Open AccessDamascio y el cierre de la escuela neoplatónica de Atenas
Author(s) -
José M. Zamora
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
revista española de filosofía medieval/revista española de filosofía medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2530-7878
pISSN - 1133-0902
DOI - 10.21071/refime.v10i.9260
Subject(s) - empire , homeland , byzantine architecture , humanities , politics , conscience , closing (real estate) , ancient history , art , political science , history , law
In 529, Justinian, seeing the unity of the Christian Empire threatened, orders the closing of Athens'Neoplatonic School, which had recently been restored by Damascius. The last diadochus and their followers go then to exile in Persia, where the political regime of King Chosroes guarantees them liberty of conscience. However, soon disappointed by a political reality very different from the one they had expected to find, some of them go back to their homeland, while some others scatter all over the Byzantine Empire.