Andre-Jean Festugière

Andre-Jean Festugière was born in 1898 and died in 1982; it is a Philosophe French, specialist in the Néo-platonisme, in particular in Proclus. One owes him the translation and the editions of the writings allotted to alleged the Hermes Trismégiste ( Hermes Three Times Large ).

Biography

Andre-Jean Festugière studied with the ENS (National university), with the French École of Rome (1920-1921) and with the French École of Athens. It enters the order of Dominican in 1923, before being ordered priest in 1930. He was director of studies to the practical École of the high studies of 1942 to 1968, and member of the Académie of the inscriptions and the humanities in 1958. Its research was devoted to the religious thought of the Pagan antiquity, in its contacts with incipient Christianity. It published and translated many texts of the Council of Ephèse and Concile of Chalcédoine, of the philosopher neoplatonician Proclus, as well as the Corpus Hermeticum allotted to alleged the Hermes Trismégiste. An obituary was written by Pierre Hadot in the Annuaire of the practical School of the High studies. Ve section , volume 92 (1983-1984), p. 31-35.

Works

Texts and editions

Artémidore d' Éphèse

Artémidore d' Éphèse, the key of the dreams ; transl. and notes by Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris, J. Vrin, 1975. (Library of the philosophical texts). ISBN 2-7116-0333-5.

Councils

Hermes Trismégiste

Hermes Trismégiste, Corpus hermeticum . Volume 1, Poimandrès. Treaties II-XII; ED. Arthur D. Nock and Andre-Jean Festugière, tr. Andre-Jean Festugière, 2nd ED. Paris: beautiful Letters, 1946. (Collection of the Universities of France). ISBN 2-251-00135-2.
Hermes Trismégiste, Corpus hermeticum . Volume 2, Traités XIII-XVIII. Asclépius; ED. Arthur D. Nock and Andre-Jean Festugière, tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris, Beautiful Letters, 1946. (Collection of the Universities of France). ISBN 2-251-00136-0.
Hermes Trismégiste, Corpus hermeticum . Volume 3, Fragments extracted from Stobée I-XXII; ED. and tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: beautiful Letters, 1954. (Collection of the Universities of France). ISBN 2-251-00137-9.
Hermes Trismégiste, Corpus hermeticum . Volume 4, Fragments extracted from Stobée XXIII-XXIX. Various fragments; ED. and tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: beautiful Letters, 1954. (Collection of the Universities of France). ISBN 2-251-00138-7.

Proclus

Comments on Timée . Volume 1, Livre I; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1966. (Library of the philosophical texts). 264p. ISBN 2-7116-0626-0.
Comments on Timée . Volume 2, Livre II; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1967. (Library of the philosophical texts). 344p. ISBN 2-7116-0627-9.
Comments on Timée . Volume 3, Livre III; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1967. (Library of the philosophical texts). 362p. ISBN 2-7116-0628-7.
Comments on Timée . Volume 4, Livre IV; Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1968. (Library of the philosophical texts). 204p. ISBN 2-7116-0629-5.
Comments on Timée . Volume 5, Livre V; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1969. (Library of the philosophical texts). 264p. ISBN 2-7116-0630-9.

Comments on the Republic . Volume 1, Livres 1-3; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1970. (Library of the philosophical texts). 224p. ISBN 2-7116-0632-5.
Comments on the Republic . Volume 2, Livres 4-9; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1970. (Library of the philosophical texts). 196p. ISBN 2-7116-0633-3.
Comments on the Republic . Volume 3, Livre 10; tr. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin-CNRS, 1970. (Library of the philosophical texts). 384p. ISBN 2-7116-0634-1.

Erasme

Erasme, Enchiridion militis christianis ; transl. Andre-Jean Festugière. Paris: J. Vrin, 1971. (Library of the philosophical texts). ISBN 2-7116-0235-4.

Works of the Festugière Father

Contemplation and contemplative life according to Plato . Paris, J. Vrin, 1936; réimp. 1975. (Library of philosophy). ISBN 2-7116-0242-7.
Epicure and its gods . Paris, PUF, 1946; 3rd ED. 1985. (Quadriga; 64). ISBN 2-13-038592-3.
Studies of Greek philosophy . Paris, J. Vrin, 1971. (Library of history of philosophy). ISBN 2-7116-0243-5.
Studies of Greek and hellenistic religion . Paris, J. Vrin, 1972. (Library of history of philosophy). ISBN 2-7116-0244-3.
Studies of history and philology . Paris, J. Vrin, 1975. (Library of history of philosophy). ISBN 2-7116-0246-X.
the philosophy of the love of Marsile Ficin and its influence on the French literature in XVIe century . Paris, J. Vrin, 1980. (Medieval Studies of philosophy; 31). ISBN 2-7116-8072-X.

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