Handbook of Platonism

Name: Handbook of Platonism
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ISBN: 9780198236078

ISBN-10: 0198236077

ISBN-13: 9780198236078

Edition: 1995

Authors: Alcinous, John Dillon

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The Handbook of Platonism or Didaskalikos, attributed to Alcinous (long identified with the Middle Platonist Albinus, but on inadequate grounds), is a central text of later Platonism. In Byzantine times, in the Italian Renaissance, and even up to 1800, it was regarded as an ideal introduction to Plato's thought. In fact it is far from being this, but it is an excellent source for our understanding of Platonism in the second century AD. Neglected after a more accurate view of Plato's thought established itself in the nineteenth century, the Handbook is only now coming to be properly appreciated for what it is.It presents a survey of Platonist doctrine, divided into the topics of Logic,…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English