The roots of Platonism : the origins and chief features of a philosophical tradition /
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Author / Creator: | Dillon, John M., author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019 |
Description: | xi, 107 pages ; 23 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11809887 |
Varying Form of Title: | Origins and chief features of a philosophical tradition |
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ISBN: | 9781108426916 1108426913 9781108576185 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-100) and indexes. |
Summary: | "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."--Back cover. |
Other form: | ebook version : 9781108576185 |
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