Platonisms : ancient, modern, and postmodern / edited by Kevin Corrigan, John D. Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrigan, Kevin.

Turner, John D. (John Douglas)

Series:

Medieval philosophy, mathematics, and science. Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 4.

Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts. Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition, 1871-188X ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato--Influence.

Plato.

Platonists.

Neoplatonism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present volume argues that Plato and Platonism should be understood not as a series of determinate doctrines or philosophical facts to be pinned down once and for all, but rather as an inexhaustible mine of possible trajectories. The book examines in this light different strands of Platonic thinking from the dialogues themselves through later Antiquity and the Medieval World into Modernity and Post-Modernity with new essays ranging from Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and Natorp to Yeats, Levinas and Derrida. And also suggests the possibility of reading the dialogues and the whole tradition resonating in and through them in new, unexpected ways.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / K. Corrigan and J.D. Turner

Introduction. Plato And Platonisms / Kevin Corrigan and John D. Turner

The Individual Contributions To The Volume / K. Corrigan and J.D. Turner

Platonic Dialectic: The Path And The Goal / T .A Szlezák

What Is A God According To Plato? / Luc Brisson

Victorinus, Parmenides Commentaries And The Platonizing Sethian Treatises / John D. Turner

Proclus And The Ancients / Steven Strange

Virtue, Marriage, And Parenthood In Simplicius’ Commentary On Epictetus’ ‘Encheiridion’ / G. Reydams-Schils

How To Apply The Modern Concepts Of Mathesis Universalis And Scientia Universalis To Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, Platonisms, Gilbert Of Poitiers, And Descartes / Gerald Bechtle

Real Atheism And Cambridge Platonism: Men Of Latitude, Polemics, And The Great Dead Philosophers / Douglas Hedley

The Language Of Metaphysics Ancient And Modern / Robert Berchman

The Platonic Forms As Gesetze: Could Paul Natorp Have Been Right? / John Dillon

Crying In Plato’S Teeth—W.B. Yeats And Platonic Inspiration / Anthony Cuda

The Face Of The Other: A Comparison Between The Thought Of Emmanuel Levinas, Plato, And Plotinus / Kevin Corrigan

Derrida Reads (Neo-) Platonism / Stephen Gersh

Bibliography / K. Corrigan and J.D. Turner

General Index / K. Corrigan and J.D. Turner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39706-0

9786612397066

90-474-2016-0

OCLC:

609847237

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158412.i-279 DOI