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Episode 129·neoplatonism
Nilufer Akcay on Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs
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Primary Sources
On Kingship; On Dreams
Synesius of Cyrene; Nicephorus Gregoras (comm.) · 1553 · Greek · 250 pages
This collection captures the volatile intersection of Neoplatonic thought and late Roman political catastrophe. Synesius refuses to separate his intellectual life from the grim realities of governing a crumbling province. He employs everything from sharp political satire to intricate theological myt
Fully translated
Select Works of Porphyry
Porphyry · 1823 · English · 299 pages
Select Works of Porphyry offers a rigorous and poetic manual for spiritual transcendence that remains strikingly relevant today. Porphyry presents a radical defense of 'ethical vegetarianism,' arguing that the slaughter of animals is historically and spiritually linked to human warfare and moral dec
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