Are there any early modern(before the 1900s) reception of Porphyry especially in popular culture?
I think this is not a smart question and is high probably due to that I am not reading enough. However, when I looked into receptions of Neoplatonism in popular culture of late 19th century, I found that most of them were about Iamblichus, as we have in the novel Zanoni, or the French catholic decadents, I think it should be through the martinism. I am not actually looking for receptions which were correct according to nowaday's research but only browse on interesting stuffs and old stereotypes, like they were formed in such way in their time for some reason. until now I think Leopardi's dialogue between porphyry and plotinus was the only famous one we have in popular culture? I wonder whether porphyry was normally considered to be non esoteric writer so more omitted.