The Neo Platonists a Study in the History of Hellenism
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781417948574
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy / Ancient; Philosophy
First sentence: BROADLY, the political history of classical antiquity almost from the opening of the historic period may be described as a slow passage from the condition of self-governing commonwealths with a subordinate priesthood to the condition of a theocratic despotism.