Interpreting Proclus

From Antiquity to the Renaissance

Stephen Gersh

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780521198493
• eBook ISBN: 9781316055687
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ancient & Classical Philosophy

This is the first book to provide an account of the influence of Proclus, a member of the Athenian Neoplatonic School, during more than one thousand years of European history (c.500–1600). Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. Proclus was also intensively studied in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages and was a major influence on the thought of medieval Georgia. The volume begins with a substantial essay by the editor summarizing the entire history of Proclus' reception. This is followed by the essays of more than a dozen of the world's leading authorities in the various specific areas covered.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Note on editions and translations of Proclus' works
• One thousand years of Proclus: an introduction to his reception
• Part I Proclus
• Part II The influence of Proclus
• Index of names
• Index of subjects