John Dillon

Roots of Platonism (eBook, PDF)

The Origins and Chief Features of a Philosophical Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108576185
• Artikelnr.: 55071144

Autorenporträt

John Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek (Emeritus) in Trinity College Dublin, having returned there in 1980 from a period in the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of the Classics Department from 1969 onwards. His chief area of interest is the philosophy of Plato and the tradition deriving from him, on which he has written a number of books. This is his debut novel.

Inhaltsangabe

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.