Alexandrian Metaphysics
(a) Texts
Plotin.—Ennéades I to VI, 5 inclusive, Bréhier translation; VI, 5 to VI, 9, Bouillet translation.
Porphyre.—Vie de Plotin. Volume I of Bréhier’s translation.
Proclus.—Commentaires du Parménide. Chaignet translation. 3 volumes.
Damasius.—Des principes. Chaignet translation. 1898.
(b) Studies
Vacherot.—Histoire critique de l’école d’Alexandrie. 3 volumes. 1846– 1851.
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136 Bibliography
Simon.—Histoire de l’école d’Alexandrie. 2 volumes. Paris, 1844, 1845.
Ravaisson.—Essai sur la métaphysique d’Aristote.
Bois.—Essai sur les origines de la philosophie judéo-alexandrine. Toulouse, 1890.
Bret.—Essai historique et critique sur l’école juive d’Alexandrie.
Bréhier.—Les Idées philosophiques religieuses de Philon d’Alexandrie. Paris, 1908.
Kurppe.—Philon el la Patristique in “Essais d’histoire”: Philosophie. Paris, 1902.
Bréhier.—La Philosophie de Plotin. Paris, 1903.
Arnou.—Le Désir de Dieu dans la philosophie de Plotin. Paris, 1921.
Guyot.—L’Infinité divine depuis Philon le Juif jusqu’à Plotin.Paris, 1908.
Picavet.—Hypostases plotiniennes et Trinité chrétienne.
Annuaire de l’École des Hautes-Études, 1917.
Guitton.—Le Temps et Éternité chez Plotin et Saint Augustin.Paris, 1933. Picavet.—Plotin et les Mystéres d’Éleusis. Paris, 1903.
Cochez.—Les Religions de l’Empire dans la philosophie de Plotin. 1913.
Cochez.—Plotin et les Mystéres d’Isis. “Revue néoscolastique,” 1911.
C. Elsee.—Neoplatonism in Relation to Christianity. Cambridge, 1908.
Inge.—The Philosophy of Plotinus. London, 1918.
Lindsay.—The Philosophy of Plotinus. 1902.
Fuller.—The Problem of Evil in Plotinus. Cambridge, 1912.
Caird.—The Evolution of Theology in the Greek Philosophers.2 volumes. Glasgow, 1904. Plotinus: II, pp. 210–346.
Gnosticism
(a) Studies
De Faye.—Introduction à l’étude du Gnosticisme. Paris, 1903.
——Gnostiques et Gnosticisme. Paris, 1913.
——Clément d’Alexandrie. 2nd edition. Paris, 1898.
Matter.—Histoire critique du Gnosticisme.2 volumes. 2nd edition. Paris, 1844.
Mansel.—The Gnostic Heresies.
King.—The Gnostics.
Salmon.—Gnosticisme.
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Amelineau.—Essai sur le Gnosticisme égyptien. Guimet, XIV.
De Beausobre.—Histoire du Manichéisme. 2 volumes. 1739–1744.
Cumont.—Recherches sur le Manichéisme. Volume I: la Cosmogonie manic héenne d’après Théodore Bar. Khoni. Brussels, 1908. Alfaric.—Les Écritures manichéennes.
(b) Texts
Cf. above all:
Tertullian.—De praescriptionibus adversus Haeresos.In Patrologie latine de Migne, volume II, columns 10 to 72.
——Adversus Marcionem. In Patrologie latine de Migne, volume II, columns 239 to 468.
——Adversus Valentianum. In Patrologie latine de Migne, volume II, columns 523 to 524.
The Evolution of Christianity
General Works
Tixeront.—Histoire des Dogmes dans l’antiquité chrétienne. 3 volumes. Paris, 1915, 1919, 1921.
P. de Labriolle.—Histoire de la littérature latine chrétienne. Paris, 1920. 2nd edition, 1923.
Puech.—Histoire de la littérature grecque chrétienne depuis les origines jusqu’à la fin du IVe siècle. 3 volumes. Paris, 1928–1930.
