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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780555003321

Autore

Pater Walter

Titolo

Plato and Platonism [[electronic resource] ] : a series of lectures / / Walter Pater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Adelaide, : Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., 2002

Adelaide : , : Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., , 2002

ISBN

1-282-02980-0

9786612029806

1-4438-0092-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

184

Soggetti

Philosophy

Filosofía

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"By Platonism," the author clarifies, "is meant not Neo-Platonism of any kind, but the leading principles of Plato's doctrine, which I have tried to see in close connexion with himself as he is presented in his own writings." The critique here presented of Plato's work is never independent of Plato as a man or Plato as philosopher, but rather enables Pater to study the close relation between author and text. The diversity of areas covered is in itself a fine achievement, and Pater is able to ...