DILLON M. JOHN

(H/B) DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE AND THE NEOPLATONIST TRADITION
'Dionysius the Areopagite' is arguably one of the most mysterious and intriguing figures to emerge from the late antique world. Writing probably around 500 CE, and possibly connected with the circle of Severus of Antioch, Dionysius manipulates a Platonic metaphysics to describe a hierarchical universe: as with the Hellenic Platonists, he arranges the celestial and material cosmos into a series of triadic strata. These strata emanate from one unified being and contain beings that range from superior to inferior, depending on their proximity...
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(P/B) THE HEIRS OF PLATO - A STUDY OF THE OLD ACADEMY

THE MIDDLE PLATONISTS (P/B)

(H/B) SALT AND OLIVES
(. . .) This thoughtful and entertaining book shows the practical outcomes of ancient Greek thought and literature and how the strange and familiar are mixed in the customs and habits of people living two and a half thousand years ago. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ)...
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