Platos Parmenides And Its Heritage The Hidden Influence Of The Parmenides In Philo Origen And Later Patristic Thought

Download or read book Plato's Parmenides and Its Heritage: The hidden influence of the Parmenides in philo, origen, and later patristic thought written by John Douglas Turner and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 examines and establishes for the first time evidence for a significant knowledge of the Parmenides in Philo, Clement, and patristic sources. It offers an extensive and balanced analysis of the case for and against the various possible attributions of date and authorship of the Anonymous Commentary in relation to Gnosticism, Middle Platonism, and Neoplatonism and argues that on balance the case for a pre-Plotinian authorship is warranted.