Hypatia of Alexandria: The Life and Death of a Philosopher and her City

On Kingship; On Dreams

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

Letters

The 'Epistolae' of Synesius of Cyrene offers a rare, unfiltered look at the intersection of Neoplatonic philosophy and early ecclesiastical authority. Writing from the frontier of the Roman Empire, Synesius grapples with the 'contagion' of sin, the deceptive masks of piety used in political land gra

Lives of the Sophists and Fragments of the Histories

Eunapius of Sardis provides a defiant look at the fourth century through the lives of men he considers divine. He presents philosophers not as mere academics but as wonder-workers and living libraries who bridged the gap between humanity and the gods. The text combines intimate biographical details

The Lexicon of Suidas

Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, Volume 1

This text provides a front-row seat to the intellectual collapse of a dying tradition and the rigorous brilliance that accompanied it. Damascius argues that human reason is inherently inadequate when it tries to define the first principle, yet he maps the process of causality with unmatched precisio

Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, Volume 3

As the final leader of the Athenian Neoplatonic school, Damascius faces the impossible task of defining the source of all things. He argues that any description of the first principle inevitably limits it, as language requires duality and separation. The text rejects the simple labels used by his pr