A threat to public piety : Christians, Platonists, and the great persecution

1. Verfasser: Digeser, Elizabeth DePalma, 1959-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Umfang/Format: xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : from permeable circles to hardened boundaries
  • Ammonius Saccas and the philosophy without conflicts
  • Origen as a student of Ammonius
  • Plotinus, Porphyry, and philosophy in the public realm
  • Schism in the Ammonian community : Porphyry v. Iamblichus
  • Schism in the Ammonian community : Porphyry v. Methodius of Olympus
  • Conclusion : the Ammonian community and the great persecution.