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I was also curious and looked it up: Pagan philosophy was gradually supplanted by Christianity in the later years of the Empire, culminating in the closure of
by st1ck 8y ago
I was also curious and looked it up:
Pagan philosophy was gradually supplanted by Christianity in the later years of the Empire, culminating in the closure of the Academy of Athens by Justinian I. Many Greek-speaking philosophers moved to the east, outside the borders of the Empire. Neoplatonism and Aristotelianism gained a stronghold in Persia, where they were a heavy influence on early Islamic philosophy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Roman_Empire
- st1ck 8y agoAnd a little more: The last Scholarch of the Neoplatonic Academy was Damascius (d. 540). According to Agathias, its remaining members looked for protection under the rule of Sassanid king Khosrau I in his capital at Ctesiphon, carrying with them precious scrolls of literature and philosophy, and to a lesser degree of science. After a peace treaty between the Persian and the Byzantine empire in 532, their personal security (an early document in the history of freedom of religion) was guaranteed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy#Neoplatonic_Academy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy#Neoplatonic_A...
- foldr 8y agohttp://www.bede.org.uk/justinian.htm http://www.bede.org.uk/justinian.htm