Niketas Siniossoglou

Plato and Theodoret

The Christian Appropriation of Platonic Philosophy and the Hellenic Intellectual Resistance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A summary of the late antique Hellenic-Christian conflict regarding the compatability of Platonism and Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9780521300650
• ISBN-10: 0521300657
• Artikelnr.: 33765906

Autorenporträt

Niketas Siniossoglou holds a PhD in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The conflict between Hellenism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
2. Peri Archês: the question of philosophical monotheism
3. Askesis: from Platonic to Christian asceticism
4. Mythos and kosmos: Judeo-Christian creationism and Plato's cosmology
5. Nomos: the political implications of Judeo-Christian monotheism
Conclusion: Platonic philosophy and the question of Hellenic identity.