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Jean Pépin (born March 30, 1924–deceased September 10, 2005) was a historian of ancient philosophy, specializing in patristic literature. His work exerted considerable influence on the study of Neoplatonism and Christianity.

Career

From 1942 to 1948, he studied philosophy and theology in Toulouse. In 1950, he joined the CNRS, where he established, in 1969, the research team entitled “The History of Doctrines of Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages” (Internal Research Unit 76) which he headed until 1986. Alongside this, beginning in 1963, he taught at the advanced studies university École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) (fourth section: historical and philological sciences). In 1979, he created the series “History of the Doctrines of Classical Antiquity” for the publisher J. Vrin in Paris. Throughout his career, on several occasions, he participated actively in the activities of the CNRS Philosophy Commission, which he also chaired.

In 1992, at the instigation of M. O. Goulet-Cazé, G. Madec and D. O'Brien, a volume of Mélanges in his honor, entitled Chercheurs de sagesse, was published in the "Études Augustiniennes" collection. It contains his complete bibliography up to 1992.

Bibliography

-Mythe et allégorie, Paris, Éditions Aubier-Montaigne, 1958.

-Les Deux approches du christianisme, Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1961.

-Théologie cosmique et théologie chrétienne, Paris, PUF, « Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine », 1964.

-Dante et la tradition de l'allégorie, Montréal, Institut d'études médiévales-Paris, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1970.

-Idées grecques sur l'homme et sur Dieu, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1971.

-Saint Augustin et la dialectique, Paris, Villanova (Pa.), Villanova University Press, 1976.

-Études sur les lectures philosophiques de saint Augustin, Amsterdam, A.M. Hakkert, 1977.

-De la philosophie ancienne à la théologie patristique, London, Variorum reprints, 1986.

-(dir.), Proclus lecteur et interprète des anciens, Paris, Éditions du CNRS, 1987.

-La Tradition de l’allégorie de Philon d'Alexandrie à Dante, Paris, Études augustiniennes, 1987.