Table of Contents

i. Forward
ii. Acknowledgements
iii. Preface
iv. Introduction to the life and philosophy of Damascius:
A. Life of Damascius
B. Major Works
v. English Glossary
Translation of the Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles
vi. Index of Greek and English words
vii. Index locorum
viii. Biblilography
Secondary Literature
Ancient Sources
Abbreviations

About the Author

Sara Ahbel-Rappe teaches ancient philosophy in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Reading Neoplatonism. She is a former Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies and a former member of the School for Historical Studies, at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, as well as a recipient of a New Directions fellowship from the Mellon foundation.

Reviews

"This superb translation of Damascius's Problems and Solutions Regarding First Principles, with introduction and extensive notes, brings a classic text to the English reading public for the first time. Sara Ahbel-Rappe provides an invaluable guide for anyone interested in ancient thought to Damascius's critique of Proclus and to his articulation of a system of thought based on the Ineffable as first principle and sensitive to the limitations of
metaphysical language."

--Kevin Corrigan, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Emory University
"Professor Rappe brings Damascius' metaphysics closer to Greek-less readers than ever before, and Problems and Solutions will appeal to those tired of the over-confident tones of other Neoplatonists. After a sensitive introduction culminating with important material on Chaldaean and Orphic traditions, her labors have produced a translation with an effective balance of accuracy and readability, supported by scholarly notes as appropriate."

-- Harold Tarrant, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle, Australia.