Vojtech Hladký

The Philosophy of Gemistos Plethon (eBook, PDF)

Platonism in Late Byzantium, between Hellenism and Orthodoxy

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Produktbeschreibung

George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1360-1454) was a remarkable and influential thinker, active at the time of transition between the Byzantine Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance. His works cover literary, historical, scientific, but most notably philosophical issues. Plethon is arguably the most important of the Byzantine Platonists and the earliest representative of Platonism in the Renaissance. This book provides a new study of Gemistos' philosophy. The first part is dedicated to the discussion of his 'public philosophy', in the second, most extensive, part of the book the Platonism of Plethon is presented in a systematic way and in the third part the notorious question of the paganism of Gemistos is reconsidered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317021490
• Artikelnr.: 48416846

Autorenporträt

VojtÄ>ch Hladkÿ is assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy and History of Sciences, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part I Public Philosophy: Platonic reforms; Fate of the soul; Conclusion to part I: Platonism in practice. Part II Philosophia Perennis: Writings about the Perennial Philosophy; Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy; Division of reality; Zeus, the first principle; Supracelestial gods, the forms; The forms as the gods; Sensible cosmos; Nature mortal and human; Conclusion to part II: Plethon's Platonism. Part III Question of Religion: Becoming pagan; Gemistos' mysterious teacher; Witnesses; Change of name; Fight for orthodoxy; The book; Conclusion to part III: pagan or Christian? Appendix; Manuscript supplement; Primary sources; Secondary literature; Indexes.

Rezensionen

'Hladký's book is a valuable contribution to the study of Plethon that also daringly proposes a re-evaluation of what is commonly seen as Plethon's trademark: his paganism.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review