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Theophrastus / Aeneas of Gaza ; translated by John Dillon and Donald Russell. With Ammonius / Zacharias of Mytilene ; translated by Sebastian Gertz.

Title
Theophrastus / Aeneas of Gaza ; translated by John Dillon and Donald Russell. With Ammonius / Zacharias of Mytilene ; translated by Sebastian Gertz.
Author
Aeneas, of Gaza, active 5th century.
Publication
London : Bristol Classical Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Dillon, John M.
  • Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew)
  • Gertz, Sebastian Ramon Philipp.
  • Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene.
Description
xxx, 181 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"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"
Series Statement
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title
  • Theophrastus. English
  • Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Alternative Title
  • Theophrastus.
  • Ammonius
  • Theophrastus ; Ammonius
Subject
  • Aeneas, of Gaza, active 5th century
  • Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene
  • Neoplatonism > Early works to 1800
  • Philosophy and religion > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
  • Early works
  • Early works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781780932095 (hbk.)
  • 178093209X (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 802295234
  • SCSB-12758058
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library