The Roots of Platonism

Name: The Roots of Platonism
Author: John Dillon

The Origins and Chief Features of a Philosophical Tradition

Gebonden Engels 2019 9781108426916

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How does a school of thought, in the area of philosophy, or indeed of religion, from roots that may be initially open-ended and largely informal, come to take on the features that later mark it out as distinctive, and even exclusive? That is the theme which is explored in this book in respect of the philosophical movement known as Platonism, stemming as it does from the essentially open-ended and informal atmosphere of Plato's Academy. John Dillon focuses on a number of key issues, such as monism versus dualism, the metaphysical underpinnings of ethical theory, the theory of Forms, and the reaction to the Sceptical 'deviation' represented by the so-called 'New Academy'. The book is written in the lively and accessible style of the lecture series in Beijing from which it originates.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9781108426916

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:116

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Verschijningsdatum:3-1-2019

Hoofdrubriek:Filosofie

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Inhoudsopgave

1. The origins of Platonist dogmatism; 2. Monist and dualist tendencies in Platonism before Plotinus; 3. The ideas as thoughts of God; 4. The hierarchy of being as a framework for Platonist ethical theory; 5. Carneades the Socratic; 6. Tradition.