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Morality and Custom in Ancient Greece
John Dillon's exploration of Athenian society vividly brings to life how the ancient Greeks behaved towards each other....
Explores the social and familial relations of the ancient Greeks....
A Study of the Old Academy, 347-274 B.C.
Lucid and accessible, John Dillon's book offers an introductory chapter on Plato's followers in the first 70 years after his death, generally known as...
A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 BC)
The Heirs of Plato is the first book exclusively devoted to an in-depth study of the various directions in philosophy taken by Plato's followers in th...
Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
In this new English translation and commentary of Philo’s On the Life of Abraham Ellen Birnbaum and John Dillon show how and why this unique biograp...
A Commentary on De Gigantibus and Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis
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Problems Concerning the Soul
For Plotinus, the nature and status of the human soul is one of the central problems of philosophy. Ennead IV.3-4.29 constitutes his most penetrating ...
Despoiling the Hellenes
'Dionysius the Areopagite' is arguably one of the most mysterious and intriguing figures to emerge from the late antique world. Writing around 500 CE,...
John Dillon describes intriguing aspects of everyday life in Athenian society and considers the moral and ethical questions the Greeks associated with...
Further Studies in the History of Platonism and Early Christianity
In this third collection of articles by John Dillon, the subjects covered range from Plato himself and the Old Academy, through Philo and Middle Plato...
Text, Translation, and Commentary
This edition of the fragments of Iamblichus' major work on the soul, "De Anima," is accompanied by the first English translation of the work and a com...
The Lockdown Papers is a miscellany of satire, reflection and analysis of Irish life over five decades from academic and columnist John Dillon. When I...
Further Studies in the Development of Platonism and Early Christianity
This collection of articles explores a broad range of issues relating to the development of Platonism. The volume takes in such figures as John Scotus...
Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene, Ammonius
Studies in the Development of Platonism and Christianity
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Some Possible Sources : Protocol of the Sixteenth Colloquy, 20 April 1975