This book offers a survey of the teachings of, and relations between, four leading figures in third-century Platonism: Longinus, Plotinus, Porphyry and lamblichus. It documents and explains the coalescence of Aristotelian and Platonic elements in the...

Thomas Henri Martin. -- Reprint Of The 1841 Ed. Published By Ladrange, Paris. Texte Et Traduction Du Timée: P. [53]-244 Bis (2d Group) Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [385]-427 (3d Group)

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...

A survey of how Greek historians explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power

Text: English, Greek

Ivan M. Linforth ; Edited With An Introduction By Leonardo Tarán. Includes Bibliographies.

This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the Histories. Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the...

Hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, including a few small tears. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with a crease along the...

The renowned American composer recounts his life and career since the beginning of World War II and discusses the background of his major works

Walter G. Englert. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--stanford University, 1981. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [193]-201.

Text: English (translation)Original Language: Greek

An illuminating new biography of one of the most beloved of all composers, published on the hundredth anniversary of his death, brilliantly written by a finalist for the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award. Johannes Brahms has consistently eluded his...

Chronicles Mozart's ten years in Vienna, detailing what everyday life in the city was like and profiling famous leaders of the day and the composer's wife, Constanze