The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy

by Algis Uzdavinys (Editor), John Finamore (Foreword by)

Overview

The goal of the ancient philosophers was to understand how to live in harmony with nature and to transcend the limitations imposed by sense experience and discursive reasoning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935493471
Publisher:	World Wisdom
Publication date:	09/22/2004
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	933 KB

About the Author

Algis Uzdavinys was a senior research fellow at the Lithuanian State Institute of Culture, Philosophy, and Arts and an associate professor at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts in Lithuania. He was awarded an honorary fellowship to the British Academy and was voted Art Critic of the Year by the Lithuanian Association of Artists. He died in 2010.

John F. Finamore is Professor and Chair in the Department of Classics at the University of Iowa. His areas of research interest include Neoplatonic philosophy from Plotinus to Philoponus, Greek and Roman philosophy, and Roman poetry. His most recent publication is Iamblichus’ De Anima: Text, Translation, and Commentary (with J.M. Dillon). Dr. Finamore also serves as President of the U.S. Section of the International Society of Neoplatonic Studies and is Editor for book manuscripts in Neoplatonism for the Brill Press Series.