/lit/ - Literature

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The most important Middle-Platonists would be Philo, Numenius and the Chaldean Oracles.

Numenius of Apamea was sort of the 'grandfather' of Neoplatonism and there were books highlighting the dfiferences between his ideas and those of Plotinus. Sadly we only have fragments, mostly from Christian writers and some Neoplatonic commentaries. PDFs are around and Prometheus Trust publishes a decent edition.

The Chaldean Oracles have been called the "Bible of Neoplatonism" and were a part of the 'underworld of Platonism' that produced the Hermetica and certain Gnostic texts. We only have fragments from Neoplatonic commentaries, sadly. The best edition is by Ruth Majercik, there is a PDF on archive dot org or if you want a hard copy, Prometheus Trust.

Philo of Alexandria was the first, prominent, philosopher to interpret the Bible through Platonic eyes. Big on allegorical exegesis and influenced Christian exegesis of the Bible. His works are available online, except his Questions and Answers on the Exodus, I think only Loeb had published those.

John Dillon has translated Alcinous' _Handbook of Platonism_ which gives an overview of Platonism during the Middle-Platonic era, although he suggests it might be a handbook for teachers not students. Galen is another one that comes to mind but I'm unfamiliar with anything he wrote.

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>>18253791
I'll just mention the Middle-Platonists as being worth looking into, Philo, Numenius, the Chaldean Oracles (sometimes referred to as the 'Bible' of Neo-Platonism, although we only have fragments, mostly from their commentaries), Alcinous' Handbook of Platonism. They were all quite influential on later Platonism, Numenius and the Oracles in particular.

The Urantia book praises Philo of Alexandria greatly, that he had a profound influence on the formulation of Christianity, but I know little about him and never read him.

Has /lit/ read Philo or know anything about him?

>started with the greeks
>continued with the christians
>but never adjusted to the jews