Gaius the Platonist
Gaius the Platonist was a
Neoplatonist philosopher Priscian of Lydia.[5] Porphyry also mentions the works of Gaius were read in the school of Plotinus.[6][1] It has also been speculated that the On Plato and His Doctrine written by Apuleius may have been taken from the lectures of Gaius, but this assertion is now seen as dubious.[7] The Middle Platonic anonymous commentary on the Theaetetus of Plato, which is partially extant, may also have come from his school.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b c Dillon 1996, p. 266-267.
- ^ Sandy 1997, p. 27.
- ^ Armstrong 1967, p. 15.
- ^ Sandy 1997, p. 215.
- ^ Dillon 1996, pp. 266–267.
- ^ Porphyry, Life of Plotinus §14
- ^ Dillon 1993, p. xi.
- ^ Reale 1990, p. 212.
References
- Armstrong, A. H. (April 1967). The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-04054-9. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Dillon, John (28 October 1993). Alcinous: The Handbook of Platonism. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-159113-6. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Dillon, John M. (1996). The Middle Platonists, 80 B.C. to A.D. 220. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8316-5. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- Sandy, Gerald N. (1997). The Greek World of Apuleius: Apuleius and the Second Sophistic. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-10821-9. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Reale, Giovanni (1 January 1990). A History of Ancient Philosophy IV: The Schools of the Imperial Age. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0128-6. Retrieved 16 April 2023.