Damascius

Damascius (Graece Δαμάσκιος, Damasci circa 458 natus, post 538 mortuus), ultimus Neoplatonista appellatus, fuit utimus scholarches Scholae Athenarum et unus ex philosophis paganis a Iustiniano saeculo sexto ineunte vexatis. Sua opera exstantia in tribus commentariis de operibus Platonis et libro de metaphysica, Difficilitates et Solutiones Principiorum Primorum appellato, consistunt.

Editiones

Collection des Universités de France: Damascius. Commentaire du Parménide de Platon, texte établi par L. G. Westerink, introduit, traduit et annoté par J. Combes avec la collaboration de A.-Ph. Segonds, Les Belles Lettres, 1997. Duo volumina. Recensio critica

Fontes

Ahbel-Rappe, Sara. 2010. Damascius' Problems and Solutions Regarding First Principles. Novi Ebraci: Oxford University Press. American Academy of Religion: Texts & Translation.
Joseph Combès, "Damascius lecteur du Parménide", Archives de Philosophie, 1975: 33-60
Andron,Cosmin. 2004. Damascius on knowledge and its object. Rhizai 1:107–124.
Andron, Cosmin. Knowledge and Reality in Damascius. Dissertatio Ph.D., Universitas Londinii.
Athanassiadi, P. 1993. Persecution and Response in late Paganism. The evidence of Damascius. In: Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 (1993), pp. 1–29.
Gertz, Sebastian R. P. 2011. Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism: Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo, Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Haeling, Raban von.1980. Damascius und die heidnische Opposition im 5. Jahrhundert nach Christus. Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 23:82–85.
Hartmann, Udo. 2002. Geist im Exil. Römische Philosophen am Hof der Sasaniden. In Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum, ed. Udo Hartmann, Andreas Luther, et Monika Schuol. Stuttgart.
Martindale, John R., et John Morris. 1980. The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire II. Cantabrigiae.
Mazzucchi, Carlo Maria.2006. Damascio, Autore del Corpus Dionysiacum, e il dialogo Περι Πολιτικης Επιστημης. Aevum: Rassegna di scienze storiche linguistiche e filologiche 80(2):299–334.
Rappe. S. 1998. Scepticism in the sixth century? Damascius’ ‘Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles.,’ Journal of the History of Philosophy 36:337–363.

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