Puech.—Les Apologistes grecs du IIe siècle de notre ère. Paris, 1912. Le Breton.—Les Origines du dogme de la Trinité: des origines au concile de Nicée. 1919. 2nd edition, 1923.
Hellenism and Christianity
(a) Studies
Havet.—Le Christianisme et ses origines. 4 volumes. Paris, 1800–1884.
Aubié.—Les Chrétiens de l’Empire romain de la fin des Antonins au début du IIIe siècle. Paris, 1881.
Boissier.—La Fin du paganisme. 4th edition. 1903.
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Corbiere.—Le Christianisme et la fin de la philosophie antique. Paris, 1921.
Toussaint.—L’Hellénisme et l’Apôtre Paul.
Lenain De Tillemont.—Mémoires pour servir à l’Histoire ecclésiastique des six premiers siècles. 1702.
Dourif.—Du Stoïcisme et Du Christianisme . . . . Paris, 1863.
Bréhier. “Hellénisme et Christianisme aux premiers siècles de notre ère.” Revue philosophique. 27-5-35.
T. R. Glover.—The Influence of Christ in the Ancient World.
(b) Polemics
P. de Labriolle.—La Réaction païenne. Paris, 1934.
Aubié.—La Polémique païenne à la fin du IIe siècle. Paris, 1878. Rougier.—Celse ou le conflit de la civilisation antique et du christianisme primitif. Paris, 1925, and a translation of Celsus’s Discours vrai.
Paul Allard.—Julien l’Apostat. 3 volumes. Paris, 1900–1903.
——Julien l’Apostat, oeuvres. Bridez edition. Paris, 1932.
(c) On Saint Augustine
See the reasoned and more or less complete bibliography in Gilson: Introduction à l’Étude de Saint Augustin. Paris, 1931. I. Works.—Migne: Patrologie latine. Volumes XXII to XL inclusive.
Principal works cited in this work:
(a) Confessions. Volume XXXII, columns 659 to 905.
De civitate Dei.Volume XXXVIII, columns 13 to 806.
Soliloques. Volume XXXVII, columns 863 to 902.
Méditations. Volume XXXVII, columns 901 to 944.
De beata vita.Volume XXXII, columns 959 to 977.
(b) Against the Heresies:
De duabus animis contra Manichaeos. Volume XXXIX, columns 93 to 112.
Contra Fortunatum manichoeum.Volume XXXIX, columns 111 to 130.
Contra Adimandum manichoei discipulum. Volume XXXIX, columns 129 to 174.
De Natura Boni contra manichaeos.Volume XLII, columns 551 to 578.
Contra Iulianum. Volume XLIV, columns 1094 to 1612.
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De Natura et gratia.Volume XLI, columns 199 to 248.
De Gestis Pelagii.Volume XLI, columns 319 to 360.
De gratia Christi et peccato originali. Volume XLI, columns 359 to 416.
De gratia et libero arbitrio.Volume XLI, columns 881 to 914. (c) Epistolae. Volume XXXIII.
(d) Sermones. Volume XXXVI.
General Studies
E. Gilson.—Introduction à l’étude de saint Augustin. Paris, 1931. Portalié.—“Article saint Augustine.” In Dictionnaire de Théologie catholique. Volume L, columns 2268 to 2472. 1902.
Nourrisson.—La Philosophie de saint Augustin. 2 volumes. 2nd edition. 1809.
Alfaric.—L’Évolution intellectuelle de saint Augustin. Volume I: Du Manichéisme au Néoplatonisme. 1918.
Boyer.—L’Idée de vérité dans la philosophie de saint Augustin. Paris, 1920.
Boyer.—Christianisme et Néoplatonisme dans la formation de saint Augustin. Paris, 1920.
Martin.—Saint Augustin. 1901.
Grandgeorge.—Saint Augustin et le Néoplatonisme. 1896.
Cayre.—La Contemplation augustinienne. Paris, 1927.
The Notion of Christian Philosophy
E. Gilson. “La Notion de philosophie chrétienne.” Bulletin de la Société française de philosophie. March 1931.
E. Bréhier. “Le Problème de la philosophie chrétienne.” Revue de métaphysique et de morale. April 1931.
Souriau. “Y a-t-il une philosophie chrétienne?” Revue de métaphysique et de moral. July 1932.
