Interpreting Proclus
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Interpreting Proclus
Author: Stephen Gersh
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2014-09-15
Stephen Gersch charts the influence of the late Greek philosopher Proclus from his own lifetime down to the Renaissance (500-1600 CE).
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