SAPERE XLI: The Pagan Theology of the Philosopher Salustios

Edited by Detlef Melsbach. Introduced, translated, and with interpretive essays by Nicole Belayche, Robbert M. van den Berg, Adrien Lecerf, Detlef Melsbach, and Jan Opsomer.

Inspired by Neoplatonism, the philosopher Salustios outlines doctrines "about the gods, the world, and human affairs," thus profiling pagan traditions of thought and belief against the Christian worldview that increasingly took hold in the fourth century. In addition to an introduction to the author and his work and a new German translation, essays from various philosophical and religious-historical perspectives open up new approaches to this remarkable attempt at cultural self-assurance in times of profound change.

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