Plotinus' Legacy

The Transformation of Platonism from the Renaissance to the Modern Era
Herausgeber: Gersh, Stephen

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Produktbeschreibung

This book will help readers understand and define 'Neoplatonism', the school of thought founded by Plotinus in the third century. Using a series of case-studies from Italian, French, English, and German philosophical traditions, the book traces the influence of Neoplatonism over the centuries, focusing on key figures from intellectual history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781108401135
• ISBN-10: 1108401139
• Artikelnr.: 61183574

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Stephen Gersh; Part I. The Italian Renaissance: 1. Marsilio
Ficino as commentator on Plotinus: some case studies Stephen Gersh; 2.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on virtue, happiness and magic Brian
Copenhaver; Part II. Sixteenth-Century France: 3. Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples
and Charles de Bovelles on Platonism, Theurgy, and intellectual difficulty
Richard J. Oosterhoff; 4. Symphorien Champier on medicine, theology and
politics Guido Giglioni; Part III. The 'Cambridge Platonists': 5. Henry
More and Descartes David Leech; 6. Ralph Cudworth as interpreter of
Plotinus Douglas Hedley; 7. John Smith on the immortality of the soul Derek
A. Michaud; Part IV. German Romanticism: 8. Schelling and Plotinus Thomas
Leinkauf; 9. Hegel's programmatic recourse to the ancient philosophy of
intellect Jens Halfwassen; Part V. The Twentieth and Twenty-First
Centuries: 10. Henri-Louis Bergson and Plotinus Wayne J. Hankey; 11.
Plotinus and modern scholarship: from Ficino to the twenty-first century
Kevin Corrigan.