Contents
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Biography as Arena of Philosophical Competition
1. The Roots That Remain
2. Moses and Pythagoras: Reading the Bios as Philosophical History
3. Plotinus and Origen: Biography and the Renewal of Philosophy
4. Constantine and Julian: The Politics of Philosophy
5. The Cell and the School: Geographical and Social Distance in the Competition for Philosophy
6. Macrina and Sosipatra: Beyond Their Nature
7. Syrian Monks and Proclus: Athens at the Periphery and Center of Philosophy in the Fifth Century
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index