E. Gilson.—L’Esprit de la philosophie médiévale. 2 volumes. Paris, 1932.
Chap. I: “Le Problème de la philosophie chrétienne.”
Index
Abel and Cain, 33–34, 73n20
Acts, Book of, 66
Adam, 53, 119, 122
Adversus Marcionem (Tertullian), 67,
72n17, 73n19, 74n24
Æschylus, 20n51, 40, 45
Against the Christians (Porphyry),
49n10, 54n39, 109–10
Ahura Mazda, 86 Alexander, 42n6
Alexandria, 59–60, 113
Ambrose, Saint, 117, 131n1
Amelineau, Émile, 69n6, 72nn14–15, 78n35, 79n37
Ameshas Spentas, 85–86
Antithesis, 22–24
Antoninus the Pious, 70
Apelles, 83
Apollonius of Tyana, 64, 64n88
Apologeticum (Tertullian), 63n80
Apologists, 62–65
Apology (Justin), 62, 63nn79–82
Apology to Antoninius the Pious
(Aristides), 62
Apostolic Fathers, 56–61
Aquinas, Thomas. See Thomas Aquinas
Archambault, Paul, 8, 13, 15, 18–25, 18–
19nn45–46, 20nn49–51, 25n66, 31, 32
Archon, 71–72
Arendt, Hannah, 21–22
Aristides, 62
Aristotle, 19, 41n4, 68, 88
Arius, 112, 113
Arnou, René, 88n2
“Art in Communion” (Camus), 15
Asceticism, 71, 75, 132
Asclepius, 64
Athanasius, 112–13, 113n99
Athenagoras, 62
Attis, 43
Augustine, Saint: and Christian metaphysics, 6, 117–18; conversion of, 116, 118; on evil, 117, 118–21; on faith, 120, 123, 127–29; on free will, 119–21, 120n18; on God, 50, 50– 51n20, 65, 115–16, 124–25, 125n42; on grace, 120, 122, 123, 128; Hellenism and Christianity in, 6,
118–27; and hope in God, 50, 50–
51n20; on humility, 128–29; and Incarnation, 45, 116, 118, 126–27; influence of, on Camus, 8; and Manichaeanism, 67, 116–17, 122;
McBride on, 8–9; on nature, 23; Neoplatonism of, 115–18, 124, 126; on original sin, 121–23; and Pelagianism, 121–22; and Plotinus,
6, 115, 118, 124, 125, 127; and
Porphyry, 48n9; on predestination,
123; on reason, 127–29; and
Redemption, 118; on sin, 50, 50n18, 119–23; on Trinity, 65n89, 124–27;
on virtues, 120 Avesta, 85, 131
Bacchus, 64
Baptism, 69, 123
Barbelo, 80
Barnabas, Epistle of, 44, 55, 58
Basil, Saint, 113–14n100
Basilides, 68, 70–72, 75, 80, 84
Beauty, 30–31, 91, 94
Berdiaev, Nikolai, 4, 20n48
Berkowitz, Peter, 5n15
Bible. See Old Testament; and specific books of the Bible
Birth of Tragedy, The (Nietzsche), 5, 27–
28, 133n3
141
Body: Plotinus on, 99–101; resurrection of, 41
Bossier, 64n87
Brahman, 75
Brée, Germaine, 7n22
Bréhier, Émile, 45n16, 85nn49–50, 100,
100n40
Buber, Martin, 21–22
Cain and Abel, 33–34, 73n20
Caird, Edward, 104, 104n58
Camus, Albert: on absurdity and authenticity, 8–9, 32; education of, 2– 6; on exile and homeland, 106n65; family background of, 3; fictional works by, 26n68, 31n85; finances of, 3; health problems of, 4; on Judaism,
33–34, 52n26, 73n20, 129n56; McBride on, 8–14; on metaphysical rebellion, 24n62; Nietzsche’s influence on, 5, 8, 18n45, 20n48, 22n58; on paganism, 35; and pessimism, 123n33; popularity of, 21; posthumous publications of works by, 26, 26n67; Sartre on, 6–7, 7n22, 9n26; scholarship on, 14–25; three-cycle structure of works by, 34–35; as writer versus philosopher, 6–7, 6–
7n20. See also specific works
Camus, Mme., 7
