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• Preface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. Graeco-Roman civilisation in its political development; 2. The stages of Greek philosophy; 3. Religious developments in later antiquity; 4. Plotinus and his nearest predecessors; 5. The philosophical system of Plotinus; 6. The mysticism of Plotinus; 7. The diffusion of neo-Platonism; 8. The polemic against Christianity; 9. The Athenian school; 10. The influence of neo-Platonism; 11. Conclusion; Appendix 1. The Communism of Plato; Appendix 2. The Gnostics; Appendix 3. Iamblichus and Proclus on mathematical science; Supplement. The commentaries of Proclus; Index of names.