Neo-Platonists
Subtitle: A Study in the History of Hellenism (Studies Relating to Ancient Philosophy)
Edition: Facsimile edition
Publisher: Thoemmes Press
Published: December 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781855062122
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; 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.