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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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