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Lloyd Gerson

Lloyd Gerson Lloyd Gerson
BA (Grinnell), MA, PhD (Toronto)

Professor
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Research interests: Ancient Greek philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy. Recent books include:  (ed.) Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press, 2011); Ancient Epistemology (Cambridge University Press, 2009), Aristotle and Other Platonists (Cornell University Press, 2005); Neoplatonic Philosophy. Introductory Readings (with John Dillon)(Hackett, 2004); Knowing Persons. A Study in Plato (Oxford University Press, 2003); Aristotle. Critical Assessments. 4 volumes (Routledge, 1999); Hellenistic Philosophy. Introductory Readings (with Brad Inwood) (Hackett, 2nd edition 1997); Cambridge Companion to Plotinus (Cambridge University Press, 1996); Plotinus. Arguments of the Philosophers (Routledge, 1994)

Downloadable papers:

From Plato's Good to Platonic God
Goodness, Unity & Creation
Moral Responsibility in Plotinus
Platonic Ethics in Later Antiquity
Plotinus on Happiness
Plotinus on Logos
Proclus and the Third Man, edited
Who Owns What
Why Embodiment Leads to Evil

 

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