olives: Morality and Custom in Ancient Greece

Product Description: John Dillon's exploration of Athenian society vividly brings to life how the ancient Greeks behaved towards each other. How did husbands treat their wives and parents their children? What were the rights enjoyed, and the perils faced, by a courtesan? What were the obligations of love and friendship between men and men, men and women, and men and boys? He shows how slaves were to be treated and what it was like to be a slave or a slave's child; and asks how, when and why duties to the Gods were fulfilled...read more

By John M. Dillon

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9780748616183 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, July 25, 2004, cover price $61.95 | About this edition: John Dillon's exploration of Athenian society vividly brings to life how the ancient Greeks behaved towards each other.

Neoplatonic Philosophy: Introductory Readings

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By John M. Dillon (editor) and Lloyd P. Gerson (editor)

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9780872207080 | Hackett Pub Co Inc, March 1, 2004, cover price $48.00

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9780872207073 | Hackett Pub Co Inc, March 1, 2004, cover price $19.00

Iamblichus: De Mysteriis

By Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon, Jackson P. Hershbell and N. Festa Iamblichus

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9789004127203 | Brill Academic Pub, May 15, 2004, cover price $234.00

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9781589830585 | Bilingual edition (Society of Biblical Literature, November 1, 2003), cover price $49.95

The Greek Sophists

Product Description: By mid-5th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command the attention of the people, and to sway the crowds of the assembly. It was the Sophists who understood the art of rhetoric and the importance of transforming effective reasoning into persuasive public speaking...read more

By John M. Dillon (trans) and Tania Gergel (editor)

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9780140436891 | Penguin Classics, November 1, 2003, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: By mid-5th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command the attention of the people, and to sway the crowds of the assembly.

John Marshall: Complete Constitutional Decisions

Product Description: Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Excerpt: ... RESPECTIVE POWERS OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT AS TO THE CREATION AND APPOINTMENT TO OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES...read more

By John M. Dillon and John Marshall

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9781575887715 | Reprint edition (William s Hein & Co, May 1, 2003), cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index.

Traditions of Platonism: Essays in Honour of John Dillon

Product Description: The breadth and depth of the Platonic tradition, from Antiquity through to the early Middle Ages, is evidenced by the studies gathered in this volume, written by an international team of contributors in honour of John Dillon. The first papers, on Plato, include a discussion of the problem of evil and of the theme of love n the "Symposium"...read more

By John J. Cleary (editor) and John M. Dillon (editor)

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9781840146844 | Ashgate Pub Ltd, July 1, 1999, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: The breadth and depth of the Platonic tradition, from Antiquity through to the early Middle Ages, is evidenced by the studies gathered in this volume, written by an international team of contributors in honour of John Dillon.

The Great Tradition: Further Studies in the Development of Platonism and Early Christianity

Product Description: This collection of articles explores a broad range of issues relating to the development of Platonism. The volume takes in such figures as John Scotus Eriugena and Salomon ibn Gabirol, while bearing witness to an understanding and appreciation of the last head of the Platonic Academy, Damascius...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John M. Dillon

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9780860786719 | Variorum, February 1, 1998, cover price $170.00 | About this edition: This collection of articles explores a broad range of issues relating to the development of Platonism.

The Question of Eclecticism: Studies in Later Greek Philosophy

Product Description: This collection of essays is addressed to the growing number of philosophers, classicists, and intellectual historians who are interested in the development of Greek thought after Aristotle. In nine original studies, the authors explore the meaning and history of "eclecticism" in the context of ancient philosophy...read more

By John M. Dillon (editor) and A. A. Long (editor)

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9780520060081 | Univ of California Pr, March 1, 1988, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: This collection of essays is addressed to the growing number of philosophers, classicists, and intellectual historians who are interested in the development of Greek thought after Aristotle.

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9780520206960 | Reprint edition (Univ of California Pr, November 1, 1996), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This collection of essays is addressed to the growing number of philosophers, classicists, and intellectual historians who are interested in the development of Greek thought after Aristotle.

The Middle Platonists: 80 B.C. to A.D. 220