Camus’ Hellenic Sources (Archambault),
13, 18–25
Catacombs, 39
Celestius, 121
Celsus, 5, 22n58, 41, 53–54, 54n38, 61,
64
Charity. See Love
Chestov, Lev, 4
Christ. See Jesus Christ
Christianisme antique (Guignebert),
133
Christianity: and antithesis, 23–24; antithesis between Hellenism and, 22–24; in Camus’ Rebel, 33–34; common aspirations between Christians and Greeks, 42–45, 63; competing interpretations of Hellenism and, 26– 31, 27n70; differences between
Greeks and Christians, 40–42; Dostoevsky on, 28n76; eschatology of, 110; Evangelical Christianity, 5, 45, 46–66; and evil, 70; and faith, 52,
56–61, 63, 120, 123, 127–29, 132; Gnosticism in evolution of, 86–87; and grace, 69, 120, 122, 123; in Greco-Roman world generally, 44– 45, 62, 64–65, 87, 129–30; on history, 22–23, 84, 132; and hope, 46, 50–55; and Incarnation, 44, 45, 52–57, 59, 67, 68–69, 112, 116, 118, 126–27, 132; and Kingdom of God, 49, 50–52, 62; and love, 16, 57–58, 59, 63; and morality, 131–32; in The Myth of Sisyphus, 32; Namatianus on, 61;
Neoplatonism contrasted with, 90– 91, 109–14, 131; and Oriental mysteries and Mediterranean pagan
religions, 43, 66; originality of, 5, 28, 39–40, 43–45, 67–68, 72, 74, 118, 132–
33; and Paul, 44; Plotinus on, 67,
67n2, 107–9; and reason and faith,
63, 127–29; and Reason versus
Beauty, 30–31, 91; and salvation, 68–
69; separation of, from Judaism, 44, 62, 63, 129, 129n56; stages of, 45; themes of, 45, 46, 47–55, 61–62, 132; at threshold of Middle Ages, 129–30; and tragic sense, 28, 133n3; and Trinity, 62, 65n89, 112, 124–27. See also Augustine, Saint; Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism
(Camus); Evangelical Christianity;
Gnosticism; Jesus Christ
Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism (Camus): and antitheses between Christianity and Hellenism, 22–23; Archambault on,
15, 18–25, 18–19nn45–46, 20nn49–51, 31; “Augustine” chapter of, 6, 115–30; biblical sources in, 13; Camus’ errors in transcribing sources and referencing them, 14; on common aspirations of Greeks and Christians, 42–45; compared with The Myth of Sisyphus, 31– 32; compared with Nemesis cycle, 35; compared with The Rebel, 11n3, 26, 31–34; competing interpretations of
Greeks and Christians in, 26–31, 27n70; Conclusion of, 131–33; on differences between Greeks and Christians, 40–42; “Evangelical
Christianity” chapter of, 5, 46–66; “Gnosis” chapter of, 5, 67–87; Hardré on, 15, 17–18; and human desire for the Good, 30; on Incarnation, 44, 45, 52–57, 59, 67; Introduction to, 27n70,
39–45; on Kingdom of God, 49, 50–52, 62; limitations of, 26; McBride’s translation and analysis of, 8–14; “Mystic Reason” chapter of, 5–6, 88–114; on Neoplatonism, 5–6, 88–114; on originality of Christianity, 5, 28, 39–40, 43– 45, 67–68, 72, 74, 118, 132–33; on Plotinus, 5–6, 88–108; purpose and plan of, 43–45; as requirement for university degree, 2, 4, 4n13, 6, 26; significance of, 8, 26, 35; sources cited in, 13–14, 19–21; summary and themes of, 5–6; title of, 7; Walker
