An accessible introduction to the most influential philosophical movement of the early centuries of our era. The book provides a comprehensive account of the philosophical views of 'Middle' Platonism, and source-texts in English translation represent the full range of thinkers involved and the subjects they tackled. It also includes sections of further reading.
An accessible introduction to the most influential philosophical movement of the early centuries of our era. The book provides a comprehensive account of the philosophical views of 'Middle' Platonism, and source-texts in English translation represent the full range of thinkers involved and the subjects they tackled. It also includes sections of further reading.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
George Boys-Stones is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Durham University and has published widely on Middle Platonism among other topics. He is co-editor of The Platonic Art of Philosophy (Cambridge, 2013) and author of Post-Hellenistic Philosophy (2001), which laid the groundwork for this volume.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: studying middle platonism 1. Plato's authority and the history of philosophy 2. Making sense of the dialogues Part I. Cosmology: 3. Causal principles for a non-materialist cosmology 4. The debate over matter and the problem of evil 5. Paradigm-forms 6. The creator god 7. Theories of creation 8. World soul and nature 9. Individual souls and their faculties 10. Living beings: gods, daimons, humans, animals, plants 11. Providence 12. Fate Part II. Dialectic: 13. Epistemology 14. Logic 15. Aristotle's Categories: ontology and linguistics 16. The hierarchy of sciences Part III. Ethics: 17. The goal of virtue and the ideal life 18. Ethical virtue and the management of the passions 19. Politics 20. The system of the Chaldaean Oracles Glossary References Catalogue of platonists Index of sources and references Index to notes and further reading.
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: studying middle platonism 1. Plato's authority and the history of philosophy 2. Making sense of the dialogues Part I. Cosmology: 3. Causal principles for a non-materialist cosmology 4. The debate over matter and the problem of evil 5. Paradigm-forms 6. The creator god 7. Theories of creation 8. World soul and nature 9. Individual souls and their faculties 10. Living beings: gods, daimons, humans, animals, plants 11. Providence 12. Fate Part II. Dialectic: 13. Epistemology 14. Logic 15. Aristotle's Categories: ontology and linguistics 16. The hierarchy of sciences Part III. Ethics: 17. The goal of virtue and the ideal life 18. Ethical virtue and the management of the passions 19. Politics 20. The system of the Chaldaean Oracles Glossary References Catalogue of platonists Index of sources and references Index to notes and further reading.
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