Platonism : a concise history from the early academy to late antiquity /

Platonism : a concise history from the early academy to late antiquity /

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Author / Creator:	Bonazzi, Mauro, 1973- author.
Uniform title:	Platonismo. English
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xvi, 233 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Classical scholarship in translation Classical scholarship in translation.
Subject:	Plato. Platonists -- History. Neoplatonism. Philosophy, Ancient. Platonists. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13154423

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Other authors / contributors:	Knipe, Sergio, translator.
ISBN:	9781009253420 1009253425 9781009253413 9781009253376
Notes:	First published as "Il platonismo" by Giulio Einaudi, 2015. Translated from Italian. Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index.
Summary:	The task of philosophy, the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once wrote, is to 'overturn Platonism'. This might be true, if only we could define what Platonism is. In this clear and accessible book Mauro Bonazzi provides the first comprehensive introduction to ancient Platonism. He begins his story with Plato's Academy before moving on to the sceptical turn which occurred during the Hellenistic centuries. He then explains the theologically oriented interpretation of Plato typical of Middle Platonists and concludes with the metaphysical systems of the Neoplatonists. Platonism has often been regarded as no more than a trivial repetition of the same doctrines. This book, however, demonstrates how the attempts of Platonists over the centuries to engage with Plato's thought constitute one of the most philosophically challenging moments in the history of ancient philosophy.
Other form:	ebook version : 9781009253376

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