School · 204 CE–485 CE
Late antique philosophy
Late antique philosophers read Plato and Aristotle through new institutional, religious, and pedagogical settings, developing systematic accounts of intellect, soul, and the divine.
Shared questions
- How are intellect, soul, mathematics, and the divine ordered within a coherent cosmos?
Internal disagreements
- Whether philosophical ascent depends chiefly on dialectic, ritual practice, mathematical study, or revelation.
Key texts
- Enneads — Porphyry arranged Plotinus' treatises into six sets of nine, an editorial order rather than a compositional one.
- Platonic Theology — Proclus' systematic exposition of the Platonic gods, the fullest surviving statement of late Neoplatonism.