My lessons from yesteryear. Plotinus, Plato, and Neoplatonism.

Philosophical ig-bang, Plato's work not only left its mark on ancient philosophy, it is at the origin of an entire school of thought, Neoplatonism, which punctuated Antiquity from Greece to Rome and whose echoes resonated until the Renaissance. In these courses, Lucien Jerphagnon examines Plato's Parmenides and unravels all the difficulties that have earned it the reputation of being an obscure dialogue. He also studies its posterity, Neoplatonism, and more particularly Plotinus, its principal representative, the very figure of the wise philosopher.
This book, which always features humor and benevolent intelligence, invites the reader to meet not only a monument in the history of philosophy but also a master of Hellenism, a Socrates for our time, Lucien Jerphagnon.

Lucien Jerphagnon (1921-2011) was a historian, university professor, and specialist in ancient and medieval philosophy.