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The Philosophical Life

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Arthur P. Urbano
2013
Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
Series: Patristic Monograph Series (NAPS)
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Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity

Table of Contents

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Cover

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Frontmatter

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Contents

p. vii
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Figures

p. ix
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Abbreviations

pp. xi-xiii
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Acknowledgments

pp. xv-xvii
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Introduction: Biography as Arena of Philosophical Competition

pp. 1-31
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1. The Roots That Remain

pp. 32-79
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2. Moses and Pythagoras: Reading the Bios as Philosophical History

pp. 80-124
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3. Plotinus and Origen: Biography and the Renewal of Philosophy

pp. 125-162
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4. Constantine and Julian: The Politics of Philosophy

pp. 163-204
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5. The Cell and the School: Geographical and Social Distance in the Competition for Philosophy

pp. 205-244
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6. Macrina and Sosipatra: Beyond Their Nature

pp. 245-272
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7. Syrian Monks and Proclus: Athens at the Periphery and Center of Philosophy in the Fifth Century

pp. 273-314
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Epilogue

pp. 315-322
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Bibliography

pp. 323-343
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Index

pp. 345-353
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