Answers to King Khosroes of Persia /

"Priscian of Lydia was one of the Athenian philosophers who took refuge in 531 AD with King Khosroes I of Persia, after the Christian Emperor Justinian stopped the teaching of the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. This was one of the earliest examples of the sixth-century diffusion of the ph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Priscianus, Lydus, active 6th century (Autor)
Otros Autores: Huby, Pamela M. (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Colección:Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Temas:
Khosrow > I, > King of Persia, > -579.
Khosrow > I, > King of Persia, > -579
Islamic philosophy > Greek influences.
Philosophy, Arab.
Philosophy, Ancient > Early works to 1800.
Philosophy and science > Miscellanea > Early works to 1800.
Philosophie arabe.
Philosophie ancienne > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Philosophie et sciences > Miscellanées > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500.
Philosophy of mind.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Islamic philosophy > Greek influences
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy and science
Philosophy, Arab
Early works
Trivia and miscellanea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Abbreviations
  • Conventions Introduction Richard Sorabji
  • The Sixth Century Diffusion of Greek Neoplatonism
  • Priscian and the Athenian Philosophers' Refuge with King Khosroes in Persia
  • Khosroes' Interest in Greek Philosophy and Freedom of Discussion
  • The Athenians' Move from Khosroes in Ctesiphon
  • The Need for Retrotranslation Back to the Original Greek from the Surviving Latin Translation
  • Who was Responsible for the Unintelligibilities in the Latin?
  • The Contributors to Overcoming the Unintelligibilities of the Latin Translation
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: About the Soul, and Especially the Human
  • Chapter 2: On Sleep
  • Chapter 3: On Dreams as a Source of Prophecy
  • Chapter 4: Astronomy and Climate
  • Chapter 5: On the Efficacy of Contrary Medical Prescriptions
  • Chapter 6: The Tides
  • Chapter 7: How Elemental Bodies get Displaced
  • Chapter 8: How Location Affects the Character of Living Things
  • Chapter 9: Why do Things in a Good Universe Harm Each Other?
  • Chapter 10: Of What is the Wind Made and Where Does its Motion Come From?
  • Notes Bibliography
  • English-Latin Glossary
  • Latin-English Index
  • Latin-Greek Index
  • Subject Index.

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