John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin)

Broschiertes Buch

The Roots of Platonism

Beschreibung

Explores the process by which the intellectual speculations pursued by Plato in the Academy assumed the nature of a philosophical system, Platonism. Focuses on a number of key issues, such as monism versus dualism, the metaphysical underpinnings of ethical theory, and the theory of Forms.

Autor

John Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek (Emeritus) at Trinity College Dublin. His chief publications are The Middle Platonists (1996); Iamblichus De Anima (with John Finamore; 2000); Alcinous: The Handbook of Platonism (1993); The Heirs of Plato (2003); and three volumes of collected essays. In 2004 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Irish Academy for distinguished research in the Humanities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9781108446884
• ISBN-10: 1108446884
• Artikelnr.: 69298690