The Roots of Platonism : The Origins and Chief Features of a Philosophical Tradition
by
John Dillon
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108426913
ISBN-13
9781108426916
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 3rd, 2019
Print length
116 Pages
Weight
256 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 14.70 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Explores the process by which the intellectual speculations pursued by Plato in the Academy assumed the nature of a philosophical system, Platonism. Focuses on a number of key issues, such as monism versus dualism, the metaphysical underpinnings of ethical theory, and the theory of Forms.
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.
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