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Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius

Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius

Donald Russell
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50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms.
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Release
January 17, 2013
ISBN
178093209X
ISBN 13
9781780932095

Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius

Donald Russell
5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms.
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Release
January 17, 2013
ISBN
178093209X
ISBN 13
9781780932095

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