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Latin Platonists Bridge Eras
- Latin Platonists preserved and transmitted Plato to Latin readers during late antiquity, shaping medieval philosophy.
- They packaged Greek Platonism in Latin for elite audiences rather than to 'save' philosophy from collapse.
Victorinus' Dramatic Conversion
- Marius Victorinus converted from militant paganism to enthusiastic Christianity and translated key Platonist works into Latin.
- Augustine credits his translations with shaping Augustine's own access to Platonic texts.
Apuleius' Platonic Imagination
- Apuleius, a 2nd-century Latin Platonist, mixed Platonic demonology with imaginative literature like the Metamorphoses.
- Augustine mocked his views, yet later pagan readers treasured his works.