Maximus Tyrius Dissertationes

by Maximus of Tyre, Michael B. Trapp

Maximus Tyrius was a leading "Middle Platonist," who lived and worked in a period prior to that of the great Plotinus. His 41 dissertations, supplemented with Taylor's additional notes, deal with some profound philosophical and moral problems in a simple, but delightful and approachable manner.

This is the first reprint of Taylor's original translation, produced in two volumes in 1804, but published here in a single volume.

The Triumph of the Wise Man over Fortune, an essay by Taylor, is also included in this volume as an appendix.

377 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1804

About the author

Maximus of Tyre (Greek: Μάξιμος Τύριος; fl. late 2nd century AD), also known as Cassius Maximus Tyrius, was a Greek rhetorician and philosopher who lived in the time of the Antonines and Commodus. His writings contain many allusions to the history of Greece, while there is little reference to Rome; hence it is inferred that he lived longer in Greece, perhaps as a professor at Athens. Although nominally a Platonist, he is really an Eclectic and one of the precursors of Neoplatonism.